New pet health care television campaign launched

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 20:05

The Scottish SPCA has launched a new television campaign to drum up support for its pet health care services.

The charity is seeking additional funding after its figures for 2009 demonstrated how difficult it had been to maintain a network of services for animals without pet insurance.

Mike Flynn, the Scottish SPCA chief superintendent, praised the work of all staff involved in the charity from ambulance drivers, to inspectors, to rescue centre workers.

He highlighted the charity's lack of governmental or lottery funding and implored the public to help the Scottish SPCA continue to provide its network of services.

"Our figures for 2009 demonstrate just how difficult a job we have rescuing and rehoming animals all over Scotland, with the number of animals in our care, calls to our animal helpline and cases going to court all increasing significantly," said Mr Flynn.

The Scottish SPCA previously revealed that inspectors and ambulance drivers attended 4,000 more incidents in 2009 than in 2008.

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Posted by Elaine