6 ANNUAL REVIEW 2022
RESCUE AND PROTECT
Finding Nemo the cat
takes teamwork
It took five days of effort and resourcefulness
to get to a cat in a black hole.
Distant miaows heard in a housing and care scheme
were eventually tracked to a four-metre-deep void by
the fire service.
Nemo the cat had somehow squeezed into the pitchblack
storm defence area but couldn't get out. With the
help of our rescuers, the fire service, Dyno-Rod and a
local builder, he was finally extricated after five days -
unhurt - and reunited with his delighted owner.
RSPCA partnership working in
action. On the busiest day of
2022, animals are moved from
an RSPCA centre to a local
branch centre for rehoming.
Life-saving rescue for Honey
Quick action saved an abandoned dog from
almost certain death.
Named Honey by her RSPCA rescuer, Inspector Rachel
Leafe, the starving dog was spotted locked in an empty
house by a housing officer. With the help of police,
Rachel climbed through a kitchen window. "I managed
to reach down to her and she was so light I could lift her
up with one hand," says Rachel. "I could see, despite
her thick fur, that she was grossly underweight. The
outline of every rib, her spine and hip bones were
visible, and her face was sunken in."
Honey had no food or water - she'd survived by eating
the contents of toothpaste tubes and food remnants
from old tin cans strewn around the house. She'd had to
drink water from the toilet.
Rachel rushed Honey to a
vet, who said she'd probably
been hours from death. A
court hearing heard how
her owner had moved
away and left Honey to
suffer alone for at least two
months. Honey recovered
well in our care and is now
in a forever home.
Honey's safe and well now.