Veterinary clinic raises funds for dog fostering charity

Davies Veterinary Specialists has donated £5,000 to the Dogs Trust Freedom Project. The money was raised through projects organised by resourceful team members.

Each year Davies chooses a charity and team members collect as much money as they can through fund-raising events. Chosen for 2019, Dogs Trust Freedom Project is a pet fostering scheme that provides help for people fleeing domestic abuse in refuges and temporary accommodation that are unable to accept pets. Since the project was introduced 15 years ago it has fostered 1,510 dogs, helping 1,475 people to escape domestic abuse in the UK, safe in the knowledge that their dogs will also be safe and well cared for.

Dogs Trust outreach projects manager Amy Hyde said: “Alongside suffering physical abuse, we know that dogs are often used by perpetrators as a means to coerce and control their partners. This is incredibly frightening for survivors and can range from perpetrators stopping their partner from accessing vet care for their dogs or spending money on dog food, through to repeatedly threatening to harm, kill or ‘get rid’ of their dogs.

“As many refuges are unable to accept pets, survivors are understandably concerned about their dog’s safety when they need to escape.”

The Davies team is now beginning fund-raising for the charity for 2020, Dogs on the Street, a volunteer-run, not-for-profit charity dedicated to the welfare of dogs belonging to the UK’s homeless community.

Picture: The Davies team with the cheque for the Dogs Trust Freedom Project.

Published on page 4 of the March 2020 issue of RAD Magazine.