£1.5 million appeal to help local pets in need

A major rebuild project to transform The Blue Cross animal adoption centre in West End, Southampton is now underway. The charity has launched a fundraising campaign to raise the £1.5 million needed to upgrade the centre’s dated facilities.

The Blue Cross has been helping Southampton’s needy pets since 1911. The current adoption centre, built in 1991, finds new homes for hundreds of unwanted or homeless animals every year. As well as reducing the charity’s carbon ‘pawprint’, the upgrade will include a new veterinary welfare clinic, a puppy and kitten block and improved kennels.

Kellie Brooks, Blue Cross centre manager at Southampton said: “We are really excited that the rebuild project is now underway. Once completed we will be able to care for so many more homeless pets who desperately need our help. The new clinic will also be essential to many local pet owners who cannot afford private vet fees, including many elderly and disabled people whose pet may be their only companion.”

The project is due to be completed Spring 2009. The Blue Cross hopes that local people and businesses will help to raise funds for the major project, through fundraising events and donations.

To help raise funds for the project or to make a donation please contact The Blue Cross animal adoption centre in Southampton on 023 8069 2894.

Find out more about the Southampton rebuild appeal.

29 August 2008