Welsh stars narrate video selling canine adoption

Stephen Price

Some of Wales’ largest stars have lent their voices to a brand new marketing campaign video to encourage the Welsh public to contemplate adopting dogs as a substitute of buying them from breeders.

With visitor voices from Charlotte Church, Sam Warburton, Wynne Evans, Matt Pritchard, Rhys from GLC, Jess Davies, Katie Owen & Jonny Owen, the playful video options dogs presently available from Cardiff Dogs’ Home, supported by the Rescue Hotel.

Dog lovers

The Rescue Hotel isn’t any stranger to celeb assist. Dog lover, Sam Warburton is an Ambassador for the Cardiff dog rescue centre, alongside TV presenter Lucy Owen, singer and actress Lucie Jones and DJ Katie Owen.

Despite its heartwarming tone, the video conveys some sobering statistics, together with the truth that the shelter took in 659 dogs final yr alone – with 455 of these being strays.

The shelter depends on donations from the general public to feed over 40 dogs every day – including as much as over 4 tonnes of meals per yr. And with the cost of dwelling hitting meals and power prices, and sadly resulting in a rise in pet abandonment, the charity wants all of the assist, each celeb and supporter, alike.

As effectively because the shelter’s dogs, the video additionally shines a lightweight on the work of the Rescue Hotel’s many volunteers who assist clear, walk and take care of the dogs who’re in determined want of affection and affection as a lot as their very basic wants.

Staggering prices

Another neglected cost for the shelter, which the video makes clear, is the staggering cost of veterinary remedy.

Unfortunately, many dogs which are deserted are relinquished to the shelter because of the dogs’ homeowners being unable to afford vet remedy. Often, remedy runs into hundreds of kilos, and sadly the shelter is left to choose up the invoice.

In 2023, the shelter paid for over 3,000 procedures – all of which have been solely made doable via the assist of donors.

Cardiff Dogs Home isn’t alone with the impacts of a steep rise in canine abandonment. The variety of undesirable household pets being deserted is hovering, in accordance with the RSPCA which says it confronted a “winter crisis”.

RSPCA Cymru says incidents of animal abandonments are actually at a three-year excessive – in October 2023 there have been 1,800 incidents of abandonment reported throughout England and Wales, a 48.1% enhance on October 2020 (1,215).

Watch the video above or via this link and see for those who can recognise any of the well-known Welsh narrators.

Find out extra about Cardiff Dogs Home and the dogs presently available for rehoming right here.