Dogs Trust annual review 2012

Annual
Review
2012
The Family Album
Family Tree
1939 – 82,000 dogs are helped
at the League’s London clinics.
1891 – National Canine Defence League is
born, founded by Lady Gertrude Stock.
1944 - Business as usual – the Hackney
clinic after a German air raid.
1899 - The League successfully campaigns
against a compulsory muzzling of dogs Bill.
1910 – the NCDL creates the Dog Licence Fund,
to help those owners in need to pay for their
dog licences.
1912 – The first NCDL dogs’
home opens in Fulham, London.
1946 - The League
campaigns against the
chaining of dogs.
1960 – 2000 Rehoming centres built in Ballymena, Dumfries,
Evesham, Merseyside, Shoreham, Shrewsbury, Newbury, Leeds,
Bridgend, Snetterton.
1913 - The League campaigns against cruelty to
dogs performing in circuses and music halls.
1967 – Non-destruction policy
introduced by Col RoosemaleCocq.
No healthy dog in our care is
destroyed from now on.
1926 First
NCDL
clinic
opens in
Bethnal
Green.
1926 - Our
first animal
ambulance hits
the road.
1967 – The first completely
new NCDL kennels for 20
years opened in Evesham.
1927 - The NCDL pays for 4,600 dog licences via the Fund.
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1978 – “A dog is for life,
not just for Christmas” slogan
created by Clarissa Baldwin.
2000 – 2010 London, Glasgow and
Dublin rehoming centres born.
Clarissa Baldwin, Chief Executive
My magic moment came when I heard
we were finally granted planning
permission to start building a brand new
rehoming centre in Essex. There are
not many animal welfare centres in the
county, and we’ll be able to find homes
for around 1,000 dogs per year. It was
the culmination of 12 years of trying
to get the perfect site and it all came
together at the end of December:
The perfect way to finish one year and
start the next!
1994 - The first
anti puppy farming
campaign starts.
1999 – Stray prevention campaigns begin in areas
of greatest need. Since then, we’ve neutered
over 425,000 and microchipped over 320,000 dogs.
2011 – Shrewsbury centre rebuilt.
2003 – The National Canine Defence
League changes its name to Dogs Trust.
2011 – Dogs Trust runs 18 rehoming centres.
13,830 dogs rehomed this year.
2011 – Loughborough centre starts construction,
due to arrive in spring 2012.
2012 – Essex centre,
plans conceived and
in early stages of
development!
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Dogs Trust Family Album
Chairman’s Foreword
Dogs Trust’s non-destruction policy
came into being in 1967, instigated by
the charity’s then Chief Executive, the
late Colonel A RoosemaleCocq, (better
known as Rosy.) At the time it was a
radical idea, but almost 50 years later,
it’s still very much the bedrock of
our ethos.
From the day-to-day work at the rehoming
centres, to the best of veterinary care
given to any of our dogs which need it, to
our partnerships with local councils and
housing associations, to helping animal
welfare workers overseas, everything we do is
predicated on one simple idea – no healthy
dog must be destroyed.
I believe dogs must no longer be regarded as
“throw away” items, to be discarded because
they’re too big, too small, too noisy, too old,
too tough or not tough enough.
Philip Daubeny, Chairman
I believe dogs must no longer be regarded
as “throw away” items, to be discarded
because they’re too big, too small, too noisy,
too old, too tough or not tough enough.
It seems to me that the future of dogkind is
wholly dependent on a major shift of attitude
from humankind.
A huge thank you to everyone who has
supported us over the years – and here’s
to the future.
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Chief Executive’s Welcome
They say a picture paints a thousand
words, and I know most people think
of their dog as part of the family, hence
welcome to the Dogs Trust family album
and annual review. Like any family,
we’ve had some wonderful moments
and some truly testing times, and I
believe our album reflects this.
We were delighted to hear that after many
years of our campaigns and increased
investment in microchipping, there will be
new regulations introduced in Northern
Ireland which will make the microchipping
of all dogs compulsory as of April 2012. I
believe this will mean a significant reduction
in the number of strays in the region.
Above all, I hope the review enables you
to share in some of our most interesting,
inspiring and emotional points of last year.
Dogs Trust has been lucky enough to weather
the economic storm so far. Thanks to our
steadfast supporters we’ve been able to keep
operations running as normal, finding homes
for 13,830 dogs. I’m in no doubt as to the
enormous debt of gratitude we owe all of our
supporters and volunteers.
It was also encouraging to see that the Welsh
Assembly issued a consultation on improving
dog breeding practices for Wales, and I
eagerly await the results due later this year.
Although no dog legislation was passed last
year, we worked very closely with government
and our fellow welfare organisations to make
sure that the compulsory microchipping of
all dogs has the best chance of becoming law
in future.
We continue to invest heavily in education
and advice for dog owners, and last year saw
the launch of our new puppy training app,
with the aim of helping new owners care for
their dog properly and to ensure he is always
under control. Training is such an important
ingredient of good dog care, so we’ve
produced a series of training videos which
are available for free on our website. Most of
our centres run weekly dog training classes,
open to all.
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We know we face more challenges in
2012, but we are in good shape and have a
wonderfully dedicated team to whom we owe
a great deal. Once again, many thanks for all
your wonderful support – and enjoy the Dogs
Trust album!
Clarissa Baldwin OBE
Chief Executive and Secretary
The past year saw a number of dog attacks on
people, which is an absolute tragedy. Every
media report of canine aggression makes my
heart sink, and I know many of our members
feel likewise.
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Meet The Family
Owen Wright, canine carer,
Dogs Trust West London
In every kind of weather our
carers are looking after the dogs,
grooming, feeding, training,
comforting, exercising and playing
with our hairy friends. We’ve got
309 canine carers spread across
our 18 rehoming centres, and
by this time next year, there will
be even more when Dogs Trust
Loughborough opens its doors.
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Maria Creedon, training
and behaviour advisor,
Dogs Trust West London
Maria’s helping Dory and Dorothy
to adjust to kennel life, as the
mother and daughter pair had
not had the best of starts in life.
They’re safe with us now. We’ve
got 21 training and behaviour
advisors helping our dogs settle,
both in and out of the rehoming
centre. Our TBAs assess each
dog’s temperament, helping them
overcome any worries they may
have or to simply learn good dog
manners. They also give advice to
new owners once a dog has left
our care.
Sandra Ruddell, receptionist,
Dogs Trust Dublin
Often the unsung heroes of Dogs
Trust, our receptionists handle
all the ‘front of house’ business
at a rehoming centre, and are
responsible for ensuring our
human visitors feel right at home.
Louise Campbell, manager,
Dogs Trust Shrewsbury
Louise has been with us for seven
years now, and is one of our
18 rehoming centre managers.
Shrewsbury is one of our oldest
rehoming centres, although
recently partially rebuilt, and
incorporates the Oakfield Old
Dogs Home, which provides a cosy
retirement home for the oldsters in
a non kennel environment.
Bert Hunter,
maintenance operative,
Dogs Trust West Calder
Whether it’s a blocked drain or
broken fencing, our maintenance
staff are an essential part of the
‘behind - the - scenes’ Dogs
Trust family.
Snapshots of just a few of our
hardworking rehoming centre
staff – 470 in all
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Brian Underhill,
animal ambulance driver,
Dogs Trust Everywhere
Many of our dogs arrive from
other organisations and council
pounds. We rely on Brian and our
3 other drivers to transfer dogs
from one part of the country to
the other, taking them from areas
where they are most likely to be
destroyed, and bringing them into
the haven of Dogs Trust. Last
year, our four animal ambulances
covered 180,000 miles.
Denise Kelly,
campaigns team,
North of England
Last year, Denise and assistant
Michelle enabled 26,000 owners to
have their dogs neutered for free or
at low cost, gave advice to housing
associations, trained 120 council
workers and police officers how
to chip dogs and gave out 28,000
free microchips. When we began
our campaigns in the North of
England in 2003, there were almost
2,000 stray dogs put to sleep by
local authorities that year. By
2011, this figure had dropped
to 1,100.
Mary Ramage,
veterinary nurse,
Dogs Trust Glasgow
A Dogs Trust vet nurse’s life
is never dull. There are dogs
to be prepared for neutering,
vaccinations, flea treatments and
healthchecks, as well as caring for
the poorly, the pregnant and the
puppies. Mary is just one of our
ten veterinary nurses.
Charlotte Peters,
youth education officer,
London
Here’s Charlotte after one of her
“safety around dogs” workshops
in a school. As one of our 12
education officers, Charlotte
helps young people understand
everything required for caring for
a dog properly, as well as helping
those children who feel scared
when they see a dog. Between
Charlotte and her colleagues, we
gave almost 3,000 classroom and
youth club presentations.
Cathy Walter,
Dogmobile driver,
Dogs Trust Everywhere
Just because you don’t live near
to a Dogs Trust rehoming centre
doesn’t mean you can’t see our
dogs. Cathy, plus Mal Green and
their assistants, ensure that the
public get to meet our lovely dogs,
no matter where they may be.
Our two Dogmobiles visited
nearly 100 towns and cities in
the UK in 2011.
We have campaign teams doing
likewise in Wales, Northern
Ireland, and Greater London, areas
which we’ve identified as having
the largest stray dog populations.
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Meet Our Extended Family
Last year our rehoming centre
volunteers gave us an incredible
86,000 hours of their time and energy.
From dog walking to pup socialising
to blanket laundering, each volunteer
is invaluable.
Lynn Barber,
head of canine behaviour
When I think about our puppy
socialisation and habituation programme
which I helped develop over the past
year, I feel proud, as it means we’re
helping the whole of dogkind, rather
than just the individual.
Throughout my working life I’ve seen
so many adult dogs who are fearful of
people, often because they’ve been
poorly socialised during those crucial
first 16 weeks of life. The habituation
scheme means we’re helping to get so
many puppies off to a good, solid start in
life, which will help reduce the number
of ‘messed up’ adult dogs in this country
in the future.
Helen, Scarlett and Len, fundraisers.
Helen ran the Great North Run, Scarlett
baked delicious cakes and sold them to her
school friends, and Len and Mark and 90 of
their friends from the Brighton Scooter Club
scootered over to Dogs Trust Shoreham on
a special dog food delivery run. We have
hundreds of fantastic fundraisers who pull
out all the stops to help our dogs.
Scarlett Berry, age 7,
selling her cakes
Walkies!
The Brighton Scooter Club
unloading their goodies
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Jane Davies, volunteer dog walker,
Dogs Trust Bridgend. We’re lucky enough
to enjoy the help of around 2,300 volunteer
dog walkers helping our dogs get plenty
of exercise and fresh air, and it’s especially
vital for those dogs which need that extra
bit of physical stimulation to keep them fit
and happy.
Helen Barlow completed the BUPA
Great North Run, raising £350
We have charity shops in 9 high streets
around the UK, and Mathew is just one of
18 devoted staff who help keep the places
running. Last year, our shop staff and
volunteers helped to raise over £400,000.
Clare Kivlehan,
outreach projects manager,
Dogs Trust head office
Sue Cartman,
Freedom Project foster carer
Sue, Freedom Project foster carer, Yorkshire.
She’s just one of 100 foster carers who are the
essential part of the unique Freedom Project.
By taking in another person’s dog for an
unspecified period, she is enabling a woman
or man, and often children, to escape from
a violent partner, and giving them enough
space to rebuild their lives. Last year, people
like Sue helped over 150 families in London
and Yorkshire escape misery, by fostering
195 dogs.
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Donna Sayce,
Leeds youth education officer
Mathew Goldson, Wetherby shop
manager and Maria Barnes Jones
assistant manager
Clare manages our Hope Veterinary
Entitlement Card scheme, which enables
dogs belonging to homeless people to get
veterinary care; the Freedom Project, which
helps people fleeing domestic violence by
arranging foster care for their dog; and the
Lets With Pets project which encourages
private and social housing providers to
allow pets into their properties.
I always bring my dog Dennis into
the classroom with me, and have had
some great results with children who
are terrified of dogs. One little boy
in particular was so scared he stood
at the furthest point away in the
classroom. I could see him relaxing
gradually throughout the workshop as
he observed the dog and saw how well
behaved he was.
At the end of the lesson, the children
all came up to Dennis for a stroke.
The young lad eventually decided he
would give it a go, and when he did
promptly burst into tears of joy. The
whole class cheered him - it was a
wonderful moment.
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Our New Friends
We certainly made a lot of interesting
new friends last year. Just take a look
at who we met:
Her Majesty’s Young Offenders Institute,
Polmont
Our Paws for Progress scheme is an animalassisted intervention programme for young
offenders. Inmates from HMYOI Polmont
are paired up with and asked to train dogs
from our West Calder rehoming centre.
The programme’s goal is to help inmates
address their behaviour through education,
while developing their employability before
they are released from the institution. We
are working closely with the Scottish Prison
Service and the scheme’s instigator, Rebecca
Leonardi, who authored the scheme as part
of her PhD at the University of Stirling.
Pets at Home
Dermot O’Leary
John Barrowman
We also joined forces with Pets at Home,
the national chain of pet care superstores,
in order to bring our rescue dogs to a wider
audience, as well as making shoppers aware
of the option of getting a dog from a rescue
centre. Three stores now have a Dogs Trust
advice and adoption centre, where our staff
can introduce specific dogs needing homes
to shoppers, and point them to the dog’s own
rehoming centre for more details.
Radio and TV presenter Dermot O’Leary
kindly helped us promote our “where to
buy a puppy” message by appearing in a
video with this charming co-star, Conan
the puppy – a Dogs Trust resident. Dermot
and Conan helped spread the word, through
social media, about always seeing a puppy
interacting with its mother before buying.
Stage and screen star John Barrowman was
especially supportive last year, donating
many of his clothes to, and officially opening,
our charity shop in Cowbridge, Wales.
He’s also a great friend to our Bridgend
and Glasgow centres, and rehomed Spaniel
Charlie from our West London centre.
John – we salute you!
Dermot gives Conan a quick hug
John Barrowman is a big hit in Cowbridge
Bristol University and Dr Emily Blackwell
Developed over several years, 2011 saw the
launch of the UK’s first accredited course in
animal welfare and rehabilitation, designed
specifically for rescue centre staff and taught
at the University of Bristol. Funded by
Dogs Trust, and designed in conjunction
with lecturer in canine behaviour, Dr Emily
Blackwell, the degree course currently has 16
members of Dogs Trust staff studying on it.
A Polmont inmate training Yogi to sit
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Dr Blackwell and Dexter
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Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langford
Harefield Hospital
Breakfast television husband and wife team
Eamonn and Ruth added charming Maggie
the crossbreed to their family last year,
rehoming the lucky lady from our West
London centre.
Harfield patient Michael Knepper and pals
Maggie landed on her paws
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The Harefield Hospital’s cardiac
rehabilitation team is now encouraging their
post operative recovery patients to take our
West London dogs for regular walks around
our vast exercise field, as part of their long
term recovery. The new arrangement helps
the human patients to have regular, gentle
exercise with a fun loving companion who
will always want to go out for a stroll – and
make their walk that bit more enjoyable.
And our dogs just love to get extra walkies.
Nintendo and the Saturdays
Dogs Trust grooming products
Our youth education dept teamed up with
Nintendo and pop group The Saturdays to
help promote the message “A dog is not a
toy” to younger audiences. With our staff
recognising a trend among young people for
buying small breeds of dog to tote in their
handbags, (and often give them up when
the cute but untrained pup turned into
unmanageable adults), we discussed the issue
with young people using the things they most
enjoy. Nintendo kindly donated their new
Nintendogs + cats games consoles for our
education officers to use with children in the
classroom, while The Saturdays posed for
the press wearing T shirts emblazoned with
“A dog is not a toy”. We also launched a new
Junior Canine Carer competition through
our Wag! magazine, asking children to design
a poster – producing an excellent, creative
response from over 500 youngsters.
2011 saw us produce our own range of
dog grooming products in conjunction
with cosmetics company, OriginItalia.
The range of dog shampoos and conditioners
have been developed without being tested
on animals, and are available from
www.dogstrustproducts.com
Dudley’s in a lather
Frankie Sandford, pop
star and Pug lover
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Moving House Day
Richard Moore, manager Dogs Trust
West London
My magic moment was the open day we had over 7,000 people and their dogs
come along, and the whole atmosphere
was so happy! Just seeing all those
smiling faces, and cheerful dogs getting
along with other happy dogs was
wonderful. So many people came up
just to tell me how their dog has really
made a difference to their lives. Open
day - definitely a winner for me!
Here’s how many do
gs packed their bags
and moved from our
homes to yours…
Dogs in kennels at start of year
2010
2011
1,710
1,490
Dogs admitted
2010
2011
14,276
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Flea and Maddie
of Bridgend
Cassie of Bridgend
15,323
Total number of dogs cared for
2010
2011
15,986
16,813
Dogs rehomed
2010
2011
13,830 14,590
Jack of Harefield
Dogs reclaimed/returned to owner
2010
2011
178
237
Harvey of Newbury
Dogs died or put to sleep
2010
2011
309
276
Dogs in kennels at end of year
2010
2011
12
1,669
1,710
Freckles and Tippy
of Salisbury
ymena
Fraggle of Ball
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Charlie
Bob of Glasgow
be
of Ilfracom
orth
Heidi of Kenilw
Trina Lewis-Ford, canine carer, Dogs
Trust Shoreham
Busby of Leeds
Deefer and Rook
ie
We’d had Blossom the Lurcher in our care for
over eight months, and we could all see she
was a smashing dog who was not adjusting
well to kennel life. She loved people so
much that she’d get very frustrated at not
being with someone all the time.
So I was cautiously pleased when a woman
visited us having seen Blossom on the
website and asking to meet her. Lynn was
retired and had plenty of time to spend
getting to know Blossom very gradually.
Over a few weeks, Lynn would visit Blossom
at the centre, and eventually we took
Blossom to her house for a few hours at a
time, so they could really get to feel relaxed
in each other’s company. The improvement
in Blossom’s behaviour was remarkable.
of Kenilworth
Molly of Glasgow
My magic moment came six weeks later,
when Lynn came back to the centre and
signed the rehoming papers, and I saw
Blossom finally leave here to start her new
life with someone who so obviously adored
her and understood her needs. They pop in
every once in a while to say hi, and it makes
me smile to see what was once a ‘difficult to
rehome’ dog with a constantly wagging tail.
lder
Carla of West Ca
Tyke of Ballymena
Chilli and Jazz
of Shrewsbury
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Housekeeping Budget
Park Life
It costs 45p per day to feed one of our dogs, but our shopping list includes
so much more than just food.
We’re doing more than anyone to
promote responsible dog ownership,
microchipping and neutering in the
areas of greatest need. Last year, our
campaigns and community team
worked together with 316 councils
across the UK – here’s how...
Fundraising/donations
Legacies
Adoption fees
Investment income
Other income
Incoming resources
Costs of generating donations/legacies
Costs of running rehoming centres
Publicity, education and information
Neutering and chipping campaign
Governance costs
Interest
Resources expended
Net incoming resources
20112010
£000£000
44,732
40,687
18,48718,506
1,055
1,103
1,692
1,382
7
17
65,973
61,695
(22,133)
(19,639)
(26,021)
(26,196)
(3,931)
(3,395)
(7,158)
(5,265)
(316)
(311)
0(64)
(59,559)
(54,870)
6,414
6,825
This summary financial information is extracted from our unaudited draft
accounts for 2011 to provide information on our net incoming resources
for the year. For a copy of our full audited accounts please fill in and
return the form at the back of the report.
Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees by
Philip Daubeny
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Responsible Dog Ownership Events
(run in our key campaign regions)
These events are organised together with
targeted councils or housing associations
and are focused on areas of greatest need.
We offer advice on dog ownership, provide
free and low cost neutering vouchers, plus
microchipping for all dogs.
In London, as part of the City Dogs
campaign, we run agility classes and free
group or one-to-one dog training, known
as Agility in the Park. Last year we ran 135
events and spoke to around 3,500 young
dog owners.
We work closely with key councils to run
Responsible Dog Ownership events, where
we visit key housing areas to offer free
neutering vouchers, free microchips and £10
HealthCheck vouchers (entitling dogs to
free vaccination, flea and worm treatments,
microchips and neutering operations.)
All over the UK, we offer:
‘Dogs In The Community’ offer for all UK
councils and housing associations, a package
to promote responsible dog ownership to
their social housing tenants, including:
• Free chips for councils and their local
housing associations.
• Free chipping training for council/housing
association staff.
• Free services of dog law specialist, Trevor
Cooper, to help with any particular
problems with dogs within social housing
and tenancy agreements.
• Dogs In The Community training for
councils, housing staff, police and park
rangers (a nominal fee is charged). The
subjects covered include the role of the stray
kennels, canine behaviour, animal first aid
and the law.
• Free School Workshops/Youth Groups
Workshops (see Meet the Family, page 7
for details.)
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Jacky Donaghy and friend,
Agility in the Park day
Jacky Donaghy,
City Dogs project manager
Just before Christmas a lad called Danny,
came into the office and said thank you
for helping me with Fella. I was speechless
with delight.
Although it sounds like a tiny thing, believe
me, it was a huge deal for him to have made
the effort. You simply don’t hear that kind
of thing from tough lads like Danny.
I first met Danny when he was 13 and had
just been expelled from school, and was
hanging around in the park all day with his
two dogs, Tempah and Fella, both large Bull
breeds. Danny had an angry attitude and an
extremely troubled home life, and although
he loved Tempah and Fella he could be
heavy handed with them. This, with their
lack of socialisation, meant they could be
aggressive towards people.
At our Agility in the Park days he’d always
be there, hanging around the edge. The
turning point came when he saw no other
kids were around and came over to ask me
for flea treatment, but as he did so, Fella
lunged at me. Shocked, I said, “What on
earth are you doing letting him be so out
of control?” Danny was so upset that he’d
gone for me, and said “But what can I do?
He is wearing a muzzle.”
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I could see Danny was trying to do the right
thing and I was determined to help him gain
control over his dogs, in such a way that he’d
learn new skills without feeling patronised
or reprimanded. We started slowly with
short training sessions, and I gave him a
proper muzzle and harness for Fella.
I saw Danny on and off over the year, and
I could see a massive improvement in his
control over the dogs. He was now proud to
be their owner. Then, at another Hackney
event in November, he rushed over saying
that Fella had been hit by a car and could I
look him over.
His leg was in a terrible state, so we helped
get him to the vet and funded his operation.
Because of Danny’s difficult family
circumstances he’d been unable to take him
to a vet himself.
I didn’t see him again for a few weeks.
Then, just before Christmas, he came into
the office to say thank you. But when he
added that he’d like to join us as a City
Dogs volunteer my heart soared. If a lad
like Danny can see the value in what we’re
doing, then City Dogs has been well worth
the effort.
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Dogs Trust on tour!
We’ve been globetrotting, trying to
help our friends working to improve
dog welfare around the world.
India
At the International Training Centre in Tamil
Nadu we helped fund training for 119 vets, 64
vet nurses and dog catchers in animal birth
control and rabies prevention.
Ikaria, Greece
We worked with local volunteers to encourage
farmers on the island to stop chaining up
dogs in order to guard their crops from goats.
Of the original 80 farm dogs, there are now
just 30, all of which are unchained, have their
own kennel, shade from the sun and receive
regular food and water.
International Training programme
Malta
We’re in year three of our five year dog
neutering and youth education programme.
We’ve neutered 8,000 dogs and educated
22,000 young people, and so far we’ve seen
a reduction of 10,000 latchkey dogs on
the island.
The Philippines
We’ve partnered with the Animal Kingdom
Foundation to help put a stop to the dog
meat industry. Some progress has been made
in legislation, and a successful prosecution
brought against a group which was stealing
dogs for the meat trade.
Paula at
work in
India
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We brought 50 foreign delegates to London
for training, including how to run a rescue
centre, raise money, educate children and
manage veterinary staff.
Sri Lanka
Paula Boyden, veterinary director
One of my highlights has to be going
to India, not necessarily the travel,
but to understand how much impact
a relatively little input can make. By
supporting the International Training
Centre we are not only giving Indian vets
vital surgical skills but participating in
dog population control (by neutering)
and rabies control (by vaccination.) As
there are still 30,000 human deaths per
year in India from rabies, and dogs are
the carriers, this truly is ‘one health’.
I came back home feeling very proud to
be a part of it.
Bo welcomes
you to Glasgow
Basil tries
his paw at
agility, Dogs
Trust Leeds
Glasgow’s assistant manager, Philip McCarlieDavis and Shrewsbury’s canine carer, Carrie
Ann Goodchild, volunteered for two weeks
at the Home and Abroad Animal Welfare
centre in Colombo, helping local staff care
for the huge amount of strays and vaccinate
street dogs.
International Companion Animal Welfare
Conference
Held in Latvia, our conference saw 212
delegates from 29 different countries.
Subjects for debate included infectious
disease control, clicker training and
environmental enrichment on a budget.
Sandy fun,
Dogs Trust
Shrewsbury
Annual Review 2012
Our new houses – and a spot of gardening too…
2011 saw the commencement
of construction of Dogs Trust
Loughborough, our latest
rehoming centre to be designed
with environmentally sustainable
principles in mind. It’ll be open
for business in June this year.
Our Shrewsbury centre was partially
rebuilt and fully reopened in 2011, and
is now finding homes for some beautiful
dogs. It also changed its name from Roden
to Shrewsbury!
Plans were also prepared for the
refurbishment of our Ilfracombe centre,
which should be rebuilt later this year.
We developed a series of new schemes
to help improve the experience of the
dogs whilst they are in our care through
‘environmental enrichment’. These include
the development of a special sensory garden
at our West London centre, a straw bale
house at the newly developed Shrewsbury
centre, ‘a chill out’ copse at our Snetterton
centre and raised platforms in the paddocks
at Dogs Trust Canterbury.
Hanging out on the
new straw bale house
at Shrewsbury.
All these initiatives have been designed to
allow the dogs to exhibit normal ‘doggy’
behaviours and so help to reduce stress and
give the dogs something different to do and
to look forward to.
The majority of behaviour issues that we
see in some of our dogs are exacerbated
by the stress they may feel staying in a kennel
environment. Anything we can do to reduce
their stress will help tremendously with
their rehabilitation programmes - and
ultimately rehoming.
Jock taking
it all in at
the sensory
garden, Dogs
Trust Glasgow
Our spaniels
love the
raised
platforms,
Dogs Trust
Canterbury
Right at the end of the year, planning
permission was granted for Dogs Trust
to build a brand new rehoming centre
in Basildon, Essex.
Garston
goes flying,
Dogs Trust
Darlington
West
Sniffing out
ery
London’s Sniff
Annual Review 2012
What’s
in here?
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Very Special Friends
Dogs Trust relies on the support of members
of the public to continue our work saving
thousands of dogs’ lives each year. If you
like what you’ve read, and would like to help
us to carry on, then please consider leaving
Dogs Trust a gift in your will. For more
information please call 020 7837 0006 or
cut off this form and send it to us in the
envelope provided.
On behalf of all the dogs, thank you.
Please send me information about:
Remembering Dogs Trust
in your will
The free Canine Care Card
(we will look after your dog
if you pass away)
How to sponsor a dog
Please send me a copy of
your audited accounts
Please return this form using
the envelope provided.
Or email us:
customerservices@dogstrust.org.uk or
visit our website: www.dogstrust.org.uk
Or call us on 020 7837 0006.
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Annual Review 2012
Patrons, Trustees, Friends
Patrons
Her Majesty the Queen
Vice Presidents
Mrs B Woodall *
Mr CP DeVile #
Miss R McIlrath #
Chairman
Mr PG Daubeny *#
Vice Chairman
Mr J Gaye *
Secretary and Chief Executive
Mrs C Baldwin OBE *#
Mr DeVile will be retiring
in 2012.
Council and trustees
Prof D Argyle BVMS PhD
DECVIM-CA MRCVS
(Chairman of Canine Welfare Grants
Committee)
Mrs C Baldwin OBE *#
Mr J Beveridge QC
Mr K Butt MA VetMB MRCVS #
Mrs V Carbone
Mr E Chandler
Ms E Gill
Mr S Langton FCA *
(Chairman of F&GP Committee)
Ms R Mahapatra LLB
Mr T Pearey #
Mr M Radford OBE LLB
Mr I Rose LLB *
*Member of Finance and General Purposes Committee
#Member of Canine Welfare
Grants Committee
Bankers
Barclays Bank
Auditors
BDO LLP
Solicitors
Druces and Attlee
Annual Review 2012
Patrons
John Barrowman
Jilly Cooper
Sharron Davies
Jason Flemyng
Lady Annabel Goldsmith
Emma Goodman Milne
Jilly Goolden
Loyd Grosman
Lady Jane Grosvenor
Elizabeth Hurley
Lady Mary Mumford
Graham Norton
Bruce Oldfield
Dermot O’Leary
Sir Tim Rice
Angela Rippon
Jenny Seagrove
David Shepherd
Trinny Woodall
Friends
Clive Anderson
Raef Bjayou
Paul Blair
Millie Clode
Mark Durden Smith
Sarah Fisher
Jasmine Harman
Scott Hastings
Anthony Head
Sarah Jane Honeywell
Kate Humble
Jo Joyner
Shauna Lowry
Rosie Marcel
Deborah Meaden
Gemma Merna
Joe Mott
Brian Murphy
Chris Packham
Joanna Page
John Partridge
Sue Perkins
Jodie Prenger
Jackie Ross
Paul Ross
Camilla Sacre Dallerup
Kevin Sacre Dallerup
The Saturdays
Helen Skelton
Claire Skinner
Dawn Steele
James Thornton
Abi Titmuss
Gregg Wallace
Heidi Wallace
With thanks to:
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Front and back cover images
(Cavachons Alfie and Dexter,
Springer Spaniel Bertie) by kind
permission of Jason Corbett at
mindenwoodphotography.co.uk
With thanks to photographers
Brighton Dog Photography,
Clive Tagg, Martin Phelps,
Andrew Sutton, Andrea Houghton,
Emma Crichton and Colin Bennett
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Rehoming Centres
To find opening times and directions for our rehoming centres please visit:
www.dogstrust.org.uk/rehoming/
1) Ballymena, Co Antrim
Tel 028 2565 2977
11) Liverpool, Merseyside
Tel 0151 480 0660
2) Bridgend, South Wales
Tel 01656 725 219
12) Loughborough, Leics
Opens June 2012
3) Canterbury, Kent
Tel 01227 792 505
13) Newbury, Berks
Tel 01488 658 391
4) Darlington, Co Durham
Tel 01325 333 114
14) Salisbury, Wilts
Tel 01980 629 634
5) Dublin
Tel 00 353 1879 1000
15) Shoreham, W Sussex
Tel 01273 452 576
6) Evesham, Worcs
Tel 01386 830 613
16) Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Tel 01952 770 225
7) Glasgow
Tel 0141 773 5130
17) Snetterton, Norfolk
Tel 01953 498 377
8) Ilfracombe, N Devon
Tel 01271 812 709
18) West Calder, Edinburgh
Tel 01506 873 459
9) Kenilworth, Warks
Tel 01926 484 398
19) West London, Uxbridge
Tel 0845 076 3647
10) Leeds, W Yorks
Tel 0113 281 4920
www.dogstrust.org.uk
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Dogs Trust head office
17 Wakley Street
London EC1V 7RQ
Tel 020 7837 0006
Registered charity numbers:
227523 in England and Wales
SC037843 in Scotland
CHY16218 for Dogs Trust Ireland