The Journey Battersea Dogs & Cats Home Annual Review 2013 Welcome

In 2013, Foxy, a one year-old Akita, found herself on a life-changing journey, which started when her world turned upside down and she urgently needed Battersea’s help, and ended with the promise of new beginnings. Foxy was one of 5,241 dogs and 3,120 cats we looked after in 2013 and, like them, she needed the love, care and expert help Battersea could give her. Together, our dedicated staff and passionate volunteers were there for Foxy in her hour of need. We ensured that her year-long journey through the Home, needing every aspect of care we could offer her, ended with the chance of a happy life, surrounded by love. Just like Foxy, in 2013 our 153-year-old Home was also on a journey — growing in strength and planning for an exciting future. And our Cat Takeover truly made this Battersea’s year of the cat, as our felines went on a journey to the forefront of the Home. The journeys of our dogs and cats, the steadfast family of people who work, volunteer and fundraise for us, and our Battersea organisation itself, are celebrated here. We look back with immense pride, and forward with ambition, determination and hope.

Annual Review 2013 | 01 Introduction from the Chairman Chief Executive’s Report

When I reﬂect on Battersea Dogs & Cats Home’s journey, I feel a strong sense of 2013 has been an incredibly busy year for Battersea and one we will remember for ﬁnalising gratitude, anticipation and excitement. For our animals, our people and our charity as plans for what our iconic London centre will look like for generations to come. As a famous a whole, there can be no doubt this has been and will continue to be an amazing journey, London landmark for 153 years, these plans ensure we remain at our special Battersea site for all in support of the thousands of dogs and cats in urgent need of our help. the next 153 years, with 21st-century facilities that will fully meet the needs of all our animals.

As Chairman, it always gives me such My heartfelt thanks go out to all our staff Some of our kennels, including Victorian express his appreciation for the Paul O’Grady, along with international pleasure to reflect on Battersea’s great and volunteers as it is their hard work blocks still in use underneath railway tremendous work our volunteers do, to a supermodel David Gandy and author progress and clear determination to that makes our success a reality. I would arches, were not fit for purpose and new huge gathering of the Home’s volunteers and former Children’s Laureate Dame make sure the journey for our animals, also like to thank our Council of Trustees ones were urgently needed for the and staff. Jacqueline Wilson, continue to be superb whose simple dreams are of a second for their consistent support throughout thousands of dogs we take in every year. Ambassadors for the Home and in 2013 The Prime Minister’s presence that chance in life, is as good as it can the year and the incredible contribution Our vision for state-of-the-art facilities will we were thrilled to appoint actress and sunny day underlined how far Battersea possibly be. of Claire Horton, our Chief Executive, soon no longer be a dream but a reality for TV personality Amanda Holden as our has come in providing a respected voice who works so tirelessly and effectively all our new dogs. We still urgently need fourth Battersea Ambassador. Their 2013 has seen the roadmap start to that champions dog and cat welfare. In for the good of the Home. funds to help us achieve our dreams, but active involvement and ongoing support take shape for the next five years for the 2013 this included playing a leading part our journey has begun, with building work for the Home in countless ways is truly Home, including plans for much-needed Finally, our President, HRH Prince in establishing and developing the new at our London centre getting under way in remarkable and very much appreciated. new kennels at our famous London Michael of Kent GCVO has been a 2014, and new kennels rising to cradle the Canine and Feline Sector Group, whose centre in the heart of Battersea and the tremendous support to Battersea in generations of desperate and exhausted sole purpose is to speak with one voice I would like to thank our 323 staff and continued strengthening of our Brands 2013 and we are eternally grateful. dogs yet to come. to advise Government on the most 1,076 volunteers for doing such a Hatch and Old Windsor centres. important issues affecting dogs and cats tremendous job caring for our animals Our next five-year strategy has been in the UK and Europe. We also helped and supporting the Home in so many Our staff have achieved so much, caring carefully thought through and the secure changes in the law to make other ways in 2013. And I offer a very for our dogs and cats with such passion remarkable growth in 2013 in the microchipping a legal requirement for special thanks to our fantastic friends, and commitment. And this year we Heather Love Chairman Battersea brand enables us to progress dogs from 2016. supporters and fundraisers, as without reached an exciting milestone when we these plans and be optimistic about an you, Battersea simply would not exist. welcomed our 1,000th volunteer through increasingly exciting future for the Home. We see it as Battersea’s role to help not our doors in August. Our volunteers, only the thousands of dogs and cats With the second series and second too, play a vital part in everything we do, that come through our doors every year Christmas Day edition in 2013 of our including fostering animals in their own but also those at other animal rescue multi-award winning ITV programme homes to give dogs and cats time out centres in Britain. So 2013 saw us Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs, sharing our Staffies.They’re softer than from a kennel or a pen in which they are Battersea is welcomed into millions of struggling to cope. you think. campaign with more charities Claire Horton homes. Consequently our people, our Chief Executive work and particularly our animals, are throughout the country. This and other well known and very much loved. initiatives will be further developed in More people are now choosing to get a 2014 and beyond. rescue animal as their next family pet Through our vital Community Outreach and we are thrilled to have received such programme we work with communities warmth, love and support for Battersea where dogs are, sadly, used as weapons. from across the nation. We help reduce the antisocial behaviour One of the highlights of 2013 was associated with these dogs and improve undoubtedly when we welcomed our their welfare, by challenging and reducing 1,000th active volunteer to the Home in people’s acceptance of the use of dogs August. This significant achievement for status. Our determination to help was recognised by the Prime Minister, change the mindsets of young offenders Heather with George the Rt Hon David Cameron MP, who underpins this, and our important work in and Claire with Audrey visited our London centre in person, to Young Offender Institutions.

02 | Annual Review 2013 Annual Review 2013 | 03 Every journey begins The Journey with the ﬁrst step. Foxy arrives Lao-tzu, Chinese philosopher

On 3 February 2013, a family from north London made the heart-breaking decision to give up their family pet. They were moving house and their new landlord wouldn’t allow them to have a dog.

So they brought Foxy, an Akita, to Seven dogs, including Foxy, were Battersea’s famous old London handed over to us by their owners rescue centre. because of family illness, separation or Lily divorce, job loss, allergies, inability to pay The Home’s Intake Assistant Rob Lowe the vet’s bill, a change of mind or, in this asked them all about Foxy, including her case, accommodation problems. medical history, her temperament and her daily routine. She was scanned for Six more that day were strays, found an identifying microchip — but she didn’t and brought in by kind individuals, have one, so if Foxy had been a stray local council dog wardens or police, or we would have been unable to find her passed on to us by veterinary practices. owners. Then Rob helped the family say They were all relieved and grateful that goodbye to their pet, and made sure Battersea could help and make the Foxy was settled in to her warm kennel. difference, with an unbroken 153-year promise to aim never to turn away a dog That day, Foxy was one of 13 dogs and or cat in need. eight cats who arrived at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home’s three centres in London, 114 different breeds of dog came Old Windsor in Berkshire and Brands through Battersea’s doors in 2013 With the door open to let in some air Hatch in Kent to begin their journey to a and Staffordshire Bull Terriers or on a hot day in July, Lily the Staffie new life. Staffie crosses made up 33% of our made a dash for the outdoors. total intake. Out of the 1,565 Staffies Her frantic owner Karen Viera, from Battersea looked after throughout the Pimlico, noticing her bed was empty, year, four arrived that day, along with searched the house, street and Foxy the Akita. Battersea’s efforts to neighbourhood — to no avail. spread the word about how best to look after your pet included running 1,491 Lily, meanwhile, had made it to education workshops attended by Pimlico Station and was then brought 20,662 children and young adults, taking to Battersea. Like all our arrivals, Lily part in 63 community events in London was scanned for a microchip — and and the south east, and sharing our unlike many of them, her scan yielded Staffies. They’re softer than you think. calls calls of cats of dogs an address. 5,356 2,717 98% 93% campaign with fellow rescue centres in “We are so grateful to Battersea for from people who reporting a dog or cat lost without an ID tag on arrival not wearing an ID tag on arrival Manchester, North Wales and Rugby. had found a stray dog or cat at Battersea at Battersea looking after her and contacting us. (a legal requirement for all dogs in the UK) Abandoned, unwanted animals and — like I’m so glad we had her microchipped, Foxy — the much-loved pet families were we might never have seen her again if forced to give up because of compelling we hadn’t,” said a relieved and very personal circumstances, were all offered grateful Karen. a Battersea lifeline, expert care, and a place of safety and hope. Lily, reunited with her owner Karen

Comforting arm: Rob Lowe helped Foxy feel at home as she arrived at Battersea

04 | Annual Review 2013 Annual Review 2013 | 05 Year of the cat Then and now

2013 marked 130 years since Battersea ﬁrst took in London’s stray cats for rehoming.

We’ve cared for more than 232,300 So we gave the cats the chance to cats in that time but as our name didn’t redress the balance with their canine change to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home friends and ‘take over’ Battersea. Atlanta until 2002, people still fondly think of us They responded mog-niﬁcently. as ‘the dogs’ home’.

Young mum Atlanta and her three beautiful kittens Miami, Phoenix and Austin nearly suffered a terrible end after being taped up in a cardboard box and left out with the rubbish, in Stanwell, Surrey. Thankfully, a passer-by heard their cries and scooped them up before the binmen and their refuse lorry did. Once the kittens were weaned and Atlanta had been spayed, they all went to new homes. As with every Battersea rehoming, their owners were offered four week’s free insurance, to give them peace of mind as they settled into their happy new lives, thanks to our partners Petplan.

Atlanta and her three kittens

Millions of pedestrians, drivers and bus passengers and commuters took notice of our outstanding addition to the London Cattery exterior

06 | Annual Review 2013 Annual Review 2013 | 07 Does the road wind The Journey up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day’s journey Caring for Foxy take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend.

Every dog and cat gets the very best welfare and medical Christina Rossetti, poet support at the Home and an individual plan to care for them through their Battersea journey. This begins with a thorough medical check in our Clinic.

Vet Nurse Lauren Emmett and Vet Phil Foxy’s team of carers decided she would Robinson carried out Foxy’s initial health be a good family pet but as she wasn’t assessments and arranged for her to be coping well with city life and struggled Herbie spayed, as every dog and cat is at the with noisy traffic, she was moved to one Home, to ensure she didn’t bring any of our country centres, in Old Windsor, more animals into the world. In 2013 the where she could settle and enjoy a quiet Home’s two Clinics in London and Old and spacious environment. Windsor neutered 2,925 dogs and cats, And during 2013, our two countryside an average of eight every day. centres in Old Windsor and Brands With Foxy’s arrival, there were 400 dogs Hatch cared for 1,835 dogs and 862 and 247 cats at Battersea’s three cats. Our smaller Brands Hatch centre centres and living with foster families that rehomed 418 dogs, an amazing February day. Each of them were looked year-on-year increase of 49%. after during their journey through the Over at Brands Hatch, the serious Home by a small, dedicated team, which business of play was explored, bringing would fully assess them and give them all some dogs together and allowing them the help they needed to find a new family, to exercise and have fun in grassy and monitor their progress at every stage. paddocks to lower their stress levels and Some dogs excel in a heroic role that improve kennel life for everyone. In matches their breed and temperament. future, we are looking to extend Such dogs are assessed by our Service playgroups across other Battersea Springer Spaniel Herbie sniffed out Dog Manager for an active working life centres, to make a sociable difference drugs with a street value of £15,000 with the Police Service, HM Forces, UK for more dogs. within four months of starting work Border Agency, the Prison Service, The average stay for a Battersea dog in with Northamptonshire Police. Herbie security firms or farms. In 2013 42 dogs 2013 was 29 days, and for a cat 25 days. was “headhunted” by our Service — mainly German Shepherds, Rottweilers As an Akita (average stay 47 days), Dog Manager Keith Payne, when and Spaniels — got the green light to take Foxy’s would be longer but with our he heard that the Spaniel was soon up their new career thanks to the individually-tailored plans created for to be brought into Battersea. Keith programme, which was supported every four-legged character we take in, worked with Herbie’s love of tennis by country lifestyle retailer Orvis, who we would make every day count towards balls to start training him to sniff matched customer donations to help our 3,937operations 807dental operations 238 lump, bump journey’s end. out hidden objects, and in August service dogs. carried out under anaesthetic on dogs and cats and mass removals 2013 he graduated from Police Dog by our Clinic team of 33, performed in our operating by our Clinic team of 33, School and is now a top-serving including six Vets theatres in 2013 including six Vets, in 2013 sniffer dog.

Herbie with his handler PC Emma Reid

Beating heart: Vet Nurse Lauren Emmett and Vet Phil Robinson gave Foxy the very best of medical care

08 | Annual Review 2013 Annual Review 2013 | 09 Year of the cat Domestic bliss

In 2013 Battersea wanted to remind everybody that we rehome cats as well as dogs, to help speed up the rehoming process for our patient felines. 2,687 cats were rehomed by year end, which represents a massive 18% rise in rehomings from 2012. On one weekend alone, a record-breaking 53 cats went home. And for the ﬁrst time in our history, cat rehomings throughout 2013 equalled those of dogs.

And we cared for some unforgettable cat characters, including Misty, the polydactyl cat with five fingers, Oyster Timmy who hitched a ride to our London centre after being found on a Victoria Line underground train, and feisty feline Baby Girl, who demanded (and got) her own interview on Facebook and Twitter, bemoaning her six-month wait for a new home. Like 2,686 of her fellow Battersea moggies, Baby Girl found a new home …. with the Wallington family from Surrey. From July to December, over 1,000 Battersea cats found new homes, leaving Lindsey Quinlan, Head of Cattery at our London centre, to Over the Easter weekend, enthuse: “We’ve never been so busy, impressionist and actor Alistair with lots of people from all over the UK Misty: Extra special cat McGowan and his fiancée Charlotte visiting us and wanting to rehome our Page visited our London centre. feline friends. We hope this has really They were really taken by six-month- put Battersea’s cats in the forefront old black kitten Timmy, and became of people’s minds and that cat lovers proud owners of a Battersea cat. will continue to visit us and give much- Timmy was found dumped next to needed homes to the thousands of cats a supermarket recycling centre with we look after every year.” his four brothers and sisters. During their stay at the Home, they all made an impression on their fair share of the 152,940 litres of cat litter donated by Bob Martin which helped our cats stay clean, comfortable and housetrained in 2013.

Timmy with Alistair McGowan and Rehoming and Welfare Assistants ﬁancée Charlotte Yogi Von Hippel and Evelyn Mayes with Head of Cattery Lindsey Quinlan

10 | Annual Review 2013 Annual Review 2013 | 11 Good company in a The Journey journey makes the way seem shorter. Finding Faith Izaak Walton, author

Ten months into her Battersea journey, still patiently waiting for a home, Foxy was on a regular walk at Old Windsor one cold November morning when she did something that would catapult her into Battersea’s history books for canine super heroes.

Out with one of our animal Rehomers, Faith and Foxy’s amazing story was a Vicky Snook, Foxy spotted something very touching highlight of Battersea’s lying lifeless in a ditch and barked loudly ITV Christmas Day programme, Faith to alert Vicky to a weak and severely Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs at emaciated Great Dane Cross, alone Christmas. Millions of TV viewers, dog and collapsed, and dangerously close lovers and Battersea supporters enjoyed to death. a second series and this second consecutive Christmas Day special Thanks to Foxy’s sharp senses, in 2013. we rushed the dog we later named Faith to our Old Windsor Clinic for The TV series of the sometimes happy emergency treatment from Battersea and sometimes sad journeys of our Vet Paul Dobson. canine friends has had a tremendously beneficial impact on the Home, “Faith was one of the thinnest dogs cementing Battersea’s place in the hearts we’ve ever seen at Battersea and it was and minds of every animal-loving person definitely touch and go for a while. If Foxy in the UK. Dogs like Foxy appearing on hadn’t found her hidden in the ditch she national television have helped change may well have died there,” said Paul. perceptions and dog-owning habits, as Faith’s last-minute rescue from that many rescue centres throughout the UK tomb of a ditch, made possible by have noticed more people choosing to Foxy, began her journey from death’s give a rescue dog a second chance in door to a new life. After a month of life, as their family pet. tender nursing care at our Old And thanks to the TV exposure and our Windsor centre, Faith had blossomed busy Battersea Ambassadors and other from a 16kg waif into a 23kg picture celebrities doing so much for the Home, of health, and was ready to go home. Battersea is one of the top twenty best Still less than a year old, Faith could known UK charities. We also reached now look forward to many joyful wider audiences with a record-breaking years surrounded by love and 48m people 6.5m viewers 736,256 people 69,282 followed us Old Windsor Family Fun Day, our Annual happiness, and that’s exactly what and one in four of the viewing watched the broadcasts of our viewed our most on Twitter by the end of 2013, Reunion in Battersea Park and our she’s now enjoying with her owner public watched each episode of 2013 Christmas special, including popular Facebook a 269% increase over the year first Battersea Carol Concert, held in Anne Gravett, in East Sussex. Paul O’Grady: For the Series 2 of one in five TV viewers in the UK post ever, on the St Luke’s Church, Chelsea. Love of Dogs on Christmas day rehoming of But for Foxy, hero of the hour, three-legged the wait for a new home was far Staffie Buddy, who from over … also starred in the ITV Christmas programme Emaciated Faith, found by Foxy

12 | Annual Review 2013 Annual Review 2013 | 13 Year of the cat Purr-fect!

Throughout 2013, our three Catteries reached out to cat lovers through an imaginative and hugely popular series of feline focused events.

Feline Lonely was a Valentine’s Day people came to our three centres in experience that captured the imagination London, Old Windsor and Brands Hatch, of Londoners who flocked to Battersea resulting in an 18% rise in visitor numbers Oyster for an evening of getting to know new over the year — fantastic news for friends, and of course our cats. Ten Battersea’s Catteries and the 3,120 cats found new homes as a result, so when who spent part of their year in them, we launched late-night Purrsday including 541 in the Cattery at Old openings, on Thursdays, we believed Windsor and 321 at Brands Hatch. many more cats and kittens would Aside from the amazing image on our benefit from increased exposure. London Cattery buildings, one of the In July, our Kitten Shower attracted 775 most visible reminders of how successful visitors to the London centre, six times we were during the year was the arrival our daily average. of the Monopoly cat at Battersea. On Halloween, our Scaredy Cats party After a new cat token was added to lured more supporters and potential the famous old board game, a giant new homes to Battersea, and focused version went on tour. At its end, the on rehoming black cats, who can Monopoly moggie needed a home, and sometimes be overlooked by would-be with 130 years’ experience of rehoming owners. lost, abandoned and unwanted cats, And at Christmas, as 2013 wound up, we were the obvious destination. She our cats were Feline Festive, with yet has made herself at Home outside our another sell-out cat experience. During Reception area. Who was there to make the the last six months of 2013, over 26,000 difference for a ginger cat inexplicably travelling the Victoria Line on the London Underground? A Battersea volunteer, of course. Paige Jokovic came to the rescue of the metro moggy (called Oyster by Battersea). “We both took the tube to Vauxhall, and I’m very pleased I was there to help him get off, mind the gap and arrive safely at Battersea,” said Paige. After just 12 days in our London Cattery, Oyster took the District Line to Southfields with his new owners. He is now called Finn.

Oyster: Your next stop is a new home

Go straight to Battersea: The Monopoly cat The Cattery at Old Windsor

14 | Annual Review 2013 Annual Review 2013 | 15 Do not follow where The Journey the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path Our people and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer

From our earliest days, when Founder Mary Tealby and her tireless band of staff and volunteers offered the capital’s strays a place of safety and a promise of a better life to come, Battersea has been on a journey for our people as well as our animals. Countless numbers of men and women, employees and volunteers, have been dedicated to our work and cause.

Every single one has been committed Battersea volunteers now come from to help homeless, abandoned and all walks of life, with many full-time neglected dogs and cats in desperate professionals also keen to offer their Alfie need of help. Battersea has always been free time to support the Home’s animal there for them in the past, as it is today. welfare work. They include police officers, Chelsea Pensioners, business In August 2013, a young man who works managers, nurses and those retired full time in marketing approached the from full time work. Their immense Home to offer some of his free time as contribution saves the Home the a volunteer. James Moore was in fact equivalent of £500,000 a year. our 1,000th volunteer and to mark this Battersea milestone, we were joined By the end of 2013, there were 1,076 by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon David active volunteers supporting the work When Alfie’s owners split up, Cameron MP, who visited our London of 323 dedicated staff, all making a real Battersea’s Brand Hatch centre took centre to acknowledge the Home’s work difference every day. And this is only him in. Alfie spent 414 days at and our volunteers in particular. possible thanks to tens of thousands of Battersea, 12 times longer than the loyal and passionate supporters who average stay for a dog. He didn’t “Battersea Dogs & Cats Home has been cope well in our kennels, so just like doing fantastic work for over 150 years give their time and money for Battersea’s dogs and cats. 1,178 other Battersea dogs and cats and I’m delighted to congratulate them in 2013, Alfie spent time on foster to on their 1,000th volunteer. Not only From Clinic Nurse to Cattery Rehomer give him the day to day pleasures of do they carry out vital frontline work in to Chief Executive, we all strive to make family life and ease his journey to a animal welfare, but also inspire people a difference through our work, keeping new home. to make a positive difference with their high standards, embracing growth and time. Today I’ve had the chance to see change, working together, and inspiring, 182 volunteer fosterers did this them in action and have been amazed motivating and developing ourselves massively important job for us in by the commitment and enthusiasm of and others, to achieve One Battersea. 2013, and foster carers continued to everybody here,” he said. Battersea is in safe hands and we want be a special kind of volunteer we’re visitors hours hours 91,702 18,191 57,688 our commitment and passion for the always keen to recruit more of. welcomed by volunteers spent by volunteers with cats spent by volunteers Home’s vital work to help our animals to and staff in 2013 to the Home’s and kittens in their pens socialising dogs, in their kennels, And for Alfie, not one but four shine as a beacon for those who follow. three main centres and on site and out and about different foster homes did him a one mini centre power of good. He was spotted on our website by the Watkins family of Bracknell, and is making the most of his second chance. Staffie Alfie, our longest stay

Prime time: Prime Minister David Cameron with James Moore and many more of our amazing volunteers

16 | Annual Review 2013 Annual Review 2013 | 17 The Class of 2013

Dogs Total Total Total Cats Total Breed highlights Akita Dachshund: Std Smooth Hair Schnauzer: Miniature 36 2 9 Abyssinian 1 Alaskan Malamute Dalmatian Schnauzer: Standard Dogs 24 14 1 Bengal 12 Cats Anatolian Shepherd Dog Dobermann Setter: English 8 15 1 Birman 5 Australian Cattle Dog Dogue de Bordeaux Setter: Red 1,565 2,302 2 33 1 British Blue 4 Staffordshire Bull Terriers Domestic Short Hair Australian Kelpie Finnish Lapphund Shar-Pei 1 1 30 British Short Hair 8 Basset Hound Foxhound Shiba Inu 16 3 1 Burmese 2 Beagle German Shepherd Dog Shih Tzu 504 308 49 151 41 Devon Rex 2 Mongrels Domestic Medium Hair Belgian Shepherd Dog Great Dane Siberian Husky 11 5 90 Domestic Long Hair 134 Bichon Frise Greyhound Spaniel: Brittany 45 22 1 Domestic Medium Hair 308 384 134 Boerbel Harrier Spaniel: Cavalier King Charles Jack Russell Terriers Domestic Long hair 2 2 35 Domestic Short Hair 2,302 Boxer Hungarian Vizsla Spaniel: English Cocker 32 2 53 Exotic Short Hair 7 Bulldog Japanese Akita Inu Spaniel: English Springer 21 1 45 Korat 1 178 15 Bulldog: American Labradoodle Spaniel: Field Lurchers Persian 133 8 1 Maine Coon 2 Bulldog: French Lhasa Apso Spaniel: King Charles 10 11 3 Manx 1 Bulldog: Old Thyme Lurcher Spanish Water Dog Norwegian Forest 6 178 1 1 Labrador160 Retrievers Bengal12 Canary Dog Mastiff: Bull Spitz: German 5 129 12 Persian 15 Cane Corso Mastiff: Neapolitan Spitz: Japanese 8 5 1 Ragdoll 4 Chihuahua: Long Hair Mastiff: Old English Terrier: Bedlington In total, we cared for 8,541 dogs and cats 13 3 5 Siamese 10 Chihuahua: Smooth Hair Mexican Hairless Terrier: Border in 2013. This includes those who were with 40 1 33 Siberian 1 Chinese Crested Miniature Pinscher Terrier: Boston us at the beginning of the year, and those 4 3 1 Snowshoe 1 Chow Chow Mongrel Terrier: Cairn we reunited with their owners off-site. 1 504 8 Somaili 2 Newfoundland Terrier: English Bull Collie 3 1 42 Northern Inuit Terrier: Fox Smooth Hair Collie: Border 107 2 1 Total 2,823 Pekingese Terrier: Fox Wire Hair Collie: Rough 3 6 3 Pointer: English Terrier: Irish Corgi Welsh: Cardigan 2 1 2 Pointer: German Short Hair Terrier: Jack Russell Corgi Welsh: Pembroke 3 4 384 Pointer: German Wire Hair Terrier: Kerry Blue Coton De Tulear 1 1 1 Pomeranian Terrier: Lakeland Dachshund: Min Long Hair 2 9 11 Poodle: Miniature Terrier: Maltese Dachshund: Min Smooth Hair 2 11 10 Terrier: Miniature Bull Poodle: Standard 4 3 Terrier: Norfolk Poodle: Toy 8 6 Terrier: Parson Russell Pug 24 12 Terrier: Patterdale Pyrenean Mountain Dog 2 52 Terrier: Pit Bull Retriever: Flat Coated 1 137 Terrier: Plummer Retriever: Golden 9 2 Terrier: Scottish Retriever: Labrador 160 2 Terrier: Soft Coated Wheaten Rhodesian Ridgeback 6 1 Terrier: Staffordshire Bull Rottweiler 135 1,565 Terrier: Tibetan Saluki 13 6 Terrier: Welsh Samoyed 5 1 Terrier: West Highland White Schipperke 1 39 Terrier: Yorkshire 86 Weimaraner 8 Whippet 33

Total 4,866

18 | Annual Review 2013 Annual Review 2013 | 19 Every day is a journey, The Journey and the journey itself is home. Foxy goes home Matsuo Basho, Japanese poet

After a full year at Battersea, Foxy our much-loved rescue Akita had saved the life of another dog, appeared on television, experienced a foster home and two of Battersea’s three centres, been neutered and microchipped, assessed, cared for, walked and — ﬁnally — rehomed.

Her Battersea life was made possible by all the people who so generously gave money to the Home in 2013, everyone Milky who knitted a warm blanket for her bed, those who donated her food, the visitors who came to see her and of course all the staff and volunteers who were her lifeline, giving meaning and love to her everyday life. Foxy’s was one of 8,541 animal journeys made through Battersea Dogs & Cats Home in 2013. She was special because she was a Battersea dog. Ultimately, she Foxy with her foster carer Kelly-Marie Smith, was given her second chance by Warren who works at our Old Windsor centre Higgs and his 12-year-old son Sebastian, who live in Berkshire. They offered our She made the same journey taken by Akita an experienced, patient and loving 3,150,539 homeless dogs and cats since home. Journey complete. Battersea was founded in 1860, and she ended that eventful journey in the place we wish for all our pets – a safe, October 2013 saw the opening permanent and happy home. of our ﬁrst Battersea Dogs & Cats Home from home, located inside Pets at Home in Sydenham. This mini version of Battersea was paid for by the charitable foundation Support Adoption for Pets, and it wasn’t long before one Battersea dog had reason days days to salute them. Beautiful Siberian 13 43 Husky Milky, who was brought to average stay for average stay for Battersea’s Brands Hatch centre a Bichon Frise in 2013 a Dogue de Bordeaux because of her owner’s health problems, was rehomed after initially meeting her new family at our mini centre in Sydenham.

Milky the Siberian Husky

Fond farewell: Foxy’s Battersea journey is complete, as she leaves our care for a new life with Warren Higgs and his son Sebastian

20 | Annual Review 2013 Annual Review 2013 | 21 The Journey Our Home Funding our future

Just like our animals and our people, the Home itself Making the difference for all the animals whose journey through is on an incredible journey. We have been undergoing life brought them to Battersea in 2013 meant providing the very considerable change and growth in recent years, best in medical care and welfare, from specialist operations cementing our place as one of the UK’s most experienced, and aftercare to soft beds and squeaky toys. front line and relevant animal welfare charities, with wider ambitions to improve the lives of more dogs and cats through our community-based activities. £35,307 invested daily to care for all the As we look to our next five years, our reach, helping to improve the lives of Battersea Ambassadors animals who desperately needed our help iconic London centre will undergo dogs and cats across the UK and doing Dame Jacqueline Wilson, David Gandy, considerable change. Our plans for new more to tackle the reasons why animals Amanda Holden and Paul O’Grady MBE and much needed kennels, dog exercise come through our doors in the first mark the start of building work on our new kennels. paddocks and a state-of-the art Veterinary place, in search of a safe haven. We will Photograph Patrick Harrison Income: Expenditure: Hospital will become a reality, providing help tackle some of society’s worst dog the very highest standards of care for and cat welfare problems. £22,749,852 £23,929,148 our dogs and cats. Improvements to our Legacies and fundraising will remain the Old Windsor and Brands Hatch centres financial backbone of Battersea and Legacies and donations Caring for dogs and cats are also planned for 2014. there is an ongoing commitment to £19,134,055 £12,887,117 As well as caring for dogs like Foxy in growing our supporter numbers, to have our centres, we want to increase the a really solid foundation on which to plan Investments and property Awareness and education numbers of animals we are able to for the future. £1,108,439 £1,082,110 Events and shop sales Income generation and investments £1,066,609 £9,929,147 Rehoming and claim fees Governance £1,440,749 £30,774

58,944 pouches 42,384 tins 134,000 poo bags of cat food donated of dog food given to us a consequence of to Battersea by Whiskas by Pedigree and eaten by all that dog food (and enjoyed by over 3,000 cats) over 5,000 dogs

22 | Annual Review 2013 Annual Review 2013 | 23 Who’s who

The passion and vision of our Founder Mrs Mary Tealby, who established Battersea, then known as the Temporary Home for Lost and Starving Dogs, in a stable yard in Holloway in 1860, lives on in our Home today. The following dedication was to be found in every Annual Review published by Battersea from 1865 to the 1980s. We are proud to reinstate that tradition.

This Annual Review is dedicated to the honoured memory of the late Mrs Tealby, the Foundress and unwearied benefactor of this institution.

Patron Council of Trustees Directors Her Majesty The Queen Heather Love Claire Horton Chairman Chief Executive President His Royal Highness Bradley Viner Bryony Glenn Prince Michael of Kent GCVO Vice Chairman Director of Human Resources

Brian Dunk Dee McIntosh Vice-Presidents The Earl of Buchan Honorary Treasurer Director of Communications Lt Col Duncan Green John Hoerner Robin Bolton Shaun Opperman Amanda Burton Director of Veterinary Services Susie Briscoe Lydia Lee-Crossett George Ruiz Anne Moir Director of Finance Anne Montgomery and Corporate Services Matthew Pead Angela Shield Liz Tait David Turner Director of Fundraising

Nigel Yeo Director of Operations

Billy, surrounded by knitted mice and Battersea love

24 | Annual Review 2013 Annual Review 2013 | 25 Visit one of Battersea’s three centres, open daily. Visitors welcome Battersea Dogs & Cats Home 4 Battersea Park Road London SW8 4AA T: 0843 509 4444 A member of the Association of Battersea Old Windsor Dogs and Cats Homes. Priest Hill, Old Windsor A Registered Charity under the Berkshire SL4 2JN Charities Act 1960, No. 206394. T: 0843 509 4444 Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, a Company Limited by Guarantee. Battersea Brands Hatch Crowhurst Lane Registered in England No. 278802. Ash, Kent TN15 7HH VAT registration No. 726 5204 47. T: 0843 509 4444 Registered ofﬁce: Battersea Dogs & Cats Home For further information, and to ﬁnd out how to rehome, 4 Battersea Park Road make a donation, visit one of our centres or get involved, London SW8 4AA 0843 509 4444 go to battersea.org.uk or call 0843 509 4444