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Our running costs are on-going and all the money we raise is spent entirely on the animals.
All our staff are unpaid volunteers. Feed bills are constant, hay costs are particularly high
during the winter when there is very little grass and this summer because of the lack of rain
the pasture is a dust bowl so hay is hard to find and we have to give it daily. Equine worming
needs to be carried out every 3 months at an average cost per equine of £12.00. The farrier
visits every 8 weeks to treat the feet of all of our 24 equines at a cost of £10.00 per animal.
Healthy non sugar non additive, non colourant cat food is expensive, and the cats have to be
wormed and deflead as well. All this and much much more,...
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If you would like to help us with a donation you may either do so here
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£6.00 buys one bale of hay
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£180 buys hay for one week |
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£10 pays the farrier for one equine |
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£240 pays for one farrier visit |
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£9.60 buys a sack
of Happyhoof |
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£8 buys a sack of mixed corn for the birds |
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£7.50 buys a sack
of sheep nuts |
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£17.60 buys a 7.5 kg
bag of cat biscuit |
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There are also the vets' bills which we try to keep to a minimum with nutritional supplements and herbal and homeopathic remedies, but still they keep coming. Charlie, Eddie, Rhett and Sky receive regular treatment for sweet itch in the summer. Gretel, the donkey's orthopaedic boots fitted by the farrier are £100 every 2 months. Wormers, fly sprays, fly fringes - all of this plus vets bills soon mount up. Any help you can give is very much appreciated! |
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If you would like to make a donation by post, please send it to:-
The Alexandra Bastedo Champions Animal Sanctuary
PO Box 2195
West Chiltington
Pulborough
West Sussex
RH20 2XB
United Kingdom
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The Equines
We would very much like to be able to install more hardstanding for the equines - our damp climate with constant rain means the paddocks are frequently muddy and it would be much better for their hoofs to have more solid ground around their stables to stand on.
Estimated cost £750 - any donation towards this gratefully received.
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The Cats
Our catteries are always full with unwanted cats. We need to have additional catteries built to cope with more abandoned felines.Volunteers have offered to build/install and kit-out the interiors free of charge.
Estimated cost of 'shell' (summerhouse-type buildings) £1,000 - any donations towards new catteries would be gratefully received. |
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Our thanks to Gatleys our suppliers for all the help and advice and discounts they give us
and Denes, the family firm in Brighton, for their assistance with their high quality sugar, additive and colourant free cat foods.
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