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You’ve probably all heard of Woodstock – well, here in TRNC we have Woofstock! Corinne, one of our volunteers will have a stall at Woofstock, and she will be selling lots of lovely goodies to raise funds for the dogs and cats at KAR’s rescue centre. The event takes place on Saturday 24th July at The Lodge in Catalkoy and the fun starts at 5pm. There will be lots of entertainment to keep you amused so please come along and support KAR at the same time.

KAR held their Annual General Meeting on 14th July. Twelve members attended. Margaret Ray gave a comprehensive report on the activities of KAR during 2020 showing a completely different year than the previous 22 years and one that has changed our whole way of life

The year as you can imagine was extremely difficult with weeks of lockdowns and curfews but our first and main consideration was the health and welfare of the animals in our care at the centre.

At the end of 2020 there were 231 dogs and 38 cats in our care. Considering the conditions that we were working under we were surprised and extremely pleased that we managed to find forever homes for 36 dogs and 11 Cats. 16 of these dogs went overseas to wonderful loving homes. With our neutering programme this year, a total of 340 Cats were neutered and 30 dogs. This takes our total figures of animals neutered since our records began in 2002 to 11,302 cats and 3,834 dogs. A great achievement which surely must have made a great impact on the number of unwanted and abandoned dogs and cats on the streets. We are relentless in our quest to continue neutering these animals through all adversities.

Our charity shops are an extremely important means of income and during lockdown were closed. As soon as it was safe and we were allowed to re-open the shops they were given a thorough deep clean, reconfigured and we put forward new safe practice rules for the volunteers, customers and the handling of donations. Unfortunately had to cancel our annual Christmas Bazaar but to try to make up for the loss we designed a small Christmas Shop and stalls at our office premises and was able to sell selected seasonal goods over a period in the run up to Christmas. A reduced Christmas raffle also helped to raise funds as well as a New Year calendar that was designed with KAR dogs and cats .Our Education Team’s activities were curtailed due to the closure of the schools but a shorter 2020 report can be seen on our website. As expected our Pet Travel Dept hit many problems during the year but continued to provide a full information service and arranged for safe travel out of the TRNC for 71 pets and 24 pets to come into the TRNC.

Margaret expressed huge thanks to KAR’s wonderful staff and volunteers that have given their time and expertise and to our fantastic friends and supporters who have all helped to give life and love to hundreds of abandoned dogs and cats.

A financial report on the Audited accounts was given by the Treasurer Marian Clay.

Committee members elected for 2021/22 were Margaret Ray, Gwen Cassell, Denise Aksoy, Marian Clay, Jacky Kester and co-opt members Senem Burkuoglu and Raymond Morris.

Daisy is another of our beautiful dogs looking for a home. This poor girl was found on the mountain with a badly broken back leg when she was about 6 months old. Sadly the leg couldn’t be saved and had to be amputated but Daisy copes very well on three legs. She is a loving quiet dog and is now about 4 years old. Daisy had been offered a home in the UK but sadly this fell through. She is fully prepped for travel and part of her travel costs have already been met so a home in the UK is definitely an option. Of course, she can be homed here in North Cyprus so please come to the centre if you live locally and would like to meet Daisy. We are open every day between 9am and 1pm.

Today we have the handsome Joel looking for his forever home. Joel came to the centre when he was a small puppy and that was 8 years ago! No dog should spend this long in a rescue centre, despite all the love and care he gets from the centre staff. Joel is a quiet, shy but friendly boy who gets on well with his kennel mates, so he would make an ideal companion for someone. A quiet, peaceful home would be ideal for him, to give him time to settle down and enjoy his new life. If you think that person might be you then please come along to the rescue centre to meet Joel and perhaps take him for a walk. We are open every day between 9am and 1pm.

Arlo is looking for his forever home. He was one of a litter of 5 pups who came into the rescue centre here in North Cyprus back in December. All of his siblings have been homed but poor Arlo has been left behind. How sad he must have felt as each of his brothers and sisters said Goodbye to the centre and no-one was interested in him. Are you the person who Arlo is looking for? He is now about 5.5 months old, vaccinated & microchipped (he will be neutered once he is old enough) Please come up to the centre if you think you might like to give Arlo a loving home (open every day between 9am and 1pm) or for more information contact our office – kartrnc@gmail.com