A wildlife sanctuary has made a fundraising plea after its ambulance sustained catastrophic engine points, leaving employees unable to carry out main rescues.
Nuneaton & Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, run by Geoff Grewcock and his daughter Emma Hudson-Rowe, now have to fundraise £7,000 to switch varied main engine parts.
The pair stated the invoice had exceeded £10,000, till Research Garage Nuneaton and Fiat Professional labored to scale back the invoice.
The invoice has added additional pressure on the sanctuary, which can face a £20,000 wonderful after being served an abatement discover over an animal odour grievance.
Mrs Hudson-Rowe instructed the BBC: “Without this ambulance we can not carry out as we must always and animals are vulnerable to dying.”
The sanctuary, based mostly on Oaston Road in Nuneaton, has cared for greater than 100,000 animals since 2001.
Its ambulance has been out of motion for 5 weeks, and employees say the restore invoice is “surprising”.
“Having simply acquired the working complete we’re having to ask for assist,” Mrs Hudson-Rowe stated.
“We have all the time had an ambulance, however this was the primary time we had one professionally kitted out to swimsuit our wants.
“The van itself solely has 40k miles on the clock and was model new when bought a couple of years in the past. It was a whole shock that it went so badly fallacious actually.”
The ambulance has restraining, holding, and seize kits for wildlife, in addition to specialist instruments, ladders, and PPE for the rescuers.
It accommodates a medical equipment so the workforce can deal with injured animals on the roadside that don’t have to be introduced again to the sanctuary.
“The ambulance additionally has CCTV, which supplies safety to us on rescues the place we could really feel intimidated,” Mrs Hudson-Rowe added.
“It comes with bull sirens and emergency lights by an emergency response panel.”
Referring to the potential abatement order wonderful from Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council, Mrs Hudson-Rowe stated: “It’s an added blow to us as we’re already at a monetary loss because of the ongoing court docket prices.”
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