RSPCA West Dorset Branch Taylors Rehoming Centre

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SPONSOR A PEN AT TAYLORS

Sponsorship fees start at £25 - a personalised plaque will be placed on 'your' pen or cage

You can now Sponsor a Pen online

Job opportunity

Part Time Animal Care Assistant at RSPCA Taylors Rehoming Centre

We have 2 vacancies for a Part Time Animal Care Assistant at RSPCA Taylors Rehoming Centre

Working hours will be 16 hours a week – this will include one fixed day either Saturday or Sunday, plus variable weekday shifts.

Salary is £8.91 per hour

Applicants must have wide experience of animal care. Applicants need to be able to demonstrate confidence and compassion when handling animals, and be able to perform cleaning duties to meticulous standards. Duties will include a lot of cleaning of animal pens and facilities, health checking animals and taking responsibility for maintaining exceptional standards of animal care.

An application form can be downloaded here

Please email or post your completed application form to RSPCA West Dorset Branch, PO Box 5460, Weymouth, DT3 6WH to arrive by 15 October 2021

Please contact us with any queries, or to have an application form emailed to you

Needed - Donated Cat Food

Our cats are fed exclusively on Whiskas and Felix, as using a variety of cat foods can upset their tummies.

If you could donate a few cans or pouches, we would be so grateful.

Food can be dropped off at Taylor's, or at any of our Charity Shops.

Or you could donate cat food money by PayPal, just send us a message to let us know what it's for.

Rehoming statistics

In 2020 we rehomed

131 cats

20 rabbits

139 small animals and birds

Annual Report and Accounts

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Click here for our full 2020 accounts

The Animal Welfare Act

"The Five Freedoms"

As well as increasing the penalties for those who inflict the most serious offences, the Animal Welfare Act makes it a legal requirement for pet owners to do what is reasonable to provide for their animal's needs. These are:

a proper diet (food and water)
somewhere suitable to live
any need to be housed with or apart from other animals
allowing them to express normal behaviour
protection from pain, suffering, injury and disease

RSPCA West Dorset Branch is a separate charity affiliated to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA). We cover the towns of Dorchester, Bridport, Weymouth, Portland, Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Sherborne and Axminster (Devon) and the surrounding villages. Our priorities are the welfare and rehoming of local animals. We raise our funds within the Branch boundaries and all money raised is spent within the area. We are responsible for "Taylors Rehoming Centre" at Kingston Maurward, Dorchester.

If you wish to report an Animal Emergency or have concerns regarding the welfare of an animal please telephone 0300 1234 999. Please also call this number if you need to have an unowned or wild animal collected.

PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL US REGARDING EMERGENCIES OR CRUELTY

CALL 0300 1234 999 AND REPORT THE MATTER TO THE RSPCA NATIONAL CALL CENTRE