“Birdline Parrot-Rescue was founded in 1992, initially to rescue and care for birds in the Warwickshire area.Expansion soon became an urgent necessity, resulting in recruiting various people who specialised in all species of birds from Finches to Macaws.A network of helpers and area co-ordinators, all of whom work from their own homes without payment in order to provide a nationwide structure, was quickly organised, thus permitting the organisation to offer a loving secure home to a wide variety of birds.Birds are therefore never without a safe home, and are rescued by donation, or collected by an area representative, who then decide where best the bird should be placed until a suitable home can be found.In past years, Birdline has helped over 1600 birds to find new homes, while during the last year alone Birdline has had over 1,000,000 visits to their main web-site, taken over 30,000 telephone calls for help and advice and aided countless birds and pets that owners cannot look after, either on a short or long-term basis. Birdline has also assisted with behavioural problems, treated damaged, crippled, mutilated and neglected birds and have formed a strong liaison with many other bird charities, including PPACW. Bonds have also been forged with various police forces, zoos and other rescue organisations, not only in the UK, but in many other countries around the world.”
(Registered Charity N0. 1125030)
“The Ferret Education & Research Trust is the first dedicated national registered charity within England and Wales which aims to promote the care and welfare of the domesticated ferret. It has strong ties with various other ferret organisations, both nationally and with those operating in a more local capacity.
It was our group intention to establish a charitable cause that would be able to support the fund-raising of other ferret welfares around the UK and also to offer a means to educate and inform the public regarding the plight of this hard-working and much-maligned animal.
As we progressed through 2006 we attended a number of national shows, including the Three Counties Show at Malvern and also the Town & Country Show at Stoneleigh. Both were amazingly successful and we achieved our aims in both fund-raising and education.
In September 2006, after the success of the Town & Country Show, the founders of FERT decided to apply for registered charitable status to further establish its intentions to the public and the ferret community.
On 22nd November 2006, FERT was the first dedicated ferret charity to be awarded registered national status by the Charity Commission. Our principal aims are….
To promote humane behaviour towards the ferret (Mustela Putorius Furo) and to assure its well-being by giving advice to owners as to its care in sickness and in health. To promote improved understanding of ferret diseases and other matters relevant to ferret welfare. To promote improvement of standards of accommodation for ferrets generally and in boarding and welfare facilities in particular. To advance the education of the public in ferret diseases and medicine.” Our principle aims are…
