Friends of the Animals are providing veterinary treatment for several ponies, including ‘Red’ who was originally rescued from the Bodmin Moor sales as a four month old foal and ‘Storm’ who, together with his Mother came off the moor during one of the large welfare drifts.

Newsletter 67

HEAD OFFICE 17a RIVERWAY

NEWPORT I.O.W. PO30 5UX

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Woolly Park Farm Animal Sanctuary

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Patrons: Rt Hon John Spellar MP Rick Wakeman Adrian Bailey MP Carol Royle Jonathan Ross O.B.E. New Seekers Bev Bevan Kim Joyce Peter Egan

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Dear Supporter’s,

For more than twenty eight years, ‘Friends of the Animals’ has been helping all types of animals including: dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, farm animals, wildlife, small furries such as rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets and chinchillas and all types of birds. So when we learnt that Bodmin Moorland Pony Rehabilitation was struggling, we were pleased to step in and help with the cost of veterinary treatment for these beautiful animals.

Lacie, our office Manager is holding fourteen months old ‘Milo’ a tiny Chihuahua whose owner had accidentally dropped him, resulting in a head injury. When the little dog came into our care, he was walking in circles and fitting several times a day. We always give animals every possible chance and are pleased we did, as ‘Milo’s fits are now less frequent and are of a shorter duration. He’s a very happy dog, he adores the sunshine and hops up and down like a little goat. He is a lot of fun.

Luckily, there’s also a happy ending to this cautionary tale of ‘Tilly’, a three year old King Charles Cavalier whom we re-homed a couple of years ago. It was a hot day and her family were all enjoying having ice lollies. A bit was saved on the lolly stick for Tilly to lick, but instead of licking it she grabbed the stick out of her owners’ hand and in a split second, had swallowed it whole !

Realising it was an emergency, ‘Tilly’s owner lost no time in getting her to a Vet, where an X-ray showed the stick whilst not blocking any organs, still required immediate surgery -as it was not going to find its own way out. The following day, ‘Tilly’ was allowed home, although

she did have to go back to the Vets for an anti-sickness injection. Emergencies always seem to occur ‘out of hours’ and that lick of a lolly cost her owner a massive £2,300 !

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Every couple of years, I update our ever growing list of bizarre items consumed by animals (mainly dogs) we’ve provided life saving veterinary treatment for. Cats seem to be more sensible and it’s generally just wool, string and fur balls they come unstuck with. Almost all of the following animals survived, which is pretty amazing when you read through this incredible list:

A sweetcorn husk – which the body can’t break down, two complete hand towels, a whole tin of ‘Green & Blacks’ Chocolate powder, cotton wool balls which swelled up when ‘Rocky’ the GSD had a drink, a cocktail stick which travelled around ‘Barney’ the Newfoundland’s body for nine months, carpet which became strung round the intestines, a peach stone which doesn’t show up on X’rays, an owners sleeping tablets, parts of various chairs and sofa’s, batteries which caused massive stomach bleeding, and numerous toys and rubber balls.

How about: lots of stones, bones and pebbles, string, wool, a sock, an entire dog lead including the metal clip, a plastic bottle which perforated the gut, half a bag of raisins – which are canine poison, (the lady was moving house and the bag was in a box of kitchen items on the floor about to be loaded onto a removal van), chocolate Christmas tree decorations, a Doggy Christmas stocking including the netting (very expensive as it was on Christmas Day) and a chewed garden hose, which ‘Buffy’ the foster dog unfortunately dragged into the Foster Home – with the water turned on !

Most importantly, NEVER LET ANIMALS DRINK FROM PUDDLES. Anti-freeze (which drips from car engines collects in puddles) and is absolutely deadly. It has a

sweet taste, so there’s no deterrent to the animal and they will continue to drink the contaminated water, before being violently sick and dying from acute kidney failure.

We’ve just helped this dog, named ‘Happy’ who’d eaten Rat Bait! So far, she seems to be recovering and we’re hoping that immediate veterinary intervention - has saved her life. Nonetheless, rat bait is a very worrying addition to our list.

Matching the right animal to the right home is crucially important and as the following message attests, we were spot on with the following pairing:

Over 12 years ago, thanks to F.O.T.A. I met my beloved little 4 legged friend Pippa - known by all as PIPS! we have been inseparable ever since. When Pips suddenly became unwell, blood tests showed she had kidney failure. Sadly she had to be put to sleep. I miss her immensely, but I know the time will come for me to find another little curly coated canine to share my adventures again. My daughter Hayley put together these photos. If they don't inspire folk to rescue a little dog like Pips - then nothing will. She was SO happy - and made everyone she met happy too. I will always be grateful to you for finding me such a perfect little Chum. Barry Allen. Yaverland.

Staff member Molly is pictured holding ‘Lucky’ a cat belonging to Kathy who works at Albany Prison. We were happy to contribute towards the bill, after ‘Lucky’ was rushed to the Vet at midnight having come in dragging his back end. The Vet thought the poor cats’ injuries were consistent with having been given a hefty kick and wasn’t sure if he would survive. Very happily he did. Bunnies ‘Midna’ and ‘Zelda’ are two of the 38,000 animals (mainly dogs, cats and rabbits) we’ve had spayed / neutered.

We are a small Charity with limited funds but our neutering scheme is open to any owner genuinely struggling to fund the full cost of this vitally important surgery. To receive our help you must be able to reach one of the 38 Vets we use. Please ring our office on 01983-522-511, Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am, to see if we have a Vet in your area. Much as we would like to, we do not have the funds to increase the number of Vets we use, or the areas we currently cover.

Our fabulous friends at Pets at Home in Newport I.O.W. have (via their Charitable arm Support Adoption for Pets) donated THREE more pallets of bird seed. We distribute the sacks promptly and with care which sustains many birds.

We’ve received £1,000 plus in vouchers to spend in Store, so please nominate us to receive your V.I.P. lifeline points. Pets at Home also allow us to fundraise in Store and pictured are the winners of our ‘Guess the name of the pig’.

We are also very grateful indeed to Pets at Home at Burrfields, Portsmouth for their very generous donations of pet food.

Every year, ‘Friends of the Animals’ provides veterinary treatment for several hundreds of cats. This includes everything from vaccinations and neuters to major support following all too many road accidents.

Thank you Claude Silavant in NSW for your incredible help which is enabling suffering to be relieved and hundreds

“LIL” of broken limbs etc to be repaired. “PRECIOUS”

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? These little cuties (see right) are in one of our foster homes. We are offering a prize to the first person who rings our office (01983-522-511) correctly identifying the baby animals.

This is ‘Benji’ a Shih tzu x who was with an elderly lady who couldn't cope with a young, energetic dog. We found him a home with a beautiful large garden and two other dogs to play with. They get plenty of runs on the beach and ‘Benji’ loves swimming in the sea. He is pictured playing with his new sister ‘Daisy’.

‘Lenin the lucky Cockerel’

There are never many takers for Cockerels and life for them is precarious at best, or else very short. This one was picked up from a road and with spectacular timing he found this wonderful home with superb accommodation, three chickens and a cat.

We value the support of many prominent people; some are Patrons and others who work with us to improve the lot of animals within the Community. Pictured with our Head Office team is High Sheriff Gioia Minghella and her husband Richard whom we were delighted to welcome to our base.

Fosterer’s are truly ‘golden’. One looked after Yorkie ‘Heidi’ after her owner broke her back. Then whilst on holiday, Susan B. suffered a fall resulting in the worst possible ankle break. After several weeks in Hospital, she was then faced with the enormous dilemma of having no one to look after her two dogs and we were contacted. Pictured are Trevor & Gillian who readily agreed to foster both dogs for as long as necessary. Susan e.mailed from her Hospital bed: “Thank you so much for finding foster carers for ‘Harvey’ & ‘Mutley’. I cannot tell you how much stress it has taken from me”.

Sadly, in the last few months we have lost some wonderful people. Our thanks to the friends and families whose love of animals moved them to make ‘In memoriam’ donations for the following loved ones:

“Remembering our lovely friend and good supporter JANINE DYMOTT. She was loved and respected by so many and the second highest amount in our twenty eight year history, was received in donations in her memory. We miss the Dog training, Dog Shows, Street and Store collections and driving she did; but most of all we miss her”. –Helen Sinclair.

“In memory of HAROLD PIPER a much respected member of ‘West Bromwich Institute Ltd”. - Andrew Lowe. Birmingham.

“In memory of a very dear Brother. Our BRIAN was a real character and meant the world to us. Even though we didn’t see very much of each other, he was always close and in our hearts”. – Audrey Bates & Shirley. Burnley, Lancashire.

“In memory of JOHN HOBSON”. – Marian Barnett. Freshwater. I.O.W.

“In memory of my husband ‘PIP’ PIPER who loved all animals”. – Ruth Piper. West Bromwich. West Midlands.

“In memory of ANTHONY ADAMS”. – Marilyn Adams. Newport. I.O.W.

“In memory of ALAN ROBERTS”. – Mrs S. Roberts. Halesowen. West Midlands.

“In memory of PHYLLIS ALBRECHT”. – Irene Nicholson. Gunville. I.O.W.

“In memory of ALAN CHANDLER”. – Lisa Fuller. Banstead. Surrey.

“In memory of our Brother-in-law ROGER ASTON. Also remembering your help when my Mother went into a Nursing Home and you took her dog Rosie to the island, where a kind lady named Pippa gave her a good home”. – Mr & Mrs Whitty. West Bromwich, West Midlands

“In memory of CAROL GREENWAY”. – Mr J. Greenway. Ventnor. I.O.W.

“My Brother-in-law RAY ATKINS passed away recently, so please accept the donation of £125 in his memory”. – Val Stephenson. Oldbury. West Midlands.

“In memory of my dear Brother NIGEL McGREGOR who was kind to all animals big and small”. – David McGregor. Portchester, Fareham. Hampshire.

A kind donation was received in memory of GAYNOR COX. – from Ellen Cox Bembridge

Donations have also been received in memory of: EMILY VIOLET EMERICK.

Remembering LES RICHARDS who lost his wife Janet and his dog Katy within six days of each other. We are so grateful for the animal fostering Les did for us”. – Helen Sinclair.

Our gratitude to Dianne Hills who arranged for donations in memory of former foster Mom PAMELA DYE, to be sent to us for the benefit of needy, local animals”.

Our thanks to Jean Voller in Fratton who went into our Portsmouth shop with a wonderful cheque for £2,500-00 in memory of her friend.

Remembering our wonderful, lovely, bright, bubbly supporter LIN LENOX who is pictured with Rick Wakeman. We miss you Lin.

“Our wonderful Mom BEATRICE LLOYD. We still miss her very much and think about her every day. She loved animals particularly her beloved dogs, her last one being Sheba who she adopted through Friends of the Animals”. – Dorothy Claxton & Kathleen Hiscock. Pensnett, West Midlands

Very unfortunately, my ‘newsletter’ computer file inexplicably deleted and despite my best efforts, I have been unable to retrieve any of the information. I am very sorry this happened and ask if you sent in an ‘in memoriam’ message which hasn’t been included in the above list, would you please let me know and I will put things right by including it in our next newsletter. Thank you

I would not like to miss an opportunity to thank our patrons, trustees, staff and volunteers at both of our shops, our drivers and collectors, Linda our admin whiz, Quizmaster Fred and whirlwind Liz. And, not forgetting Fred Woodley our animals saviour on many occasions.

A generous donation made by Andrew Winton in London, in memory of his Mother HEATHER WINTON, enabled us to purchase: 60 eye catching tabards and 30 dog coats, for use when out fundraising. Our lovely canine model is ‘Holly’ who is in long term foster care.

Readers are invited to send in donations and messages in memory of, or in appreciation for much loved pets.

“In loving memory of our free spirited adorable Husky Cross Archie RIP 5/5/16 always in our thoughts”. - Mike & Sue Roper.

My lovely natured rescue Chihuahua ‘Wade’ went to Rainbow Bridge aged 18 yrs. ‘Wade’ became mine when he was 7 years old and lived here happily with lots of different dogs over the years. You were my special boy ‘Wade’ and I miss you and will love you always”. And, “Remembering ‘Aldo’ another rescued Chihuahua. A

real little character who went to Rainbow Bridge aged 16 years. Love and miss you ‘Ald’. – Madeliene Eggleton. West Midlands.

“When we first saw beautiful Cavalier King Charles Spaniel ‘Cassie’, it was love at first sight. She gave us so much love and happiness and we hope the love and care she received from us, made up for her sad early years”. – Val Cooper & Peter Ford. Berrynarbor. Devon.

“It was a pleasure to foster and then adopt ‘Tinkerbelle’ into our little family. We had her for seven years and I thank you so much for letting me be her forever Mommy”. – Sam Jarvis. West Midlands.

‘Pru’ (see left) was a much loved family dog to Bill and Jo. She died in March 2018 after a short illness. She was 13½ years old and originally trained as a Guide Dog. I know all dogs are special but I miss her every day. The Charity received a generous donation from Martin, a friend of Bill, in her memory. – Jo Rooney. Godshill. I.O.W.

Sadly in July ‘Angus Bear’ Murwill the Westie went to Rainbow Bridge. Although he was 17½ ‘Angus Bear’ loved going out collecting for FOTA although sometimes he needed a rest in his doggy rucksack. ‘Angus Bear’ found his lovely sisters ‘Bonnie’ and ‘Georgie’ through FOTA and ‘Bonnie’, who survives him, is missing him lots.

Thank you to Gillian Stokes for a donation in memory of ‘Grub’ an elderly, rescued Terrier she had from Friends of the Animals. Poor ‘Grub’ had been used as target practice as his body was full of shot. There was a happy ending as Gillian provided him with love, security, warmth and comfort.

And, a donation of £100 was most gratefully received from Trevor & Gillian Coward in Bembridge, in memory of their much loved Bearded Collie ‘Lady’.

ARIEL (above) was saved from an illegal fly grazing situation where he was being held in a small enclosure with one other; without regular access to forage or water.

REBEL (above) is an incredibly sensitive soul who has trust & long term health issues.

ERNIE

BERT

ERNIE and BERT were part of a large herd rescued from a death field in Surrey, where they were being illegally fly grazed. The body condition of both ponies could only be described as hideous.

Shelley from Bodmin Moor Pony Rehabilitation wrote: “I’m so grateful for everything that F.O.T.A. has assisted with over these last couple of months. It really has made such a huge difference to our work and to the ponies’ futures. On behalf of these chaps, thank you so much”.

We have used or handed out an incredible 1,641,000 items of pet food. Huge thanks goes to Tesco, Asda & Morrisons and to their respective ‘Charity Champion’s namely: Jan Gibson (Tesco), Clare Jones (Asda) and Leah Tosdevin (Morrisons) who all do a really great job. And, not forgetting the wonderful, customers who ensure our pet food collection bins keep filling up. Thank you all for the difference you so generously make to the lives of needy animals.

Nothing happens without money and this is Di in her Snow White costume and ‘Louie’ (left) our new super cute fundraiser. As you can see, both are doing their bit to keep the coffers filled.

Supporter Martin Hoy, raised £183-00 for our animals, by ‘singing on the bandstand’ at Rylstone Gardens in Shanklin. I love his repertoire – especially ‘On days like these’ by Matt Monro !

My dearest wish for this world would be for everyone to be kind (and sensible). But sadly, for every person who is - there are many more who aren’t ! From the people who put a dog named ‘Beano’ in a stolen car and then set fire to it (he survived), to the two people who attached carpet gripper to the top of their fences – one because he hated cats, the other in an attempt to stop his dog from jumping the fence ! Or, the lady who told us she couldn’t afford to contribute towards the spaying of her house full of cats, as she’d just spent £4,000 on a ‘boob job’ ! or the man who asked us if we’d swap a dog for a snooker table ! Then there was the owner who wanted us to buy his unwanted litter of Staffies, and the lady who asked us to re-home her dog ‘as the animal was leaving tram lines on the lawn as he ran up and down the garden’ ! Sometimes it seems the world is totally insane. And, if there’s a shred of doubt, then the following received from supporter Andy Local will surely remove it.

This says it all.......

Pythagoras' Theorem: 24 words Lord's Prayer: 66 words Archimedes' Principle: 67 words Ten Commandments: 179 words Gettysburg Address: 286 words US Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words US Constitution with all 27 Amendments: 7,818 words E.U. Regulations on the Sale of CABBAGES: 26,911 words

Pembrokeshire Coast Path Sponsored Walk

We are indebted to Steve Darch, whose two sponsored walks – the first along the whole of Offa’s Dyke and the second along the Pembrokeshire Coast Path raised a wonderful £9,637 for our rescued animals. This year, Steve’s partner Catherine and dog ‘Shep’ accompanied him for much of the way. Their hike, which began at St Dogmaels near Cardigan and finished fourteen days later at Amroth near Saundersfoot, included a climb of 30,347 feet ! Sponsorship came in from all over the U.K. and even from Germany and California and we are very grateful.

Jillie Wheeler B.E.M. founded ‘Cassie’s Care for Pets’ (CC4P) in memory of her G.S.D, the purpose being to raise funds to provide veterinary treatment for animals belonging to elderly owners. Jillie is pictured (centre front) with G.S.D. ‘Seely’ and the wonderful Bembridge ‘A’ Team; a group of owners and dogs who fundraise for us twice a year. Over the years the team has raised not far short of £30K to help less fortunate animals.

Many of the animals we help have suffered greatly and we thank all those kind people who have taken out a Standing Order, or who’ve donated. If you pay tax, simply completing the form on the back page will add 25% to your donation. So, PLEASE SAY “YES” TO GIFT AID and keep ‘Friends of the Animals’ rescuing ! Thank you

The Charity has wormed and inoculated many thousands of animals – often for the first time in their lives and every year, we provide veterinary treatment for thousands more, but we couldn’t do it without you.

We keep admin costs to an absolute minimum and 98% of our staff are volunteers. This ensures as much as possible of your donation, goes towards helping animals. ‘Doug the Pug’ is pictured with Trix our volunteer animal re-homer.

Our staff constantly ‘think rescue’ so when Lacie saw this cat run under an HGV she was ‘on the case’. Attempts to get him to take food failed and so she did the only thing she could, - she crawled underneath the vehicle and quickly grabbed him before he ran off – or worse still, ended up under the vehicles wheels. Once safely in our conservatory she posted an advert on lost pets and the owner turned up to pick him up – and all before the office had even opened !

There’s no one quite like ‘Super Steve’ and his wife Janet and we are delighted they chose ‘Friends of the Animals’ as ‘their’ Charity.

Steve likes nothing more than starting off our various appeals and one of the more unusual ways he raises funds for us, is by stripping the copper out of unwanted plugs and cables.

Whilst out walking, this dear little dog was attacked by two dogs. Worse still, their owners simply walked off leaving ten year old ‘Molly’ with neck injuries and owner Anne covered in blood, alone and in tears. Thank you to everyone who contributed towards the resulting veterinary bill, especially Heather Follis who was exceptionally generous.

Being attacked by a large out of control dog must have been a terrifying experience for a little Yorkie like ‘Skipper’ and for his owner too. It reminded me of a conversation I once had with another Yorkie owner. He told me, that whilst sitting outside a Cafe his tiny pooch was savaged by a huge dog. Instantly realising he’d got just seconds before his dog was

killed, he immediately whipped out his cigarette lighter and held it near the face of the attacker. To his huge relief – the dog let go. His Yorkie needed surgery, but his life was saved.

(See left) Happily, ‘Skipper’ recovered and here he is on one of his frequent visits to our office. He knows were the chew sticks are kept !

A QUICK TIP. If your dog has trouble with his anal glands i.e. scooting / needing emptying, simply add a grated apple to his dinner. I’ve done this with literally dozens of dogs who’d been experiencing this problem – and I’ve not had a failure yet. (Just make sure you remove the seeds as they contain arsenic).

Gypsy’s owner was getting on in years and was suffering from ill health and when she rang us she was quite distressed as she did not know what would become of her much loved, ten year old dog, as Gypsy was blind. She was overjoyed when I said we would take her and things have worked out perfectly as Marlene Bell and her daughter have given her a wonderful home. Marlene describes ‘Gypsy’ as “a lovely dog and very lively”.

For several years we’ve taken HMP IOW inmates sick or injured budgies to and from the Vets. We pay the bill and in return, the inmates make and donate beautifully wood turned items for us to sell. At a Summer Fayre, a lifelong wood turner came up to us and said “I don’t know who does your woodturning, but it’s exquisite” ! Praise indeed and we are very grateful to the inmates whose efforts translate into veterinary treatment.

‘ELVIS DAY’ AT PORCHFIELD CRICKET CLUB

This was a really lovely community event with several classic cars attending as well as the Donkey Sanctuary. The Cricket Club supported us too with donations and "have a go" stalls and several club members won raffle prizes! Les who does the BBQ at the cricket matches kindly donated a large sum for the giant teddy bear!

The Elvis music was provided by Shavka (DJ London Rock) and people paid £1-00 for a request. The DJ was only beaten once with a request for a song that was performed live by Elvis on only one occasion!!

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Thanks to Laurence & Pat who run ‘All Canine’s Great & Small’ for putting on another successful Agility Day.

Tom & Gismo Remember rabbits need a large hutch /enclosure, a grassed area, fresh veg, toys, companionship

and a responsible owner.

‘Lucy’ came into our care via a Social worker, when her elderly owner was unable to care for her and ‘Lucy’ was spending long periods of time on the sofa - and was getting very overweight. New owners Andrew and Rosemary walk her every day and she’s much slimmer.

For fifteen years, we have supported around 450 animals at ‘Farm Animal Rescue Sanctuary’ in Wolverton, Warwickshire. The Sanctuary uses many tons of hay and this years’ long, hot dry Summer has translated into rocketing feed prices. We would be very grateful for donations of any size towards the Winter feed bill. Or, to sponsor an animals please go directly to www.farmanimalrescue.org.uk/ Thank you

SPUD TERRY & MISTLETOE

TIMMY TOBY

http://www.farmanimalrescue.org.uk/

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Since we started, we have raised an incredible 8 million £’s and veterinary bills remain F.O.T.A’s biggest outgoing - by far.

One in three veterinary treatments is paid for by a Will.

So, if you are planning to make your Will – or update an existing Will, please consider including a gift for the animals we battle so hard to save. Just call 01983-522-511 for a copy of our Will booklet and DVD (containing all nice stories).

Remember money left to Charities is not taxable.

If only they could, our rescued animals would say a big THANK YOU to EILEEN PATTERSON (pictured), one of several kind animal lovers who have helped our rescues by including a bequest in their will.

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