All about Anim-Mates 

Our Aims
Anim-Mates exists to relieve the suffering and distress of animals in need of care and attention, in the South East London and North West Kent, in any or all of the following ways.

• To rescue, care for, and rehome stray, abandoned and unwanted animals

• To provide long term foster care for homeless animals
• To provide veterinary treatment, vaccination and neutering where necessary.

Rescue

There are many reasons why animals find their way to us. 

It can be through abandonment  straying, the death of the owner, a relationship break-up or even moving home.

We take the animals into our homes and care for them. 

If our homes are full, we give contact numbers of other animal welfare groups to see if they can help. 

Care

Every animal that comes to Anim-Mates is cared for at a fosterers home and treated as their own pets. 

All animals are examined by one of our vets. Those needing veterinary treatment, stay with us until  they are well enough to be rehomed. 

Should any animal require ongoing veterinary treatment the new owner is advised of this.

We  never have an animal put down, except on veterinary advice.

Rehome

Each potential new home is checked for suitability before any animal is placed there. 

This ensures that the animal is in the best home, with the best possible owner.

Any animal that, for whatever reason, cannot be rehomed stays with Anim-Mates for the rest of its’ life.

Older animals may remain with us for a long time until that special someone comes along.

Neutering

One of Anim-Mates main objectives is to reduce the large number of unwanted animals.

To ensure that no animal for rehoming can breed, all rescued animals are be neutered. 

The exceptions are very young kittens. We require new owners to guarantee that the youngsters will be kept indoors until they are neutered at 5 - 6 months. Anim-Mates offers to pay £20 towards the neutering costs. 

We ensure that new puppy owners have them neutered at the earliest possible time.

In the case of female guineas where they may not be strong enough to have the operation, we rely upon the new owner to be responsible.

Stray animals

A stray animal is taken into our homes for a minimum of 28 days.

During this time we register the animal with missing agencies and also make checks to see if anyone has reported their pet lost. If all that work proves negative, the animal is then put up for rehoming after 28 days.

In respect of stray cats we try to determine if a cat is a genuine stray. The finder is asked to enquire locally if anyone has lost a cat, and to put a collar on the cat with the message: If this is your cat please ring me.

If no contact is made within 14 days, we assume the cat is a stray and take them in.

Volunteers

Everyone who works for Anim-Mates - whether they be a trustee, fosterer, home checker, admin assistant, helper or collector  - are volunteers. 

No one is paid for their work. 

All we ask of our volunteers, is to demonstrate their love of, and for, animals.

Trustees 

Brian Fox CB
Chairman

Teresa Bloomfield
Treasurer

Dennis White 
Hon. Secretary 

Barbara Woodall

Stephen Peirce