Message from a founder of The Retreat: Its hard to believe two decades have passed since I started saving animals under the label of rescue... I have cared about creatures and their well-being all my life. No matter what size they were I would rescue them all - from flies caught in spider webs and floating beetles trapped in water to unwanted old ponies due the knacker man... So my natural progression throughout my late teens was to become vegan and take home any bird, animal, or fish around me that found itself destined for an early death. Slowly but surely my unusual family grew beyond all expectations, teaching me along the way, a more balanced and deeper kindness. Animals showed me that I could not profess to love them and then save only the cute and cuddly ones. Also, to never turn a blind eye to their suffering.They showed me that no matter what, I would try to save them because just like you and I, they have the same number one goal in life… survival. Before long everyone around me knew I was the person to help any creature who needed saving and so The Retreat was born. Helping people to help animals has been my goal for the past twenty years. This included offers of support with free neutering, a safe shelter for unwanted animals and a helping hand to support anyone with a problem that included an animal. Animals have so few true friends. Over the last 20-plus years, animal welfare charities have campaigned to close pet shops selling animals... only to have become pet shops with charity numbers.Basically their essence is the same, taking in chocolate box kittens and puppies, young horses, etc. that can be sold on under the banner of donation rather than price. This leaves animals in their care who are labelled unhomeable and then killed. Yes, animal welfare charities really do kill perfectly healthy animals,not only sick ones! Some have become the hard-nosed multi-nationals run by heartless business people. Animals are seen like products and if they don’t sell by their “display-till” date, they are deemed NO GOOD, their lives labelled worthless. I wanted The Retreat Animal Rescue to be different, a safe place on the dark path of death for desperate animals and the real threat of ending their lives.I wanted The Retreat Animal Rescue to really care for the forgotten creatures,the ones not even the animal welfare movement would help. At The Retreat, needless premature death is not an option. Our shelter offers a fluid approach to animals living with problems. Killing them is just out of the question, so we will always think outside the box and pioneer a new route in helping damaged animals. The Retreat is a wonderful place. Our large family of animals knows that they are safe. I am eternally grateful to the wonderful team of animal friends who help keep this great operation ticking along. Never before have the animals, who have very few friends, needed you more. Why not come aboard and be part of the team at The Retreat. Helping animals everywhere who really have no voice. A huge thank you to everyone for helping us help the animals. And please don’t forget… Nurture all animals, young or old, pretty or plain, sick, or well...for you would expect the same. With gratitude, Billy (Founder of The Retreat)
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:53:48 +0000
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