Guernsey

On the 6th October last year a very large tabby cat called Louis arrived at the GSPCA as his owner could no longer look after him.

Louis is a very handsome chap and was a 2 year old male cat that sadly suffered with a form of asthma and was on some medication each day when he first arrived.

When Louis first joined us at the GSPCA he was very timid and nervous but as he got to know the team at the GSPCA hr improved each day and grew more confident and friendly.

On Friday 9th September a Herman tortoise was been rescued in near the Princess Elizabeth Hospital.

He is now in the care of the Shelter in a pen under the care of the team at the GSPCA.

The team have named him 'Micky' and we are appealing for the owner to please get in touch.

During Spring and Summer the GSPCA often see up to 30 male stray tortoise, although we rarely see females that are lost.

Yvonne Chauvel Senior Animal Care Assistant said "Poor Micky the stray tortoise that arrived on Friday was found near the PEH."

On Friday the GSPCA welcomed another wonderful group of volunteers from the fantastic team at Northern Trust.

Two stray corn snakes have been rescued and are now in the care of the GSPCA in the last two weeks.

Each year we help a small number of snakes that are found in gardens or on the road that have escaped from their owners.

The first was found near St Saviour's Reservoir nearly two weeks ago and another was rescued on Saturday in La Mare de Carteret.

Yvonne Chauvel Senior Animal Care Assistant said "Currently we have two stray snakes in our care 'Pollyana' who was rescued two weeks ago in St Saviour's and 'Boey' who is from La Mare de Carteret on Saturday."

The nomination period for the 2016 Community Awards closes next Wednesday - 14th September.

You can see a reminder of the award categories below.

Don't miss your chance to publicly thank the hard work and dedication of a person, team, company, charity or community group that you feel deserves high praise!

Maybe you think the work we carry out here at the GSPCA or those that help us could be nominated, if so please visit www.communityawards.gg

Last night the GSPCA Manager was invited to join the St Andrews Floral Group for the Floral Guernsey Foundation competition who announced the 2016 winners at Les Cotils.

A lovely evening was had by all with great speakers and volunteers from across Guernsey, Sark and Herm being recognised for making islands of flowers.

Sark Community Blooms took the top prize winning a Gold Award and the Lady Dorey Trophy.

There were silver gilt awards for Floral Forest, Floral St Andrews Floral group, St Saviours and Herm.

This week the GSPCA waved 'Rambo' the kitten off to his new home.

Last month Rambo was rescued after being found in a car engine that had been driving and was lucky to survive.

To see the full story please go to - www.gspca.org.gg/blog/kitten-survives-car-engine-journey-rambo-now-beau-doing-extremely-well-after-near-death-experie

Tuesday evening the GSPCA greeted 14 new faces wanting to help out at the Animal Shelter and 24/7 work that is carried out.

Those present were interested in helping with dog walking to reception, cat pen cleaning to helping with the wildlife, fund raising to volunteering to gain experience for their CV and some to help gain life skills.

Steve Byrne GSPCA Manager greeted the group and gave a presentation and talk about the work we carry out 24 hours 7 days a week, the differing volunteer roles and how to work safely at the GSPCA Shelter and our events.

The GSPCA are currently looking for a staff member or members to help cover maternity leave and potentially additional casual hours to meet the needs of the Shelter.

We have a team of 20 staff and over 600 volunteers and without the whole team we couldn't help the 3000+ animals that come through the doors every year, care for the many boarders and achieve so much.

The role is a diverse one working with all species of animals in Guernsey, managing volunteers, driving the GSPCA ambulance, covering night duties, using IT and helping on reception to mention a few of the duties.

Last Wednesday 5 staff from The Travel Corporation joined the team at the GSPCA and gave up a day in the office to help out.

This is the second time this month team members from The Travel Corporation have helped and 3 of the group had helped last year at the GSPCA.