One for the animals

A personal story – and an appeal.

Back in April 2006 we (Mr E and I) acquired a “new to us” dog. An 11-year-old collie cross.

In 2007 I was much struck by the likeness between Poppers and Monty, the dog of the Jen and JJ family in Adelaide, and Jen blogged about it with photos of the two dogs.

Just over a week ago I had to write and let Jen know that Monty’s “twin” had decided that enough was enough. He’d slipped on the ice once too often. Visit to the vet produced the inevitable result.

“In memoriam” was Jen’s posting as a response (her blog is more of a personal journey for her than this one is for me) but what to do as a permanent memorial?

How about a donation? To Wildlife Victoria?

PS. I just tried it but the first box asks for amount in Australian dollars so I emailed and asked about Sterling payments. Just got the following reply from Steve.

Hi Hazel

If you enter an amount in Aussie dollars it will be converted from sterling when your card is charged (it will be a bit less than half the number of pounds ie $40 donation will be a bit less than 20GBP).

Otherwise for those who like using paypal (I know not everyone does) I have registered the address steve@wildlifevictoria.org.au for taking donations and have also created a 'donate button that will allow you to enter an amount directly in sterling but not had a chance to add it to the website. It's below so if it's possible to paste into your blog go for it. (It wasn't.)

Sorry if this seems a bit chaotic - we've had to get things up and running very quickly as we normally don't receive many donations from overseas - until this week!

Your support is hugely appreciated!

A quick update for the blog

Wildlife Victoria volunteers have already rescued hundred of animals from the fire grounds with more being saved every day. We are also doing food drops for animals we can't find or reach. Your donation will help to ensure as many animals lives as humanly possible are saved from these terrible fires. One koala in care costs around $400 per week and rehabilitation can take many months before the koala can be successfully released back to its natural habitat, so your donation will make a huge difference.

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