Lauren Moore

RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford & District

The RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford & District Branch is a self funded, local charity and part of the independent branch network of the National RSPCA Our main aim is to rehabilitate and find loving, permanent homes for the animals that come into our care. Our highly trained staff and volunteers work tirelessly with all of our animals to prepare them for re-homing; each animal undergoes a health check and behavioural assessment and follow a training and rehabilitation plan to get them ready for their new loving permanent homes. We provide on-going guidance and practical advice for both new and existing pet owners who adopt animals from our branch. We also provide dog training classes for our local community and visit schools, colleges and youth groups teaching responsible pet ownership. We never put a healthy animal to sleep and only euthanize on vet advice for health or aggression reasons. We're very proud to have created a unique scheme called EARS (Elderly Animals Re-homing Scheme). This is for animals over the age of 10 that suddenly find themselves without their beloved owner for one reason or another. They are often immensely traumatised and so these animals go to one of our fosterers until a new home can be found. Our running costs are over half a million pounds every year for the animal centre and more in general welfare assistance. Generating the funds needed for our activities is an enormous challenge every year. As a branch charity can only raise funds in the Halifax, Huddersfield and Bradford area to support the work we do and rely heavily on the generosity of our local community and companies.