What each animal costs to rescue
We thought it might help people to understand why there needs to be a re-homing donation for each animal – some people think rescue animals should be ‘free’. We will never ever do this, and if you want to know why then please read this but we warn you now, it’s a truly horrific story but one that needs to be understood. If you don’t know about the evil in the world, you can’t fight it.
As we will at all times be completely transparent in the way My Forever Home is run, here is a list of all the costs we will incur for the vast majority of animals:
- £70 boarding fees during assessment and vaccination period
- £20 initial vet examination, something all our animals will undergo
- £20 vaccinations, as we are a rescue we get help with these costs from rescue-friendly vets
- £4 microchipping, again much cheaper than usual as we do this ourselves
- £25 for a cat castration right up to £95 for a larger dog to be neutered, again these are reduced rates
- £5 worm and flea treatment
Then there are the petrol costs of transporting the animal from wherever it is at risk; this could be hundreds of miles away so could easily cost upwards of £70. We also provide absolutely everything our wonderful foster carers need, so that’s all food, equipment, bedding, treats… the list goes on.
As you can see, your donation of between £80 – £180 won’t come close to covering these costs, and if any animal needs veterinary treatment before we are happy for them to go to a new loving home, then the difference that we will have to fund ourselves could easily run into the thousands of pounds.
So this is why the re-homing donation is there, in order for us to be able to help as many animals as possible, which is something we are sure all our MFH extended family would want. We would like to add that we will let older animals go for a lower donation (but will still never be ‘free’, as stated above) and in some cases we will have an agreement between us whereby we fund all future vets fees, as older citizens deserve a loving final home every bit as much as the youngsters.
Thank you for your understanding and support; without you we simply couldn’t exist.