Thanks to our animal-loving sponsors
Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Every day in rescue, we see situations most people never have to witness.
Animals arriving frightened, injured, abandoned, or neglected. It is the steady reality of rescue work, and it is rarely tidy or simple.
We’d like to introduce you to a special boy — Eric.
At around nine months old, Eric should still have been enjoying the carefree world of kittenhood. Instead, he arrived in our care in pain, with a severely damaged eye.
After careful examination, our veterinary team made the difficult but necessary decision to remove it — the only way to prevent further pain, infection, and suffering, and to give him a life free from constant discomfort.
We do not know how Eric was injured.
We only know the condition he arrived in, and it sits heavily with us — the thought of what he may already have endured before he ever reached safety.
What is hardest is that situations like Eric’s are becoming more frequent.
More and more animals are coming into rescue care injured, unwell, frightened, or simply discarded when they are no longer wanted. Many need urgent veterinary treatment and ongoing care at a time when rescue resources are already stretched to their limits.
For our team, these are never just “cases”.
They are animals who have already been through so much and are now relying entirely on rescue to make things better from here.
Our staff and volunteers work tirelessly, often under immense pressure, to give every animal the care, treatment, and compassion they deserve.
Every decision is made with their welfare at the centre, and every effort is focused on giving them the best possible chance at a happier future.
Your support helps us act in moments like Eric’s — when an animal arrives in pain and there is no time to wait. It means we can say yes to emergency treatment, yes to surgery, yes to comfort, and yes to a future that otherwise wouldn’t exist for them.
Eric didn’t get to choose what happened to him. But with your help, we can choose what happens next for animals like him.
Please, if you can, make a donation today. Somewhere right now, another animal is arriving just like Eric — frightened, hurting, and completely dependent on rescue to change everything.
Thank you for standing beside them when they have no one else.
Text K to 70480 to donate £1
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Braken Hill Lane, Misson, Doncaster, DN10 6FA
When you buy a gift for a Rain Rescue animal, it will help us to provide the care the cats and dogs in our centre need.
Treat them to a cosy place to sleep, a treat and a toy, or nutritious food to keep them strong. It’s a great way to donate, thank you.
Founded in 2002, our charity has saved the lives of thousands of the cats and dogs most at risk in and around Yorkshire. Our rescue centre provides the space and support needed for these abandoned animals to recover, thrive and find a loving home.
