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Paul O’Grady: Donations given that his death overwhelm Battersea Cats and Dog Home

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The speaker, imagined in Battersea Park, was an ambassador for the charity for several years

Donations to an animal charity enjoyed by Paul O’Grady have actually passed £100,000 given that the star’s death.

Battersea Cats and Dogs Home said it was “overloaded and touched” by the contributions.

The television and radio speaker ended up being an ambassador for the charity in 2012 after hosting For The Love Of Dogs, which had 11 series recorded there.

After his death on Tuesday night at the age of 67, the animal charity established a homage fund.

Chief executive Peter Laurie said: “Over the coming weeks and months, Battersea will be discovering the very best method to commemorate our fantastic friend and ambassador, the late, excellent Paul O’Grady MBE.

“We have actually been overwhelmed and touched by the numerous letters, calls, e-mails and messages of assistance in addition to the generous contributions made by kind members of the general public today.”

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Peter Laurie said the charity would exercise the very best method to keep in mind the star

Mr Laurie has actually formerly said O’Grady was a “real animal enthusiast” and his “genuine tradition” was how he revealed the British public and a worldwide audience how “adorable and amazing” rescue dogs were, motivating individuals to adopt and rehome.

O’Grady was offered an unique acknowledgment award at the 2018 National Television Awards for the effect the ITV series had on assisting discover houses for rescue animals across the country.

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O’Grady fulfilled the Queen Consort throughout an occasion to mark 160 years of the charity

During the very first series, O’Grady rehomed Eddie, a Chihuahua-Jack Russell cross puppy, at his Kent farmhouse.

Eddie was signed up with by Boycie, a shih-tzu, in 2014; Conchita, a Maltese, in 2015; Arfur, a mongrel puppy, in 2017; Nancy, another mongrel puppy, in 2020; and Sausage, a wire-haired dachshund, in 2021.

Last year, O’Grady was signed up with by the Queen Consort in a one-off episode of For The Love Of Dogs to mark 160 years of Battersea.

His contribution to animal well-being was likewise acknowledged with an RSPCA animal hero award.

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