One of Manchester’s longest running dogs’ homes has been given a lifeline by Greater Manchester Police after food stocks hit a critical low.
Manchester and Cheshire Dogs’ Home found their dog food stocks running dangerously low and made a desperate appeal via social media, which the police heard.
GMP, assisted by Royal Canin who supply food for the Dog Training Unit, provided 18 pallets of dry dog food to the home in their time of need.
The home, founded in 1983, solely relies on generous donations from the public and over the years it has been able rehouse millions of dogs.
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Corinna Clayton, a fund raiser for Manchester and Cheshire Dogs’ Home, said: “Just over a week ago I put out an appeal because there was no food, it was critically low.
“The response from Greater Manchester Police has been amazing, it means everything, with no food we just can’t feed the dogs it is that simple.
“Supplying food is an ongoing issue we don’t get any government funding there is not magical supplies of food which just turns up. Everything is from the public and organisations.”
The two truckloads of food was gleefully received by the home, but will not last very long as the dogs need to be fed multiple times a day.
Mrs Clayton added: “We rely on donations of food and if that stops it is a critical state for the dogs.
“There are 300 odd dogs that need feeding a few times a day, so you add that up over a week and that is an immense amount of food that we manage to get through every single week. No food, no dogs it’s that simple.”
GMP and the Manchester and Cheshire Dogs’ Home have a special relationship as they keep an eye out for potential police dogs.
Many of the force’s finest four-legged crime fighters have spent time behind bars in one of its kennels.
Image courtesy of GMPtv via YouTube, with thanks.
