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Every year the RSPCA
rehomes around 70,000 animals - these animals arrive at the RSPCA out of various
circumstances - they may be unwanted pets that have been callously dumped or
victims of cruelty by their owners.
Anyone who has
rehomed their pet from an RSPCA animal centre or branch can tell you what a
rewarding experience it is to offer these animals a new lease of life.
These are just
some of the 
of pets that have been rehomed from the South Bucks RSPCA Branch:
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     Sooty
- A Story of Patience & Endurance ~On 11th of February 2008, we
at South Bucks RSPCA had a call from Crossroads Surgery to say that they had a
very young cat brought in from a R.T.A. The left front leg was severely damaged-
a nasty double fracture and all the skin and tissue completely gone plus damage
to the paw. It seemed inevitable that Sooty would lose the leg but after some
consultation it was decided to try- without much hope- to save the limb.
After a long operation which involved pinning in two places, heavy dressings and
copious amounts of antibiotics he was taken home by Angela (one of our
fosterers) and confined in a pen, as absolute rest was essential.
Sooty was taken three times a week for dressings during February, every five
days during March, once a week during April and May, and finally twice in June.
Each time he had to have a general anaesthetic as the pain would have been
extreme. Gradually the wound closed, the pins removed, and on June 19th , he
paid his final visit to the vet.
During all this time he was a model patient, very loving and sweet natured (even
at the vets !!!!!!!!!). It was now time for rehoming, but Angela and family
could not part with him and he was very attached to them, so he stayed and has
just had his first outing. Amazingly, the only sign of his trauma is a slight
limp and a distorted claw, but this does not stop him being very lively and
playful. Everyone involved deserves a very big thank you for their time, care
and patience.
APPEAL:
Being a small self funding Branch with no financial help from our H.Q. can you
manage a small donation towards the cost of Sooty's treatment , well over £1000
~ THANK YOU!!
Please make cheques payable to:
South Bucks RSPCA
The Treasurer,
P.O. Box 1043,
Beaconsfield,
Bucks, HP9 1XQ
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   Basil
the Crimson Rosella ~
Basil came to the South Bucks RSPCA in November of 2005, up until that time,
he had spent at least 10 years locked up in a tiny, filthy cage with little
food or water.
Basil was suffering from malnutrition which had left him almost totally
blind, his beak was soft from a calcium deficiency, his little body was bare
apart from a few feathers, his breast bone stood prominent due to
starvation, he had no flight feathers nor tail feathers & very few body
feathers as a result of feather plucking – all that remained of his former
glory was a bright red crimson head.
Basil has been in our foster care ever since, although he still nibbles his
feathers out of habit he is covered in fluffy grey down & proudly displays
his new flight & tail feathers. The frightened & quivering bird that first
came to us has been replaced by a beautiful & brave boy. Basil now spends
his days interacting with all his
bird friends, he fell in love with a yellow cockatiel called Splodge, he
sings songs, LOVES a bath & is disgusted if his daily treats bowl doesn’t contain celery
or strawberries!
He is most
certainly making up for lost time!
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 Holly
& Cassie ~
We were lucky to get Holly from the RSPCA
when she was 12 weeks old. Our cat had been killed by a car and we were looking
for another one when we saw Holly advertised on the cat page of the RSPCA
website. It must have been fate as we had always wanted a Border Collie but
previous work commitments meant that we would not have the time to walk such an
active dog. Now that we run a dog walking business (K9helper) we decided we
would be able to give Holly a good home with our other 2 dogs and 4 cats. She
settled in really well and is a delightful and highly intelligent dog. She is
now progressing in obedience training at the Dog Training Club and shows great
promise. A few weeks later we had a call from the RSPCA to tell us that they had
rescued Holly's mum from the puppy farm and would we like to go and see what
Holly will be like when she grows up. Cassie (or Shyla as they called her) had
been used as a breeding bitch on a puppy farm and was lying in deep mud when she
was rescued. When they brought out Cassie the first thing Dave said was "How do
we go about adopting her?" Well I think I was as surprised as the RSPCA worker
who brought her out and I was giving Dave "the look" which said "are you mad".
However I could see that he had made up his mind and nothing was going to change
it. We had already been home checked for Holly so they told us we could take
Cassie there and then. After signing the forms and paying the donation we put
her in the car and set off home. We only got 50 yards down the road and she was
sick. By the time we got home she had been sick about 5 times and I was thinking
that maybe we had made a mistake. She was really nervous and stressed so we put
her in our outside kennel and gave her a couple of days to settle down. She has
now been with us for 6 weeks and is the most placid, loving and obedient dog we
have ever had. The pleasure we have gained from watching her flourish and play
with her pup daily is indescribable. People tell us we are so good to give these
dogs a home but we are the lucky ones to have them. We cannot thank the RSPCA
enough for rescuing them and allowing us to adopt them.
Helen and Dave Simmonds
K9Helper is a local family run professional dog walking and pet sitting
service covering Amersham, Chesham, The Chalfonts, High Wycombe and surrounding
villages. If you need someone to walk your dog or feed your cat while you are
out or away give us a call on 0845 1569541 or 0787 5552369
for more information visit www.k9helper.co.uk or email
dave@k9helper.co.uk
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happy tail to tell?
Have you adopted a pet from the South Bucks RSPCA? Then we'd like to hear
from you. After all,  are what make it all worth while.
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