Hay Animal Rescue Team - HART

25/08/2024

A massive thank you to everyone who supported us today and yesterday at Talgarth Festival!

We have had an amazing time and are so grateful to the organisers for doing such an amazing job!

Also, a massive shout out to Lauren Guest and her daughter Mali who have helped run the stand all day! We couldn’t have done it without you!!

A little update on who’s available below too!

24/08/2024

Please say a gentle hello to 17 year old Whiskers, he has just arrived but will be looking to find his forever people soon….

24/08/2024

🐾🐾TODAY & TOMORROW 🐾🐾

Come down to Talgarth Festival to visit us 🥰

Ducky Dip, Adopt a Teddy & our amazing Raffle

23/08/2024

🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛Felines🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈

‼️‼️‼️‼️Available‼️‼️‼️‼️

🎃Casper-9 year old ginger male, no dogs and lots of love and fuss wanted!

🌺Penny - long haired black and white girl, under 2 years old, nervous but loving.

⚽️ McCoy- likes to explore amongst the toys making them all play their sounds 🙈 - B/W boy 8 weeks old.

🌺 Hula- with such a cute face and a cheeky look in her eye she’s always into something- Black & White Girl 8 weeks old.

🌺 Pombear- often mistaken for her brother as they have opposite white patches on their face but equally as sweet- black and white girl 8 weeks old.

🌺 Tyrellie - a stunning all black girl who is calm and quiet, a peaceful character. 8 weeks old

🥝 Kiwi - stunning 10 week old, long haired female kitten, would like to stay with Kelpie.

🍏Kelpie - a loving male kitten who would like to stay with Kiwi.

💙 Gregg and Geoff - gorgeous pair of brothers!

🥎 Salem and Leo - a stunning pair of brothers!

‼️‼️‼️Reserved/Rehomed‼️‼️‼️

🎉Jilly
🎉Qtip and Quizzy
🎉Finn
🎉Virgo
🎉Fuzz
🎉MM
🎉Skipps
🎉Dobby
🎉Bumble
🎉TuckTuck
🎉Twinkle
🎉Tibbs
🎉Albon
🎉Aryton
🎉Alex
🎉Alonso
🎉Nina
🎉Rowan
🎉Ronnie
🎉Reggie
🎉Roxy
🎉Rosemary
🎉Sugar
🎉Spice
🎉Zeus
🎉Zena
🎉Zazu
🎉Ziva
🎉Bubbles
🎉Dusty and Smokey
🎉NikNak
🎉Dorito
🎉Binkie
🎉Raide
🎉Frazzle
🎉Mia
🎉Issy
🎉Fluff
🎉Fizz
🎉 Ruby
🎉Earl
🎉Walker
🎉Wotsit

22/08/2024

Another awareness raising post……

Often we see animals come to us in poor condition, there can be so many reasons for this and we absolutely do not ever support any kind of abuse or nastiness towards an individual surrendering.

Very often we keep the history of an animal private/limited on social media-this can be for a variety of reasons but usually comes down to the fact that we are a non judgmental rescue-we aim to support those surrendering animals not vilify them.

We want to be a rescue that people are comfortable approaching for help.

21/08/2024

💔💔It’s very rare we do a sad post however, today has been every rescuers worst nightmare and biggest heartbreak 💔💔

Today, despite our fosterers and vets best efforts, we lost Idris.

Idris was fine last night, he was a perfect, happy, cuddly boy-so happy to have endless love, food and care.

This morning Idris was off, he wasn’t himself, our fosterer raced him to the vets and within 2 hours poor Idris passed away.

To say we are heartbroken doesn’t begin to cover it, this poor little lad fought so hard to survive prior to rescue, gave nothing but love and affection once he got here only for it to be cruelly taken from him. Our hearts break for his would have been forever family who had already fallen in love, our fosterer who so deeply cared for him and his rescuers who’s determination gave him a priceless few weeks of love and care.

We may never know exactly what caused poor Idris to be taken from us so young and feel devastated to have lost such a wonderful little kitten so suddenly.

Your amazing support and kindness ensures kittens like Idris know love, care and they receive the best possible vet care, although we are devastated we take comfort in knowing we did absolutely everything we could and Idris knew so much love.

21/08/2024

💔💔💔💔We Are Desperate 💔💔💔💔

We are using an incredible amount of cat litter at the moment and would be so grateful for any donated!

‼️We have had over 129 cats and kittens this season and continue to help more and more each week!‼️

Donations can be made via:

Amazon Wishlist:
https://amzn.eu/2JbPsS5

Or

BACs - Hay Animal Rescue Team
Account No. 62599070
Sort Code. 53-50-41

Or

Paypal- https://paypal.me/HayAnimalRescueTeam1?country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB

Or

Litter can be posted to: 4 oak crescent, clehonger, hereford, HR2 9RG

Or

We have drop off points:
⭐️Brecon Morrisons
⭐️Hay on Wye Co-Op
⭐️Kington Co-Op

20/08/2024

🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛Felines🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈

‼️‼️‼️‼️Available‼️‼️‼️‼️

🎃Casper-9 year old ginger male, no dogs and lots of love and fuss wanted!

🌺Penny - long haired black and white girl, under 2 years old, nervous but loving.

⚽️ McCoy- likes to explore amongst the toys making them all play their sounds 🙈 - B/W boy 7 weeks old.

⚽️ Walker- black & white boy who is the quietest of the b/w very much of an observer at the moment, 7 weeks old.

🌺 Hula- with such a cute face and a cheeky look in her eye she’s always into something- Black & White Girl 7 weeks old.

🌺 Pombear- often mistaken for her brother as they have opposite white patches on their face but equally as sweet- black and white girl 7 weeks old.

🥝 Kiwi - stunning 10 week old, long haired female kitten, would like to stay with Kelpie.

🪷 Kelpie - a loving male kitten who would like to stay with Kiwi.

💙 Gregg and Geoff - gorgeous pair of brothers!

🥎 Salem and Leo - a stunning pair of brothers!

‼️‼️‼️Reserved/Rehomed‼️‼️‼️

🎉Jilly
🎉Qtip and Quizzy
🎉Finn
🎉Virgo
🎉Fuzz
🎉MM
🎉Skipps
🎉Dobby
🎉Bumble
🎉TuckTuck
🎉Twinkle
🎉Tibbs
🎉Albon
🎉Aryton
🎉Alex
🎉Alonso
🎉Nina
🎉Rowan
🎉Ronnie
🎉Reggie
🎉Roxy
🎉Rosemary
🎉Sugar
🎉Spice
🎉Zeus
🎉Zena
🎉Zazu
🎉Ziva
🎉Bubbles
🎉Dusty and Smokey
🎉NikNak
🎉Dorito
🎉Binkie
🎉Raide
🎉Frazzle
🎉Mia
🎉Idris
🎉Issy
🎉Fluff
🎉Fizz
🎉 Ruby
🎉Earl

20/08/2024

🥝🥝🥝🥝Kiwi and Kelpie🥝🥝🥝🥝

These 2 lovely girls would love a home to call their own!

Kiwi is playful and comical, she is a dainty girl who will need regular grooming throughout her life.

Kelpie is calm and cuddly, she is slightly bigger and more placid!

These girls would suit almost any home with plenty of love!

19/08/2024

💔💔💔Why are black/black&white kittens so hard to find homes for?💔💔💔

We have 5 all black kittens and 6 black&white kittens left!

🖤 Black Cats - Debunking the Myths 🖤

😢 We find it heartbreaking that black cats are surrounded with so much superstition - and are mostly seen to be bad omens. HOWEVER, this is completely wrong! As you’ll learn below ⬇️, black cats are seen to be good omens in so many cultures too! 🥰

🙏🏼🙏🏼 Let’s give black cats a chance!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

🐾 Did you know? 🐾

🐈‍⬛ Black cats are 1/2 as likely to be adopted as cats of other colours.

🐈‍⬛ Black cats make up 1/3 of all cats in rescues.

🐈‍⬛ Black cats take 24% longer to rehome from rescues, compared to other cats.

🐈‍⬛ Black cats are 70% more likely to be abandoned.

🐈‍⬛ There are 22 different breeds of black cats.

🐈‍⬛ Black cats are unique and captivating due to their black fur and yellow eyes.

🐈‍⬛ The gene for black is dominant in cats.

🐈‍⬛ More black cats are male than female.

🐈‍⬛ Black cats are commonly associated with witches - this dates back to Ancient Greece when Zeus’ wife Hera turned her servant - Galinthias - into a black cat as a punishment for trying to prevent the birth of their son. Galinthias then began assisting the goddess of witchcraft - Hecate. Black cats have since been associated with witchcraft and bad luck.

🐈‍⬛ The women who cared for stray cats were often commonly (mis)identified as witches.

🐈‍⬛ Superstition tells us that a black cat crossing your path is bad luck, yet a white cat doing the same is seen to be lucky! How can this be so?!

🐈‍⬛ Black cats have falsely been accused of bringing bad luck, yet before the Middle Ages black cats were seen to bring good luck! And today, in many cultures across the world, black cats are seen to be a sign of good fortune.

🐈‍⬛ Other folklore surrounding black cats includes:
➡️ Dreaming of one is lucky.
➡️ One on the porch brings prosperity.
➡️ Finding a white hair on one is lucky.
➡️ Seeing one from behind is bad luck.
➡️ When one walks towards you it’s good luck, if it walks away it’s considered bad luck!

🐈‍⬛ The Ancient Egyptians considered all cats - including black cats - to be good luck. They worshipped cats, and cats were commonly mummified.

🐈‍⬛ In the UK, sailors and their wives would keep black cats on their ships and in their homes for luck and the passage of safety home.

🐈‍⬛ In Japan, women who own black cats are said to attract more suitors.

🐈‍⬛ Black cats are more resistant to disease - researchers have found that the genetic makeup that causes black coats in cats may offer them protection from many diseases!

🐈‍⬛ Black cats can rust - they are fine in water! But when exposed to a lot of sunlight can cause their fur to turn a lighter brownish-red of “rust” coloured.

19/08/2024

We will be drawing the raffle on the 29th August at our quiz night at the The Globe at Hay! Still time to buy your tickets and let us know if you can come to the quiz!

18/08/2024

💔Casper is our only adult cat who hasn’t been reserved 😢

🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃Casper🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

Casper is a stunning 9 year old, male cat!

🏡Casper would like a home with affection on his terms! He likes a fuss and loves his people but equally enjoys his freedom.

🐈Casper has lived with other cats before and was happy around them.

🐕Casper HATES dogs. He absolutely cannot live with them.

🩺Casper is extremely overweight and needs a diet! He also has some arthritis! Casper requires a specific diet to manage his weight!

✅ Casper is litter trained and a pleasure to have in the house.

18/08/2024

Too cute not to share………

18/08/2024

16/08/2024

A repeat post as we’ve been asked to take so so many dogs recently………..

To start this-we understand that there are genuine circumstances and have NO JUDGEMENT for those such cases, we are happy to help and understand how hard it can be.

‼️‼️We will always do our best to help and welcome people contacting us in genuine need‼️‼️

The following thoughts are heartbreaking and maddening in equal parts!

“But you are a rescue-it’s your job”

“If you won’t take it I’ll put it to sleep”

These phrases we hear so often when we are asked to take a dog and for whatever reason, have to say no.

Firstly, it is not “our job” we are volunteers and in actual fact it’s YOUR job as an owner-you took that cute puppy and it was YOUR job to train and care for that dog for life, it’s not a secret dogs live around 10 to 15 years (not long enough for me and those that truly care!)

That old dog that you are giving up because you want a new puppy, the vet bills are too high or you just can’t be bothered suddenly is our responsibility-our hearts break for the poor, confused, old soul that’s known nothing but a life with you, now with us. That dog gave you their best years yet you turned your back when they need you the most.

That puppy that is now a dog that you couldn’t be bothered to train-suddenly is our responsibility to try and undo all your ignorance and laziness. We so often hear that a dog is “uncontrollable” and won’t do the basics-we are expected to “fix it” and we try our best but we won’t take a dog we don’t feel we can help and manage, threats to euthanise do not change that!

That dog that has bitten:
“I’ll put it to sleep if you won’t take it” again that’s YOUR responsibility-you allowed a situation to occur and now you should deal with the consequences however, suddenly that’s our job. We CANNOT safely rescue/rehome a dog that is dangerous-it is simply not fair on our fosterers, adopters, general public or the dog itself.
YOUR dog-you make the hard call, if the dog is dangerous the kindest and safest thing to do is humanely euthanise not pass the buck and force someone else to bear the burden.

That dog that is extremely dog aggressive that you expect us to somehow foster safely in a home with other dogs-it’s it NOT safe in our foster set up and often it is not safe full stop! It is not the rescues job to make the hard call of what’s the safest and best option-that’s YOUR job as the owner, don’t pass the burden!

The dog that attacked you the OWNER-how can anyone expect someone else to safely foster a dog that has attacked its owner? It’s another instance of YOUR responsibility!!

Banned Breeds!! We are a rescue-we cannot take banned breeds and lying about the breed doesn’t help anyone and is completely pointless. Again it is passing the buck onto someone else-it’s irresponsible and deeply unfair on YOUR dog.

The dog that’s been trained as a “protection” dog that you can’t actually control-this is an accident waiting to happen, you started training it yet don’t take any responsibility for the result of your “training” that is YOUR mess!

The dog that you want “taken immediately” due to lack of training/fighting between entire males/unwanted marking/wandering off when you haven’t worked with a trainer, bothered to neuter or consulted a vet. No thought for the fact we can’t just drop everything and magic space for the dog and when told there will be a wait the easy way out-I’ll have it put to sleep if you won’t take it! As a rescue this is in equal parts infuriating and upsetting as often we simply can’t make it happen and you burden us with the guilt of a life lost for nothing but human selfishness and ignorance.

‼️‼️We understand that lack of training is a common reason for rehoming and to a degree we expect this however, please don’t use euthanasia to attempt to jump our list and rescue should be a last resort not a first step!‼️‼️

16/08/2024

🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈Update🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

‼️Available‼️

🎃Casper-9 year old ginger male, no dogs and lots of love and fuss wanted!

🌺Penny - long haired black and white girl, under 2 years old, nervous but loving.

⚽️ McCoy- likes to explore amongst the toys making them all play their sounds 🙈 - B/W boy 7 weeks old.

⚽️ Walker- black & white boy who is the quietest of the b/w very much of an observer at the moment, 7 weeks old.

🌺 Hula- with such a cute face and a cheeky look in her eye she’s always into something- Black & White Girl 7 weeks old.

🌺 Pombear- often mistaken for her brother as they have opposite white patches on their face but equally as sweet- black and white girl 7 weeks old.

🐾 Pepe - 3 year old, male greyhound. Friendly, calm and docile. NO CATS or DOGS

‼️Reserved‼️

🎉Jilly
🎉Qtip and Quizzy
🎉Finn
🎉Virgo
🎉Fuzz
🎉MM
🎉Skipps
🎉Dobby
🎉Bumble
🎉TuckTuck
🎉Twinkle
🎉Tibbs
🎉Albon
🎉Aryton
🎉Alex
🎉Alonso
🎉Nina
🎉Rowan
🎉Ronnie
🎉Reggie
🎉Roxy
🎉Rosemary
🎉Sugar
🎉Spice
🎉Zeus
🎉Zena
🎉Zazu
🎉Ziva
🎉Bubbles
🎉Dusty and Smokey
🎉NikNak
🎉Dorito
🎉Binkie
🎉Raide
🎉Frazzle
🎉Mia
🎉Idris
🎉Issy

‼️Visit Arranged‼️

🎉Fluff
🎉Fizz
🎉 Ruby
🎉Wotsit
🎉Tyrellie
🎉Earl

15/08/2024

Currently, these are our last 4 kittens advertised and without a visit!

8 weeks old, playful, friendly, born and raised in a family home!

✅ Will make perfect family pets
✅ Will happily adjust to living with existing cats and dogs!
✅ Litter trained

15/08/2024

💔💔Surely these lads have a special someone out there?

14/08/2024

Please keep this in mind when adopting any cat or kitten!

🏡🏡To make the transition easier we also suggest keeping everything the same, try and match the food, litter and routine the cat/kittens are in with their fosterer. This reduces stress and can prevent tummy troubles.🏡🏡

💤💤💤Keep in mind kittens need around 20 to 22 hours sleep per day! Although it it tempting to cuddle and play all day-kittens need their rest! 💤💤💤

14/08/2024

Just wanted to say a massive thank you to Ash Veterinary Surgery for this amazing donation of rabbit food! Much needed and much appreciated!
Thank you xx

13/08/2024

‼️‼️‼️‼️Help Needed‼️‼️‼️‼️

As many of you may be aware, we have taken on 4 hand rear kittens that arrived in a desperate state. They are so lucky to have been found and we are so grateful that an amazing hand rearer is taking wonderful care of them!

However, we are desperate for Royal Canin Babycat Milk Powder for them!

If you would like to buy some for us you can purchase directly from Ddole Road Vets (01597 822044) they will ensure we receive any milk purchased and we would be beyond grateful!

Donations can also be made via:

BACs - Hay Animal Rescue Team
Account No. 62599070
Sort Code. 53-50-41

Or

Paypal- https://paypal.me/HayAnimalRescueTeam1?country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB

Or

Cheques/Donations can be posted/delivered to: 4 oak crescent, clehonger, hereford, HR2 9RG

We have drop off points:
⭐️Brecon Morrisons
⭐️Hay on Wye Co-Op
⭐️Kington Co-Op

13/08/2024

💙💙💙💙💙Earl💙💙💙💙💙

We have had so many messages about little Earl we decided to do a write up early on this time!

Earl is an 8 week old, male, collie puppy. He is deaf which is likely a result of breeding given he is a merle.

🧠Earl needs a home who understand that he will need specialist training (positive only, any suggestions of using a shock collar will be immediately removed) we would like Earl to attend puppy classes with All Positive Dog Services - Behaviour & Training Centre or another local positive trainer.

🐶Earl needs a resident dog, he gets his confidence from them. As such a resident dog must be confident, tolerant and well trained.

🐈Earl is fine with cats but cannot hear any of their warnings that play is too much, as such this will need monitoring and the cat will need to be confident as he will scare a nervous cat.

🏡 Earl needs a home with a secure garden, he cannot hear traffic and as such any vehicles are extremely dangerous for him.

👶Earl is good with children and he extremely cuddly however, Earl cannot hear them approaching and is easily startled-this would need keeping in mind.

💤Earl sleeps through the night but likes another dog for company, he is not yet crate trained.

🐾Earl is an 8 week old BABY! He is going to chew, have accidents and need training, if this is not 100% your expectation please don’t apply.

🥎Earl is a collie-an intelligent, active breed and as such he will need a lifestyle to suit, hiking, canicross or agility (to suit his abilities) will be needed. He will NOT be a couch potato.

🧠If Earl does not have appropriate training now, he will become a nervous, unsure adult-if you don’t have time for socialisation and training please don’t apply.

🏡Earl needs your time, if you are out working full time with no WFH options etc we cannot responsibly rehome him to you.

13/08/2024

The last time we shared this we gained so many new followers and would love to do the same again!

Please don’t under-estimate the huge impact helping us gain followers has on the animals!

12/08/2024

A massive thank you to all those who have donated, we have so far raised a massive £3045!!!

We are beyond grateful and cannot thank the amazing community enough!

If you can help us, even just £1 we would be so grateful!

💔💔💔💔We Are Desperate 💔💔💔💔

😢😢Our vets bills have all come in and as you can see, they total over £8000😢😢

We absolutely need all the help and support we can get and are absolutely desperate for donations to help us.

If you can help us by purchasing raffle tickets, joining our monthly raffle or just donating we would be beyond grateful.

‼️We have had over 129 cats and kittens this season and continue to help more and more each week!‼️

‼️We have also helped over 40 dogs this year alone‼️

Donations can be made via:

BACs - Hay Animal Rescue Team
Account No. 62599070
Sort Code. 53-50-41

Or

Paypal- https://paypal.me/HayAnimalRescueTeam1?country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB

Or

Cheques can be posted to: 4 oak crescent, clehonger, hereford, HR2 9RG

We have drop off points:
⭐️Brecon Morrisons
⭐️Hay on Wye Co-Op
⭐️Kington Co-Op

11/08/2024

🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈Feline Update🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

‼️Available‼️

🎃Casper-9 year old ginger male, no dogs and lots of love and fuss wanted!

🌹Poppy - 19 year old female, needs daily insulin injections.

🌼Mia - 18 month old black and white girl, friendly and affectionate!

🌺Penny - long haired black and white girl, under 2 years old, nervous but loving.

❤️Ruby - 1 year old, female tortie. Lovely natured girl overlooked due to missing her tail!

⚽️ Wotsit- the most confident out of the boys- all black 7 weeks old.

⚽️ McCoy- likes to explore amongst the toys making them all play their sounds 🙈 - B/W boy 7 weeks old.

⚽️ Walker- black & white boy who is the quietest of the b/w very much of an observer at the moment, 7 weeks old.

🌺 Tyrellie- the quietest out of the group but I can only imagine the confidence in this girl over the coming weeks- all black 7 weeks old.

🌺 Hula- with such a cute face and a cheeky look in her eye she’s always into something- Black & White Girl 7 weeks old.

🌺 Pombear- often mistaken for her brother as they have opposite white patches on their face but equally as sweet- black and white girl 7 weeks old.

‼️Reserved‼️

🎉Jilly
🎉Qtip and Quizzy
🎉Finn
🎉Virgo
🎉Fuzz
🎉MM
🎉Skipps
🎉Dobby
🎉Bumble
🎉TuckTuck
🎉Twinkle
🎉Tibbs
🎉Albon
🎉Aryton
🎉Alex
🎉Alonso
🎉Nina
🎉Rowan
🎉Ronnie
🎉Reggie
🎉Roxy
🎉Rosemary
🎉Sugar
🎉Spice
🎉Zeus
🎉Zena
🎉Zazu
🎉Ziva
🎉Bubbles
🎉Dusty and Smokey
🎉NikNak
🎉Dorito
🎉Binkie
🎉Raide
🎉Frazzle

‼️Visit Arranged‼️

🎉Fluff
🎉Fizz
🎉Idris

11/08/2024

11/08/2024

‼️‼️‼️Longest Staying Adult Cat‼️‼️‼️

The sweetest girl, she loves fuss and cuddles.

Wanting to give you all her love & attention, she’s loyal & loving 🐾

At only 18 months old, she has a long life to ahead!

She is ready and waiting for a forever home 🥺

🥰 She gets on so well with her foster carers children & loves to play with them

🐕 She is happy and confident living with dogs, as long as positive introductions are made

😴 She loves a snooze on the sofa or your lap

🧭 She’s curious and keen to explore, loves to meet new people