Blue Monday (immediately – January 15) is reportedly probably the most miserable day of the yr – however in a bid to banish the blues, the RSPCA has revealed a number of the most uplifting tales of animal rescue.
For 200 years, the RSPCA has been there for animals in want of a serving to hand. Every day the nation’s oldest animal welfare charity rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes a whole bunch of animals with very particular backgrounds and tales of conquer adversity – and within the final ten years, has discovered new houses for 111 pets each single day.
Dermot Murphy, RSPCA inspectorate commissioner from the animal charity’s frontline rescuers, stated: “We know that many imagine Blue Monday to be one of many days folks discover most troublesome. But we hope showcase how animal lovers have helped us assist so many animals during the last yr and past will put a smile on folks’s faces this Blue Monday.”
From an Iguana named Einstein getting caught up a tree to Mowgli the cat falling 30 ft down a mine shaft, check out a number of the heartwarming tales from 2023 to distract you from the gloom of Blue Monday.
The RSPCA are calling on members of the general public to hitch the winter rescue by donating to assist rescue groups attain the 1000’s of animals who desperately want them.
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1. Fox cub with discarded litter round its neck
A fox cub needed to be rescued by the RSPCA after having discarded litter round its neck for 3 weeks. The animal charity was contacted by members of the general public who reported that the cub had been struggling for 3 weeks in June.
RSPCA animal rescue officer Cara Gibbon stated: “It is so unhappy and heartbreaking to know that this poor fox wouldn’t have been on this scenario if somebody had disposed of their litter appropriately within the first place.”
Dispose of your garbage correctly! Photo: RSPCA
2. Mowgli the cat
RSPCA animal rescue officer Stephen Findlow attended a big mine shaft in Callington, Cornwall, the place it was found {that a} cat known as Mowgli had fallen 30 metres to the underside. Stephen stated: “The owner had been missing the cat for four days and was constantly brought to the location by her dog, as it sniffed the cat out! This is when the owner heard the calls from Mowgli and alerted us.” Photo: RSPCA
3. Sheep rescue
An RSPCA rescuer demonstrated some neat carpentry abilities as she rescued a sheep caught in a fence in January. The ewe was trapped by its head within the picket livestock fence on distant grazing land in County Durham. Had the animal not been noticed by a passing lorry driver it was possible she would have starved to dying. Photo: RSPCA
4. Adder rescued from 8ft drop
An adder was safely rescued and launched again into the wild by the RSPCA after dropping greater than 8ft (2.4m) right into a lightwell in Guildford.
The snake was found by a basement window at a manor home on Cobbett Hill Road in Normandy, Guildford in September. Animal rescue officer Louis Horton: stated: “This rescue was fairly thrilling for me as I’ve dealt with a great deal of exotics over the years, and rescued loads of our native grass snakes, however by no means had the fortune to rescue an adder. I’ve all the time needed to see one and he did not disappoint. Photo: RSPCA
