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Urgent Appeal4th February 2008 Dear Member, Just this morning we aired our work on local radio. The broadcaster, like us, hoped that the phone lines would be buzzing with fresh new interest & donations –explaining how we make ourselves available to the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, willing to advise them, put their minds at rest when they see animals of any description in distress by volunteering to check the situation, often taking vital supplies to aid them. And yet they just do not realise how much all this costs!! Sadly, the phones did not buzz and yet we will still be there to help!! Whilst all this was going on, one of the ponies KARMEL went down with colic and staff & volunteers have spent the entire day nursing her. Still at 8.30pm this evening, we are still nursing her and waiting for the vets return visit. All the time this has been happening, we have been unable to concentrate, nor to be able to generate necessary work from the office, and continue to promote the Sanctuary. This happens so often. A price you pay when the animals come first. ZORRO, the horse with the broken leg abandoned at a livery yard, went down with a strangulated spleen and resulted in us tragically & unexpectedly having to say goodbye to him less than a fortnight ago. We are still trying to come to terms with this sad event. It was all so sudden and unexpected. We don’t have a huge story making headline news to get your attention and delving into your pockets!! The entire past few months have been like this, and the winter months have seen us take in a huge amount of unwanted horses - several of which have been destructive and resulted in emergency repairs to stables, and recent flooding has damaged our fencing yet again, Also, giving refuge to numerous goats & sheep left homeless following the closure of their petting farm. There were huge welfare issues with this place and we are still picking up the pieces now. What do we do? Not step in when needy animals need a safe haven to come to, or turn a blind eye? I know which one we won’t do!! And I know which one you would want us to do! But please, we need your help desperately at this worrying & chaotic time to get through the coming weeks / months. Over the last 48hours we have had a total of 6 ½ hrs sleep. We are at that time of year when funds are low and worry levels rise. We keep a low profile with our suppliers, who can forever pass on their spiraling costs to us. But, this makes it difficult for us to ask for goodwill from them at this present time. PLEASE, will you make a donation at this time? How about a particular sum to buy what’s necessary for us on a daily basis? Have a look at the list below and see a rough idea of where your generous support goes! And this is only the most basic of goods.
And this really is the most basic we use weekly!! No frills. No treats. Everything else comes after. This week alone we received a bill for the removal of the bodies of LADY 3 and ZORRO and two dead sheep from this farm – a bill of £700! PLEASE! PLEASE! I ask your generous nature to help us at this time. A time, when we are being run ragged by so many needy cases. Needy cases who need ours, AND YOUR HELP today.
Kind Regards Please send your donations to REMUS MEMORIAL HOURSE SANCTUARY Little Farm,
Buttsbury Road, Near Ingatestone
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