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A ditty/poem from one of our Volunteers!!!!

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A SHOP VOLUNTEER DITTY

Would you like to become a ‘dogs body’ and join the happy band of volunteers working in the KAR Shops?  They are paid no money, but every day is different!  You meet new people and something always happens which is a laugh and funny!!!!

Of course, something’s may make you want to cry, when a customer tries to return or exchange a 1 Lira dress or tie.

You’ll meet people from all over the world searching for a bargain.  It might be something personal a comb or curtain for the home.

You may sell a bed, or a hat for the head, a book, a DVD, a music centre or TV.  Something small or furniture for the hall.

Having sold a settee you deserve a coffee, or a cup of tea, which is always freely available.

In fact the KAR shops are department stores all in one, selling nearly everything under the sun.

Why do volunteers do it?  For the love and to feed the homeless animals, dogs and cats of all ages, shapes and sizes.

You will be most welcome to join this happy throng, we could do with another 10, so volunteer now and speak to Gwen.

KAR Education Team at 23 Nisan School – World Animal Day.

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World Animal Day.

The KAR Education Team were delighted to attend 23 Nisan Schools celebration of World Animal Day on 4 October.
200 children took part, and both teachers and children had worked very hard to present a true celebration of the day.

This was not the only school that acknowledged the importance of the day. As well as thinking about the animals in their family, the young people have been encouraged to think about the dogs and cats that live in shelters, or try to survive on the streets. Donations were made to various animal rescue organisations.
With the number of abandoned and stray dogs and puppies, and cats and kittens, it would be easy to be cynical about about success of the Education Team.
We cannot take credit for all of the growing awareness, but we can be proud that we are part of it.

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Gigem visit to KAR Centre on World Animal Day.

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Thank you to Gigem Summer Camp and Ayse Oztoprak for organising the Centre Visit. Awareness is the way forward!!!!
TRANSLATION OF ORIGINAL POST:
He visited Kyrenia Animal Rescue (KAR) this morning due to world animal protection day.
We are waiting for your support under the care of the snow every day 🐶🐱 waiting for your support under the care of the snow. You can contact the fb page to adopt or support in some way. In particular, they need cleaning material and dry food. You can also support the increased foods here beyond your guess.
#gençlikatölyeleri #4ekimdünyahayvanlarıkorumagünü

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KAR Committee in Malta.

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3 members of the KAR Committee are currently attending the International Companion Animal Welfare Conference this week. Last year it was held in RoC and this year it is being held in Malta. The 3 committee members, who all paid for the trip themselves, feel that it is important to keep up to date with Animal Welfare issues especially those, for example, in relation to Rescue Centres/Charity/Disease management.
They are bound to come back tired but with a much more detailed knowledge of issues that may impact on KAR. and also the cats and dogs of TRNC.

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Mick Wells, swimming for KAR! (again).

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Message from mick and karen wells:

Hi to all friends myself and hubby Mick Wells have decided this year again in aid of Kyrenia Animal Rescue hubby will do 2 lengths in our pool everyday from Xmas Eve to News Years day inclusive, because we did so well last year he wanted to do something similar this year, I will be emailing Cyprus Today tomorrow hopefully for their support as they covered his swim this last year, I will post pics from his last swim which was featured in Cyprus Today in mid January,
We look forward to your support of this well deserved charity

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Nellie’s story.

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It’sssss Friday …….. here is your KAR FGF !

Nellie’s story
We were contacted last week by a lovely couple (Jenny and Richard) who were here on holiday and , 3 weeks ago, had found a very young kitten in their garden. They befriended her and fed her at regular intervals. They had noticed that her eyes were a bit sore so had been bathing them with sterilised water. She was a happy little kitten but they were so worried about what was going to happen to her when they returned to the UK.
Richard came into the KAR office with the kitten, as he was worried . who was stumbling when walking and we could immediately see that there was a problem with her eyes. KAR agreed to help her. She was seen by our vet Derya (who was downstairs neutering !) and she ws diagnosed with a serious eye infection and the little kitten had very restricted sight. None of us knew how extensive the damage was nor if it was reversable.
We explained to Rchard that we would keep her and would try to treat her problem.
We named her Nellie.
Nellie began immediate antibiotic treatment plus she was also given stem cell treatment. Blood was taken from her and spun to obtain stem cells – this was then reintroduced, daily, into her eyes. She was taken to the centre – accompanied by antibiotics and also more stem cell serum, and staff kept her in temporary quarantine.
One of our regular supporters heard about Nellie the following day and — fantastically agreed to home her if she pulled through.
On Thursday little Nellie came back to the KAR office. What a difference a week makes – she is almost back to normal and , quite obviously by the way she was chasing the toy mouse around in her playpen, her eyesight had vastly improved. Karen and Mick collected her (and her medication and her remaining stem cell serum) and took her home.
Jenny contacted us via Tripadviser to say
” i would like to thank them for taking in a kitten on Thursday 3/10/2019 that wandered into our garden while on holiday, She has several problems being under weight and also a problem with her eyes, we have looked after her for three weeks while on holiday and we didn’t want to leave her to fend for herself as we were returning home to the UK i’m happy to,say that KAR have already found a home for her and i would like to thank them with all my heart and the vet that is going to treat her eyes, carry on the good works you are all marvelous human beings xx ”
.We are sure that the future for Nellie (now renamed Martha) is looking much brighter .

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Stef and Yves…. thank you!!!

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As you may know quite a few of our dogs are adopted in Germany. Many find their “furever families” via our wonderful friends Stef and Yves – here are some lovely photos of Edna (the KAR dog formerly known as Twiggy) and Ella (the KAR dog formerly known as Gimpy) – both enjoying life to the full. Vielen Dank, dass Sie ihnen eine Chance geben xxx

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World Animal Day at 23 Nisan School.

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World Animal Day.

The KAR Education Team were delighted to attend 23 Nisan Schools celebration of World Animal Day on 4 October.
200 children took part, and both teachers and children had worked very hard to present a true celebration of the day.

This was not the only school that acknowledged the importance of the day. As well as thinking about the animals in their family, the young people have been encouraged to think about the dogs and cats that live in shelters, or try to survive on the streets. Donations were made to various animal rescue organisations.
With the number of abandoned and stray dogs and puppies, and cats and kittens, it would be easy to be cynical about about success of the Education Team.
We cannot take credit for all of the growing awareness, but we can be proud that we are part of it.

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