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Can you help keep a roof over their heads?
The Mayhew Animal Home in London is extremely proud that in their 125th year of helping animals in need, they are still active in the UK capital to provide care, support and help for both animals and their owners
There continues to be an exceptional demand for their services and The Mayhew’s commitment is to maintain the highest standards of animal welfare where possible, but they can only do that with help and it is their cats that are facing crisis in their anniversary year.
The rescue centre prides itself on a high standard of cat and kitten cabin accommodation, with two tiered individual cosy homes, but the very roof over their heads is in desperate need of a 125th facelift!
It will cost £125,000 to build a new roof for The Mayhew's Cattery , which will be a long-term investment for sheltering the hundreds of cats and kittens in need that
arrive with them every year.
The roofing that currently sits over the Cattery has provided shelter for many a needy feline for over 20 years, though unfortunately, general wear and tear has meant that the guttering is no longer able to withstand the changeable weather and the PVC roofing causes oppressive temperatures during the summer months and a lack of effective insulation in the winter - for cats, staff, students and volunteers at the centre.
For only the price of a train ticket, a DVDor a couple of boxes of your own pet's favourite food, you can make a huge difference to hundreds of little lives who have nowhere else to turn if The Mayhew isn't able to help and shelter them.
The new roof design will sit like a canopy over the whole of the Cattery and also part of the centre's kitten garden to provide some shelter for the outdoor areas they have built for the littlest residents -they still want to run around even if it's raining outside!
2010 was a tough year for The Mayhew as record breaking high number of cats arriving unwanted put a lot of pressure on resources and staff. They continue to provide low-cost veterinary services in order to tackle the feline over-population crisis at its roots and reduce the numbers of abandoned and unwanted litters being born.
We all desperately wish that in 2011 we will see a dramatic fall in the numbers of cats and kittens in need, but rescue centres need to be on hand to rescue them, provide shelter for them and help them on their way to a new life. If you wish to help today please visit www.mayhewanimalhome.org or call Sue on 020 8968 2446.
