Here at Battersea, our Animal Partnerships team works with many different dog and cat charities and rescues all over the country to provide the best outcome for our dogs and cats in need of homes.
We will accept dogs and cats into our care from other rescues and charities for a variety of reasons, it may be that the rescues are struggling to rehome a specific dog or cat, they might have little space available at their centre or a long waiting list of animals in need of new homes.
The Animal Partnerships team also works with dogs that they feel would be best suited to a working home, for example, with the police, search and rescue or prisons. This may be because they have exhibited a strong drive to sniff and smell, or they need more mental stimulation, which suits these outlets perfectly.
We believe that through working together we can help more dogs and cats in need.
If you think that you or your organisation could be a suitable rehoming outlet for an animal then please call 0207 627 7886 or 0207 627 9264.
SUCCESS STORIES
MEET RAFF
Raff, a bouncy black Labrador, originally came to Battersea from Italy. Unfortunately, he had clashed with the other dog he lived with and his owners decided that the kindest thing to do would be to find him a new home.
This was quite an unusual case as at five years old, he was older than a working dog typically is. However, it was clear that Raff was born to work and now spends his days busily alongside a prison handler as a qualified passive search dog.
MEET LARRY
Larry and his brother Louis came to Battersea as stray kittens. The pair remained in the cattery for just over a month and showed no sociability towards people, making it hard to rehome them as pets. The Animal Partnerships team worked hard to find a suitable farm where they could live together. They have now have settled into their new life and are getting along with the other farm cats.
