A major Border rescue centre is searching for a new home, fast. / (min cost $ 0 ) or signup to continue reading Albury Wodonga Animal Rescue has elected to move premises after they were told Albury Animal Hospital will be expanding into its Lavington space to provide an after-hours veterinary service. The group is unsure as to when it will have to leave, but said they are "month-to-month" at the moment and the situation is "critical.
" "We're not going to give up, we're going to push and push as far as we can to get a premises," she said. "Because if we fold, then what happens to the animals then? "And that's what the bigger picture is, what does happen to them?" Some of the work the rescue does includes rehoming, desexing, registrations, work experience, stray animal collection and community support during homelessness, illness, confinement, or family death. Since May 27, 2019, the service has taken in 807 cats and 596 dogs.
Vice-president and cat co-ordinator Rae Smith said the rescue needed community support for its move. "There's a lot of services out there for homeless people, but we're really a service for homeless animals," she said. The ideal new space for the rescue would be the size of a two to three bedroom house.
They require an office space, laundry and courtyard area to do meet and greets. However, the organisation is struggling to find a location that has appropriate zoning and is calling on Albury Council for assistance. The rescue is categorised as an animal b.
