SCOTTISH REGISTERED CHARITY - SC045602
SSR, how we began
Our rescue Staffie Smiles Rescue or SSR was founded in October 2012 by a few staffie daft folk that met while volunteering for other rescues. Our love for these dogs
is what gave us the drive and determination to make a difference to the future of these poor abandoned souls.
is what gave us the drive and determination to make a difference to the future of these poor abandoned souls.
A bit about us !
We are a group of staffie lovers from all over Scotland that have volunteered for rescues in the past and have now come together to help save the lives of SBT and SBT crosses that end up in pounds across the UK through no fault of their own.
After being made aware of what happens to these dogs and the fate that awaits them we decided as a group we wanted to do what we could to help them. Starting a rescue was a huge step for us and as we found out it is a long, hard, emotional and sometimes frustrating process.
After running the rescue successfully for 2 years, we applied for charity status. In October 2015, we became a Scottish Registered Charity SC045602. Our rescue is growing fast and we are thankful for all the help and support we receive from our fosterers, adopters, volunteers and the public without this we would not be able to
help these dogs the way we do.
SSR is staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers who have jobs and family commitments. They give their free time they have to help save these dogs. We now have coordinators covering the Edinburgh/Perthshire/Fife/Dundee/Angus and Borders areas and other areas within Scotland.
We are a non-profit organisation that relies completely on donations from adoptions and fundraising events so that we can ensure that any dog we help to save has all it need for a healthy and happy life this includes, vaccinations, neutered, spayed, micro chipped, training, food, bed, lead, collar, rescue ID tag, and that they are treated for any illnesses before they are re-homed. These funds also allow us to save other dogs that are sitting in the pound waiting for help.
We have a board of trustees who oversee the management of the rescue, making sure the rescue runs within the charity's guidelines and manages the finances in the best interests of the charity.
Our committee are responsible for the day to day running of the rescue. They oversee the movement and care of the dogs, promoting responsible dog ownership, arrange fundraising events and much more.
Our volunteers help with dog walking, transporting, fundraising, social networking, and
supporting each other and the new dog owners as well as anything else they can do to help.
As a team we support each other, this helps us to get through the ups and downs of rescue life. Saving a dog doesn’t just end when we have pulled that dog from a "put to sleep list" This is just the start of long a process but our drive and determination to help these dogs keeps us going. We work together so the rescue can then do what it was set up for, to save the lives of our beloved staffies.
If you are in Scotland and would like to help us please contact us. These dogs need all the help they can get.
After being made aware of what happens to these dogs and the fate that awaits them we decided as a group we wanted to do what we could to help them. Starting a rescue was a huge step for us and as we found out it is a long, hard, emotional and sometimes frustrating process.
After running the rescue successfully for 2 years, we applied for charity status. In October 2015, we became a Scottish Registered Charity SC045602. Our rescue is growing fast and we are thankful for all the help and support we receive from our fosterers, adopters, volunteers and the public without this we would not be able to
help these dogs the way we do.
SSR is staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers who have jobs and family commitments. They give their free time they have to help save these dogs. We now have coordinators covering the Edinburgh/Perthshire/Fife/Dundee/Angus and Borders areas and other areas within Scotland.
We are a non-profit organisation that relies completely on donations from adoptions and fundraising events so that we can ensure that any dog we help to save has all it need for a healthy and happy life this includes, vaccinations, neutered, spayed, micro chipped, training, food, bed, lead, collar, rescue ID tag, and that they are treated for any illnesses before they are re-homed. These funds also allow us to save other dogs that are sitting in the pound waiting for help.
We have a board of trustees who oversee the management of the rescue, making sure the rescue runs within the charity's guidelines and manages the finances in the best interests of the charity.
Our committee are responsible for the day to day running of the rescue. They oversee the movement and care of the dogs, promoting responsible dog ownership, arrange fundraising events and much more.
Our volunteers help with dog walking, transporting, fundraising, social networking, and
supporting each other and the new dog owners as well as anything else they can do to help.
As a team we support each other, this helps us to get through the ups and downs of rescue life. Saving a dog doesn’t just end when we have pulled that dog from a "put to sleep list" This is just the start of long a process but our drive and determination to help these dogs keeps us going. We work together so the rescue can then do what it was set up for, to save the lives of our beloved staffies.
If you are in Scotland and would like to help us please contact us. These dogs need all the help they can get.
WHY POUND DOGS ?
A dog pound is a facility where the local Council hold stray dogs found in their area, which have been picked up by either Local Authorities or by the Police.
The dog will be kept there for 7 days. After 7 days, the dog will become the responsibility of the kennel. Due to the sheer volume of SBT’s arriving in Local Authority ‘pounds’, compared to other breeds of dog the SBT’s are frequently the
ones that never get rescued and are left in the pounds when the dreaded ‘put to sleep date’ arrives.
Please see - The pound dog story
The dog will be kept there for 7 days. After 7 days, the dog will become the responsibility of the kennel. Due to the sheer volume of SBT’s arriving in Local Authority ‘pounds’, compared to other breeds of dog the SBT’s are frequently the
ones that never get rescued and are left in the pounds when the dreaded ‘put to sleep date’ arrives.
Please see - The pound dog story
According to The Dogs Trust annual Stray Dog Survey(2013-2014) an estimated 110,975 stray dogs were handled by UK local authority pounds during the 12 month period 1st April 2013 – 31st March 2014. Of these, more than 50% were reunited with their owners, while 7% – 7,058 dogs – were killed. Using this figure and based on the return data, the Dogs Trust estimates that approximately 7,805 were killed in UK pounds in the 12 month period. With an estimated 10,000 more dogs being killed in rescue centres, this total is around 18,000 dogs being killed every year; 49 dogs a day; 346 dogs every week, 2 dogs every hour of every day, all killed simply because they were let down by the people who were supposed to care for and protect them, and there is no safe place for them to go. Every year in the UK almost 110,000 lost or unwanted dogs find themselves in local authority pounds around the country, alone and scared. After a mere seven days any dog unclaimed or successfully rescued is legally allowed to be killed by lethal injection.
Thousands of healthy dogs are killed in the UK every year.
They died afraid and alone, unclaimed strays, thrown out like unwanted toys.
Britain's throwaway society has gone mad.
One staffie dies every hour in the UK.
Please help us to help them,
be the cure, not the cause, spay, neuter, foster, adopt.
And this is how we began............
fostering, adopting, transporting, fundraising, helping to save lives, anyway we can.
They died afraid and alone, unclaimed strays, thrown out like unwanted toys.
Britain's throwaway society has gone mad.
One staffie dies every hour in the UK.
Please help us to help them,
be the cure, not the cause, spay, neuter, foster, adopt.
And this is how we began............
fostering, adopting, transporting, fundraising, helping to save lives, anyway we can.
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