Hounslow Animal Welfare Society Registered Charity No: 1065060 Patron: His Grace The Duke of Northumberland Vice Patron: MME. Jeanne Marchig,  The Marchig Animal Welfare Trust Hounslow Animal Welfare Society has its roots in West London, taking the name from its historical origins in the London Borough of Hounslow (near Heathrow Airport, approx 12 miles west of London). We've grown though! And with the help of our willing volunteers we try and foster or homecheck wherever practical. We do ask that you consider your own location before contacting us for rehoming though because, as an entirely voluntary organisation, our limited resources are always stretched. Please click here to see whether we are able to homecheck or rehome in your area. Note that if you are enquiring about rehoming a dog or other animal on our rehoming pages we may be able to cover further afield - our regional guidelines are typically based around cat rehoming. Once you have confirmed that you are 'in our area' please read our Adoption Procedures and then get in touch! Every year in this district we take in domestic animals which have found themselves in desperate situations, often facing death by starvation after being abandoned, their owners having moved away, lost their jobs/ homes, been taken ill, died, or become divorced.  Other unwanted animals are turned out after being thoughtlessly given as presents.  Some come to us after being rescued from deliberate human neglect and cruelty.  Still others are found injured after being hit by vehicles, caught on wire fencing, or hurt in other ways.   We deal with hundreds, sometimes thousands of animals, many of these taken into our care for eventual rehoming. Others are helped in various ways, most often with veterinary care.  Cats, kittens, rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, other mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish all need our help - sometimes even 'wild' creatures too.   Genuine loving homes are always being sought by our volunteer rescue staff for animals in our care - both for short term fostering and permanent adoption.  It is our firm policy to arrange neutering of all domestic pets that pass through our hands.  We have a strict non-destruction policy and only ever allow euthanasia if an animal is too seriously ill or injured for any hope of recovery, or where its quality of life is clearly unsatisfactory.  We do not put very old cats to sleep just because it is more expedient to do so and we have many "oldies" who enjoy a wonderful life.  Neither (unlike some of the larger charities) do we automatically put FIV cats to sleep.  Some of these cats never contract the fully blown disease (they remain carriers) and go on to live happy and long lives. We home them either as single cats, or with other FIV cats as indoor cats, or those with secure gardens.  We always need more help with our rescue, fostering, fund raising, and administration work.  This is a job which is never completed and we shall always need assistance.   REMEMBER: Do not let your female pet have young before being spayed and get your male pet neutered before he can mate. If you allow your animal to produce a litter, you are preventing others from finding shelter - the young which your animal has produced are taking up places desperately needed by others who are wet, cold, and hungry.