We’re really sad to see that Mary, a very young Labrador, who was bought in as a stray just over a week ago, has very severe hip dysplasia in both legs. As you can see from the images, the ‘cup’ where the thighbone should sit into the hip is flat and doesn’t allow any support to the limb.
She also has knee caps that slide on and off (luxating patellas). She will need surgery for her knees and an orthopaedic consultation to see if we can do anything to help her hips!
Sorry to ask for money again but we successfully managed to raise enough money for Benji’s neurology consultation. Please if you can afford it donate to Mary so we can book an orthopaedic consultation, currently we don’t know an amount but the surgery with rescue discount will be thousands.
Let’s help this beautiful girl get the treatment she deserves!
We are planning a sponsored 5 mile walk around the beautiful Quantock Hills on 3rd August to raise vital funds for the animals in our care who need medical treatments at present.
Hope, Mary, Benji and Kai to name a few, urgently need your help to begin treatment to then start their new lives.
Gemma, our Welfare office coordinator, will be taking up the challenge and bringing one of our welfare animals with her to share the journey.
Please share this and if you can, donate via the link below. These animals matter and we want to give them the best treatment we possibly can but we can not do this without your support.
Don’t forget to come and say hi this Saturday at Taunton Brewhouse. We are so looking forward to meeting all your beautiful dogs at their pet friendly café!
The beautiful Bart has been with us for over 90 days now and is desperately searching for that forever loving home he so ever deserves.
He has a lot of love to give as he is very people sociable but he would prefer to be the only animal in the home. He could potentially live with children of 13+ years pending suitable meet and greets at the centre.
He thoroughly enjoys his walks, especially with the volunteers as he sometimes goes all around the whole track. He does enjoys his zoomies in our secure paddocks and sniffing out hidden treats.
Let’s get this handsome chap a forever loving home and family
Remember Hope and her journey to a better life? She came into us about 3 months ago and we were unsure if she was an XL bully breed but with an assessment, she was deemed not an XL so we were able to get her the home she deserves.
Well, she needs your help once more!
While with us, the vets picked up that she had damaged her cruciate ligament and she has been receiving physiotherapy for this here at the Centre for the last few months. On further inspection, our vets have now taken the decision that Hope will need surgery to correct this. This will be done by one of our partner referral vets. We need your help to fund her operation so we can get her fighting fit in no time.
Please donate if you can to support Hope and her next journey.
Zeus had a picnic in North Curry with one of our volunteers and managed to dodge the raindrops. He must be blessed with weather powers. Zeus loves his time away from the kennels, mixing with staff and volunteers and can hardly contain his excitement. He’d be happy living in a one up and one down, bit like his ears really.
Our beautiful Maddie is looking for another Foster placement on a long term basis. She can not live with other dogs as she is reactive so is looking to be the only dog in the home, Very sweet girl with lots of love to give. She can be left for up to 4 hours a day. Maddie really needs an urgent foster home, if you can help – please fill in our foster form or email foster@sgaw.co.uk.
To help us continue our much needed work rescuing and re-homing the county’s unwanted pets, we are in desperate need of tombola and raffle prizes to help boost our funds.
Bottles, tins, cosmetics, toiletries, pet toys, new soft toys – in fact any brand new/as new items that we can put a ticket on will make all the difference to our animals!
If you have anything you would like to donate to us please drop off at the kennels or, if local, our Volunteers are very happy to come and collect.
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We are thrilled to announce that Mill Meadow Eco-Homes have very kindly become a sponsor of St Giles Animal Welfare. A family run business in Kingston St Mary, Taunton. They have kindly sponsored one of our kennels along with providing some great advice for us to become more sustainable. We are so grateful for your support and look forward to working with you further.
Give our animals the perfect gift this festive season! For £5, your donation will give a dog or cat the perfect Christmas dinner with all the trimmings.
We want to give back and support our local community as much as we can. We have joined together with some of our amazing suppliers to bring a local Food bank opportunity to the local area. If you are struggling to feed your dogs or cats at present, we may be able to help!
Follow the link below, answer the questions so we can assist further.
https://forms.gle/ueTJE9cbN1GojSGY6
More information on our food bank can be found on our website.
It costs around £10 to heat one of our kennels or cat pens for 1 month. We have set up a donation link below and are asking our loyal supporters to donate as much as you can so we can keep the animals warm and safe this winter.
With the worry of the current climate and costs of electricity, we are already seeing the effects of more animals needing our help and we face a very hard financial winter. Your donation of £1, £3 or whatever you can spare would go a long way to securing our future.
so we were able to get her the home she deserves.
He is just so friendly and deserves a family. 
We say a Virtual one!
