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Subtitle: In From the Cold.

 

 

Smudge and her Sister, Moustache, were both rescue kittens that we adopted from our local RSPCA center.

 

At nine weeks old, they had been shut in a cardboard box and abandoned on a side street in the center of Leicester. Luckily, the two kittens were found by a kind local resident and handed in to the Woodside RSPCA center, but their outcome could have been very different.

 

 

The RSPCA do amazing things - they save animals every day from a meaningless life, from a painful life.

 

One of their key campaigns is the Five Freedoms.

 

Freedom from hunger and thirst - by ready access to fresh water and a diet to maintain full health and vigour.

 

Freedom from discomfort - by providing an appropriate environment including shelter and a comfortable resting area.

 

Freedom from pain, injury or disease - by prevention or rapid diagnosis and treatment.

 

Freedom to express normal behaviour - by providing sufficient space, proper facilities and company of the animal's own kind.

 

Freedom from fear and distress - by ensuring conditions and care which avoid mental suffering.

 

 

So, for the pets who were given as Christmas gifts and are not wanted a month on; for the garden birds who've suffered in the cold weather; for the battery hens and mutilated seals; for intensively farmed puppies and kittens beaten and left for dead; for the 150-200 animals still used in circuses; for all of these we raise awareness of the vital work carried out by the RSPCA.

 

 

The main RSPCA homepage is www.rspca.org.uk/

 

However, Woodside's hompage is www.rspcaleicester.org.uk/

 

(no. 188 in Explore)

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