Why I Became A Rain Rescue Volunteer To Help Pets In Crisis

I attended a local beer festival back in July which was being held to raise money for a local pet rescue charity called Rain Rescue

. Little did I realise what I was about to learn about the horrors of a serious dog problem in and around South Yorkshire.

South Yorkshire is one of the cruelty hot spots in the UK.The volume of stray dogs and those ultimately euthanised puts the county in the top 10 across England. In the north, there is a lack of rescue centres to tackle this ever growing problem on both education and the prevention of overbreeding. Rain Rescue was created by a small group of unhappy pet owners who were simply appalled at the high volume of neglected and abandoned pets, heartbroken owners having to have their pets put to sleep after a short stay in the local dog pounds due to family crisis situations.

I was horried find to learn that over 107,000 pets were reported as missing in 2009 and of those, 9000 unclaimed dogs were destroyed. Of those 107,000, Rain Rescue saved the lives of 359 of those dogs and re-homed 145 of them. They paid for vet treatment, spay and neuter operations for 170 pets and transported 68 dogs to safety, as well as help find homes fo 50 cats. All this was paid for by public donations.

Dog pounds are kennels that are funded by the local council where lost, stray and roamimg dogs are kept for a period of 7 days in which time, owners are expected to come forward and claim their dogs. The disturbing thing about this scenario is the fact that after 7 days, if the dog has not benn claimed by their owners, they are either re-homed, boarded out or sadly put to sleep. Some of the dogs are simply put to sleep on the 7th day without reprieve for various reasons and it is the dogs in these catagories that Rain Rescue sets out to rescue.

The dogs that are rescued by Rain Rescue are sent all over the country to new home and boarding kennels where the dog is given a second chance and has no fear of being put to sleep. They remain in a safe situation until new owners are found and all this is at the expense of the charity.

Rain Rescue became a registered charity in 2006 and continue their good work with the aid of unpaid volunteers and public donations. They have certainly given me something to think about and have opened my eyes to a growing problem that otherwise I would not have known existed. That is why I became a Rain Rescue volunteer to help pets in crisis.

Why I Became A Rain Rescue Volunteer To Help Pets In Crisis

By: Julie Lythall

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