The Vale Wildlife Rescue
United Kingdom
| Animals/Wildlife
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Each year in Britain an estimated five million wild birds and other animals are injured or disabled in some way. A vast majority of their injuries are caused by people, mostly accidentally, such as road accidents, but some are intentional like poisoning and badger baiting. We at the Vale Wildlife Rescue offer help to thousands of these casualties every year by treating them and where possible release them back in to the wild. We take in more than 5,000 casualties per year our running costs average over £20,000 per month. As a registered charity we are dependant upon donations and sponsorship to maintain the work that we do and the facilities at our treatment centre. We are on call 24 hours a day, every single day of the year. We are a registered Charitable Trust that was set up in 1984. Our running costs of almost £20,000 per month are ever increasing, we are completely dependent upon donations and voluntary assistance. The current global recession is affecting all charities - our donations have decreased by 30% this year compared to the same period last year. Unfortunately we do not have large financial reserves to fall back on so we are relying, more than usual, on the generosity of the public to help us get through this difficult time.
