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Published:
August 28, 2006
Local
RSPCA animal shelter is having to turn away abandoned dogs
 An
RSPCA animal shelter near Burnham-On-Sea is having to turn away
abandoned dogs because it cannot afford to help them.
The
RSPCA says it is short of £300,000 to build new kennels
at its Brent Knoll centre (pictured right) and rescued dogs are
having to be kept in private kennels.
This
had left it with a huge £13,000 a month boarding bill and
the RSPCA has therefore had to reduce the number of dogs it helps
because of the costs.
"The
dogs we help are kept in private kennels at Lympsham. They are
very helpful and have been re-homing them but it's difficult and
expensive," said centre manager Nikki Tutton.
"We
have on average 15 dogs in the private kennels. We had to reduce
the numbers we helped due to our finances. We are having to refer
them to other RSPCA centres for help when we would really like
to be helping them."
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