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Every year, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of cats and millions, of other animals are euthanased because they were born into a world that does not have enough homes for them. For every one companion animal who lives indoors with a human family and receives the attention, health care, and emotional support that he or she needs, there are thousands just barely surviving. Millions of domestic animals never know a kind human touch and live hard lives on the street before dying equally hard death. Please see:- Why Neuter/spay page. ALERT A NATIONAL ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED TO CAT OWNERS AFTER POLLEN FROM A BUNCH OF LILIES CAUSED THE DEATH OF A PET CAT. THE CAT BRUSHED PAST LILIES AND THEN GROOMED THE POLLEN FROM HER FUR. SEE TOXIC PLANTS & TOXIC SUBSTANCES 2) PLEASE DO NOT GIVE WORM TREATMENTS FOR DOGS TO YOUR CAT. VERY RECENTLY SOMEONE TRIED TO TREAT THEIR CAT WITH A SHOP BOUGHT TREATMENT AND EVEN AFTER A £400+ VET BILL IT KILLED ONE OF THE CATS AND THE OTHER ONLY JUST SURVIVED. 3) MANY SUBSTANCES THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR DOGS ARE ABSOLUTELY TOXIC TO CATS. EVEN FOOD, A DOG CAN LIVE QUITE HAPPILY ON CAT FOOD YET A CAT CANNOT LIVE ON DOG FOOD. ABOUT US This Website is dedicated to:- Finding loving homes in the Chesterfield & District area for rescued domesticated and outdoor cats: Increase public awareness in the need to care for rescued and abandoned cats: Encourage Volunteers to help us with Fostering, (see Pams story) Home Visits, Fundraising, Charity Shop, Transport etc. We find new and loving homes for over 200 cats annually. All cats that come into our care stay with us until we can find them new homes. We help over 1000 cats every year through our neutering programme and many other ways in which a cat may need our aid. All the cats in our care have every luxury that they could ever want (except a purrfect home), they have heated pens, radios, good quality cat food and most importantly, as much TLC as their hearts desire.
As we have a no destruction policy (unless we are advised by our vet that a cat is terminally ill and suffering) our vet’ bills are huge, in any one month it can be more than £3000, which for a small band of volunteers is an enormous amount.
We can give advice but please remember we are not vets and if you are concerned your cat is not well you must call your vet, all vets are on call 24 hours a day and a timely visit could save your cats life. LEAVING IT TILL TOMORROW COULD BE TOO LATE. Also there is no point in phoning me at midnight e.g. to say you have found a flea on your cat or you cat is gazing at the skirting board and then running around the room. Nor is it appreciated when someone comes goes home at 2.30 am and decides they will ring for a kitten. For the last 25yrs Chesterfield Cats Protection has served the area, but we are now in danger of not being able to do so for much longer without volunteers. We just can't keep up with the workload ! Too few people doing too many essential jobs. Anita in Tansley is desperate for help during the week cat cuddling and cleaning out pens. Can you help; all the money raised is used to rescue and care for cats and kittens, do you have any hidden talents? We are desperate for dedicated cat-lovers who have time on their hands (preferably between the ages of 16 & 100) who can commit a few hours a week/month or even occasionally to helping us with all aspects of cat rescue. Fostering, cat cuddling, help cleaning pens, home visitors, transport to vets or perhaps you can collect bric-a-brac etc for us, good quality items are always needed. Do you have any unwanted gifts etc for tombola/raffle prizes? Can you publicise our work by putting up posters? Are you a builder, electrician or carpenter who could help with the building & upkeep of cat pens? FUNDRAISERS, we have the comparability and knowledge to save many cats however without funds we can do nothing. You, yes you can help save a cats life, without you there is no us. Please pass our website address to anyone you know who might be interested. These are some of the many ways that you could help your local branch, please give us some thought and call Please see contacts page for the appropriate phone numbers. Volunteers for our shop are also needed a few hours to spare every week or even occasionally, we simply cannot man the shop and take care of the animals at the same time, so more time in the shop automatically means less animals helped. Also it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep the shop open at all due to lack of volunteers. We need people to serve behind the counter, to sort clothing when donations are brought in, to steam or iron the garments before they are put out on the rails and keep the rails fully stocked. All this isn’t just down to us poor women…oh no, all you men out there who have a little spare time, how about coming along and helping us girls shift all the heavier stuff ! We do our sorting away from the sales area so we need you burly guys to help as well, and if you are really good we will even make you a cuppa. Seriously though, we do need your help urgently, please call us instead of in perhaps a few years time saying I would have, could have & should have. This will enable the fosterers who are helping to run the shop due to lack of volunteers, care for the cats once again full time and perhaps save a cats life that may be in danger if we do not have the time.
URGENTLY NEEDED, SOMEONE WITH EBAY KNOWLEDGE • ABILITY TO CROP,
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Please also don't give up or let your family do so at the first hurdle e.g. I received a call from a Vet on a Sunday afternoon to see if we could help as a kitten have been brought in after being involved in a RTA and had a broken leg. (What a kitten was doing outside at a young age is another story) the owner was on holiday however, her father asked the Vet to PTS. How cruel when there is 100% chance of a full recovery. Of course the owner can easily get another kitten (not from us) as there are so many available. Also the fact that someone may pay £100s for a kitten/cat does not ensure a good home as pedigree rescues are as much under pressure as us and full to bursting. The information & guidelines on our pages are the opinion of the writer and are not a substitute for professional veterinary advice We are not allowed to recommend vets however, our Vets Carrick Veterinary Group Ltd have a Surgery at 93 Newbold Rd, Chesterfield 01246 273292, 34 Mill St, Clowne 01246 811223 & Lime Grove Walk, Matlock 01629 581234 they have saved the lives of many pets a year who you would not think stood a chance. Consultations are by appointment. DO YOU HAVE OR KNOW A BUSINESS OR COTTAGE INDUSTRY THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO SPONSOR AN ADVERT FOR A CAT IN THE CHESTERFIELD ADVERTISER (YOUR BUSINESS DETAILS AT THE SIDE OF A PICTURE OF A CAT LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME) ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR? IT WILL COST ABOUT £47 PLUS VAT. USUALLY WHEN THESE ADVERTS ARE PLACED WE HOME NUMEROUS CATS AND IT ENABLES US TO BRING IN MANY MORE THAT ARE LIVING IN DESPERATE AND OFTEN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. PLEASE RING ELAINE 01246 270056 BISHOPS REST This fascinating book (see below) can be purchased from our shop for £4.50. The publishers will kindly donate £2.00 from each sale to us. If you wish we can post copies for an extra 90p please contact Elaine for details. SYNOPSIS"Bishops Rest" is the first of a trilogy from Flora Dysart. Set mainly in Yorkshire in the 1920's, it is a story of love and hate interwoven with interesting titbits about life in New Zealand and Ireland before WW1. Unwanted as a child by both her parents and grandparents, Prudence Wetherby has found it impossible to find suitable employment since the war, and in desperation she travels to the Yorkshire moors to ‘Bishops Rest', home of her aristocratic great aunt Bella in the hopes of gaining employment without revealing her family ties to the eccentric old lady. Prue falls in love, only to discover that he has set his heart on marrying someone else so it seems that she is destined not to find permanent happiness at "Bishops Rest". A technicolour of fascinating characters fill the stately home, bringing with them both happiness and sadness in equal measures.A story of love and hate cleverly stretching across the generations of the many colourful characters at Bishops Rest. I'm looking forward to the next in the trilogy.'Mary BarkerSet mainly in the 1920's, the book skillfully encompasses numerous historic titbits ranging from the aftermath of Ireland's potato famine, and the 1877 Land Act in New Zealand, to the Gallipoli campaign. A fascinating read.' Janet Webb I would like to thank my son in law the webmaster of www.greasyjoe.co.uk for making the initial site for us (saving us hundreds of pounds) and teaching me how to add additional pages and amend the site, if I had £1 for each time I have mailed him and said help I have done something wrong, or more usually something's happened (not my fault of course) can you sort it out for me I would be a very rich lady indeed. Re the music on this site, please forgive me if I indulge myself a little, you may not care for it but I think some is apt for the page, (although will not hear the Birdie song on the bird flu page) some reminds me of my youth and some reminds me of events in my life, happy and one very sad, the rest I just like (not necessarily the instrument used or quite how it is played) THIS SITE IS UPDATED DAILY, HOLIDAYS PERMITTING. |
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***************** ANGELA MCLEAN BVMS MRCVS OFFERS HOMEOPATHY, ACUPUNCTURE AND REIKI TREATMENTS FOR ANIMALS AT OWNER'S PREMISES. REIKI TRAINING AVAILABLE. PLEASE RING 01246 410473 OR VISIT www.reikisteps.co.uk Under no circumstances are we saying Natural Healing is a substitute for a visit to a Veterinary Surgeon, what we are saying is Natural Healing can be used in addition to Veterinary treatment.
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Dunston Lodge boarding kennels in Chesterfield, Derbyshire are 'Just for Dogs'. The boarding facilities for dogs at Dunston Lodge are architect designed and purpose built for the comfort and security of your dog. See http://www.dunstonlodge.com I used to take my own dog Badger there, (sadly he is no longer with us) he had been to another kennels however, once he had been on holiday at Dunston Lodge there was no going back, I could leave him there with a smile on my face knowing he would have as much attention (if not more) than at home. **************** We can arrange for you to see the screens and a cat safe garden if required, for literature on how to make a garden cat safe and should you decide to go ahead a £25 discount please contact Elaine **************** VISIT THE FOX & GOOSE A DELIGHTFUL COUNTRY PUB WITH DELICIOUS LUNCHES. NO TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE AT THIS PUB ITS ONE FOR THE PRICE OF TWO. HOWEVER, ALL FOOD IS FRESH AND PURRFECTLY COOKED. SEE THE PUB VIA A LINK on www.greasyjoe.co.uk click on fat man, then on map click Derbyshire, then on Fox & Goose. IF YOU SUSPECT ANY NEGLECT PLEASE REMEMBER WE ARE AN ANIMALS ONLY VOICE. RSPCA INSPECTOR 0870 5555 999 (When a voice answers press 2, 2, 4. This will save a few mins of listening to options) Please don't leave it until it is too late and you think I would have could have, should have.
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