A big thank-you to everyone who came to our open day. Whether you were one of our helpers or just there to support us. It was a fantastic afternoon, there were a few showers, but the marquee loaned by Wimbledon Greyhound Welfare kept us all dry and the sun soon came out. And in the meantime there was plenty of indoor activities including the meerkats in the photo.
We raised a total of £241.80 for our chosen charities, and all the raffle prize winners will soon be contacted to come and collect their prizes. Lots of pictures to follow on our Facebook page.
Thanks again to everyone
Sinead and the Team at the Ark

Come and help us celebrate our 10th birthday! The date of May 20th has been booked, sunshine requested.

• See behind the scenes, what we do and how we do it.
• Displays and activities for all the family (including the 4 legged ones)

More information to follow but book the date…

We have finished the reception work – we now have wall displays containing lots of treats and toys for cats and dogs, the dog’s is behind one of the bench seats and the cat’s are next to reception in the cat zone. The cards display is also back with lots of animal related cards for you to check out. Finally, we have a video display which is showing pictures of ours and our clients animals – if you have a photo you want added to the display just email it to [email protected]

A variant of bird flu (avian influenza H5N8) has been discovered in the wild bird population in mainland Europe. Although the risks to humans is low and there has, so far, been no cases in the UK, DEFRA have ordered that for the next 30 days keepers of poultry and other captive birds are kept indoors, or appropriate biosecurity measures are taken to keep them separate from wild birds. Please call the surgery if you have any questions.

We have been working for a little while to try and make our reception area work for all the different species of animals that we see, and now we have almost finished . We have created 2 alcoves, one just for dogs and one just for cats. This is to ensure that your pet does not come into contact with other animals that may scare them during their visit to us. We also have tables to put cat baskets on so they are kept off the floor. There is also bench seating out of the alcoves for any animal (or human) to use. And we have a very purple floor and some cat & dog artwork!

Lower reception desk in the cat zone

We have change the reception desk so Kim & Maggie are no longer hidden from the cat zone. We are now starting to plan how we can get more seats into reception, and will hopefully make the changes over the summer.