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Seven foot tall rat to appear at our book sale
Friday, September 22, 2006The event - which is being held at the Hall in Strood Library, Bryant Road, Strood, runs from 9.30am - 12.30pm and entrance is free.
Stella Hulott, co-founder of CavyRescue, says: "We have literally hundreds of books for sale and all genres - fiction, non fiction, hobbyist, children's books etc - as well as some lovely first editions which are sure to catch the eye of keen collectors. We also have some rare beanie bears for sale too. All profits will go towards helping us continue our work with small creatures and to build a small animal hospital and rescue centre."
Several other animal charities will also have stalls at the sale and refreshments such as tea and coffee will be available. Entry is free
So why not come along and nab yourself yourself a bargain - and meet Rigby Rat too!
For more information on CavyRescue, visit: www.cavyrescue.co.uk, call: 07932 750271 or email: cavyrescue@yahoo.co.uk
Note:
Rigby Rat is our new mascot, a seven foot furry, cuddly black and white rat. Rigby is named after one of our permanent residents that came in to the Rescue in 2002. He was aged around five months and was living in a pet shop. He was a bit of a biter as he'd never been handled. However, within a few months, cuddles, love and space made him happier. With time he became very friendly and became a 'surrogate' dad to any new male baby rats that came in - they'd live with him in his cage until homes could be found. Rigby was fantastic with youngsters.
One day we had five brothers that came in, all very timid. We introduced them to Rigby. They all pounced on him and he rolled over onto his back and you could see him laughing as the baby boys all jumped on him and playfully nipped him. He was a real character and is still sorely missed.
Posted by : Jason Hulott @ Friday, September 22, 2006
Swimathon for CavyRescue!
Anna (35) and Neil (33) will be swimming in aid of Medway-based CavyRescue, the Uks first dedicated rodent rescue, on Saturday October 7th at Tonbridge Swimming Pool.
For the couple, who regularly foster small furries and do boot fairs for various animal charities, this is their hardest fund raising effort yet! Anna says: "I've never swum so far - in fact the furthest I've ever swum is 60 lengths and that was 6 years ago - so hopefully I won't drown! But it is in a very good cause and it would be great if we can help raise some much needed funds for CavyRescue."
The charity - which has rescued, rehabiltated and rehomed over 2,600 'small furries' since its formation in 1999 - is desperately fund-raising to get the money needed to help them continue their work with small furries such as guinea pigs, rabbit, hamsters and rats, and to build a small animal hospital and rescue centre.
If you would like to sponsor Neil and Anna 's swim, please send a cheque made payable to CavyRescue to: PO Box 532, Rochester, Kent, ME1 9AT (please write SWIM on the back of the cheque) or you can donate online at: www.cavyrescue.co.uk
Posted by : Jason Hulott @ Friday, September 22, 2006
The Plight of the South African pet rats
Tuesday, September 19, 2006Pet shops in South Africa openly and unashamedly sell domestic rats as live food even though it is illegal to do so by Law.
Because rats are not seen as pets by Pet Shops but as fodder they are bred and confined under the most horrific conditions. Rats represent small profit to pet shops but what rats do, is help to sell the expensive snakes. If they did not ‘stock’ rats they could not sell snakes. Going to a pet shop and buying a couple of rats is like buying a bag of dog pellets.
When someone wants snake food, live rats are plucked out of their tiny, filthy cages and literally bashed over the head in full view of everyone in the pet shop. Others are put in the freezer to die.
A rat costs about 32p – a cheap meal for a reptile owner.
Paula Spagnoletti from the South African Rat Fan Club says:
"You will often go into a pet shop and see tank after tank of ‘snake food’ - these rats are kept in filthy conditions. Some do not even have food and water available to them. I once ordered a pet shop to place food and water in the tank, and he asked me what the point would be because if they died of starvation/dehydration it would not matter because the snake would still eat them dead.
"In South Africa you can not even go to a pet shop and buy rat cages and accessories - pet shops do not even stock food for pet rats….rats are fodder not pets.
"Baby rats are kept behind counters and in storage rooms. Pet shops keep small plastic tanks filled with hundreds of still blind, little pinkies and fuzzies, some have already died of starvation/disease".
Please sign our petition. Visit our home page at: www.cavyrescue.co.uk or go direct to the petition site at:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/819784721?ltl=1158627984
We need 10,000 signatures to enable us to take this to the SA Government.
Many thanks
Posted by : Jason Hulott @ Tuesday, September 19, 2006
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