Thanks for helping us help animals

ON behalf of vet charity PDSA, which has a busy Pet Hospital in Barkers Butts Lane, Coventry, I would like to say a huge thank you to all local players of the People’s Postcode Lottery. We have received fantastic funding support from players this year, which is particularly special as we celebrate 100 years of saving pets and changing lives. During our centenary year, funding from players is helping us deliver projects that prevent illness and disease, as well as educate pet owners and children on how to care for animals. Data from our 2018 PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report shows that only 38 per cent of pet owners are familiar with the Animal Welfare Acts which outline everything pets need to lead healthy and happy lives.

Thanks to the national scale of our work, we are ideally placed to be able to support and educate not only our own clients, but also the wider pet-owning public on all aspects of pet wellbeing.

During the second half of our centenary year, we will unveil a new PetWise on Tour vehicle; create an online digital pet health resource providing a wealth of information for pet owners; and further develop our PetWise Schools scheme to celebrate those schools which go one step further at championing pet welfare amongst their students.

2018 marks a very special year for PDSA, and these projects help us to further our mission for a lifetime of wellbeing for every pet, whilst ensuring a long term legacy that will support thousands of pet owners in different ways. Rebecca Ashman PDSA Vet