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Can
you help sponsor one of our elderly or infirm dog, cat, guinea
pig or rabbit residents?
HAWS looks after many senior animals which have been abandoned
by their owners or left to perish outside on their own. We rescue
and take them in despite the fact that they may never find new
homes.
An example cost of just feeding one of our healthy cats works
out at about £300 per year let alone vets bills, etc.
However, even as little as £5 per week can help feed one
of our long term foster animals. If you would like to sponsor
any of our animals, by setting up a monthly standing order then
please contact us on our dedicated email address at sponsor@haws-animals.org.uk
Alternatively, if you would like to make a simple one off donation
to help us continue our work then visit our Donations
page and please accept our thanks in advance.
In Memory. The lower half
of this page is a tribute to some of the sadly now-deceased
animals who were so kindly sponsored in the past. We felt it
was only right to inform everyone of their passing. We will
endeavour to leave obituaries up for as long as possible. |
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PIPPA
Pippa was in a dreadful state when she arrived into the care
of HAWS - she literally fell out of the car in which she and
her homeless owner had been living in since they were evicted.
She had previously had a ligament repaired in her leg which
had become very infected and she could not walk. And amongst
other things she also had a horrendous ear infection which
could only be treated successfully by totally removing them
(both internally & externally). Many animal charities
would have put her down instantly, seeing the amount of expensive
surgery and aftercare that she really needed, but HAWS has
a strict policy of not destroying any animal which can be
treated so they can go on to lead a happy painfree life.
We are very grateful to Richard Bleckman of the Roehampton
Veterinary Clinic who did Pippa's surgery at a substantial
discount. Pippa still has a spinal problem which gives her
a strange walk but now her leg has virtually all healed up
she is running around, is happy and lively and literally dances
with joy! In fact her 'permanent foster carer' is so pleased
to see her this happy after all she has been through that
they both cannot bear to be parted. |
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SHAMUS
and TINY TIM
Shamus is looking for someone to sponsor him as he has lots
of problems and can’t be rehomed.
He suffers from terrible fits, which are controlled through
regular medication. We know that his condition will get worse,
but we will keep going for as long as he is happy.
He also only has three legs, not that that bothers him! With
all his own problems he still finds time to look after Tiny
Tim...
Tiny Tim is a little white boy, totally deaf & he loves
Shamus very much. For this reason we will keep them together,
so that they can have whatever time Shamus has left before
his quality of life deteriorates and we have take Shamus to
the vets for the last time. |
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GUS
Gus was a fantastic chap who was trapped at the end of August
05 - hence Gus...
Despite being a little nervous to begin with, he blossomed
into a super cat and was rehomed. Unfortunately that made
him very unhappy and sad - all he did was hide all the time.
Eventually he was re-trapped and returned to his foster home
- and he was ecstatic to be back!
On the last day of August 2006 (when else?!) GUS was finally
rehomed with a HAWS member who decided to try and take him
on. After lots of TLC Gus settled down and began to love his
new 'permanent' home. Sadly a year after he was adopted -
by even stranger coincidence on 31st August 2007, he collapsed
and died after suffering a huge seizure. His ashes are scattered
where he used to sleep in a sunny spot in his final garden. |
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HOLLY
Holly was a truly delightful cat. She came into our care when
her owner wanted her put to sleep after she suffered a serious
accident which left her slightly incontinent when asleep.
That would have been a real tragedy as Holly is one of the
most intelligent and loving cats that we have ever dealt with.
As long as she has her special "Vet Bed" bedding
to ensure that she is dry and comfortable and the occasional
course of antibiotics to combat bladder infections, she can
lead a really happy life. Her specialty is meeting and greeting
visitors to her foster home and she is a great favourite with
the children passing on their way to school. In the later
years of her life she 'moved into' the home of an elderly
lady near to her foster home where they kept each other company!
Holly passed away in 2007. |
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MONTY
This very handsome long haired black/white lad has had quite
a checkered life, but was a very lucky cat.
Some years ago he was trapped and neutered by HAWS on the
understanding that his feeder would take him to live indoors
as a domestic cat. Sadly and unbeknown to us, this did not
happen and last year we were contacted by his feeder to say
that Monty's eyes were extremely infected - could we help
again?...
This time HAWS stepped in and took on all his care and we
worked hard trying to save his sight. However, he became blind,
but was a very happy purry cat in his (HAWS) retirement home.
Monty sadly passed away as a result of his injuries in 2006.
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ALFA
This very old lady was a stray living in a garden and was
very poorly when found.
After HAWS rescued her she rallied and enjoyed the warmth,
comfort and good food in one of our cat retirement homes.
Alfa passed away in Spring 2006
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