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Cat Rescue & Rehoming => Rescue & Rehoming General => Topic started by: Millys Mum on August 04, 2007, 20:03:43 PM
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Celia Hammond are busily removing ferals from the olympic building site in Stratford, but time is running out for these cats.
They come neutered, vaccinated and chipped so if any body can help relocate please contact CHAT.
http://www.celiahammond.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=3&MMN_position=3:3 (http://www.celiahammond.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=3&MMN_position=3:3)
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So sad nobody thought about the cats :(
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We had that problem when two of the largest factories spread over very large areas in Chesterfield were to be demolished.
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What an nightmare and why do they leave it all until they demolished their habitat which leaves them even more traumatised :mad2: :mad2: These people should be made to pay to relocate these animals..........who the hell do they think they are :censored: I've only glanced at the link as I will want to get involved and at the moment, I need to get mine sorted before taking in any more :sad no: :sad no:
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tadpoling hell!
They should be made to help out. Bastards.
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I can't really describe how I feel about this on the forum as I will be banned but I'm so angry. This is exactly what happened with the Manchester kitties, turfed out when they've done their job but left til last minute :censored: :censored: :censored:
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I have looked at their website and I'm not sure what I could do to help. I wouldn't think they'd let me take some kittens to tame down as they don't know me from adam. :-: I wouldn't have thought they need trappers either... it's the homes that they need.
I shall keep my ears open for feral homes offered. ;D
I recall years ago when developers cleared an old hospital site near my mum's, they just gassed the cats. :( :( Thank god someone is trying to do something about this... :scared:
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Its a :censored: outrage >:(
PB, ask if they would interested in you taming down as any fosterer who approaches them wont be initally be known. Im sure CP could vouch for you ;)
And they may need extra hands trapping/driving cats to vets ;D
If it were pigeons or rats they would have to pay to clear them so they should pay the rescues who trap the cats.
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Here's an update on the trapping of the ferals.........this is an absolute :censored: outrage but doesn't surprise me in the least :censored: Please sign the petition on the link below so the rest of these cats/kittens can be helped.
for weeks celia hammond animal trust has been trapping cats on this site but have just been banned on health and safety grounds, could you log on to www.celiahammond.org and sign the on line petition to allow the trust back on site so that the cats are not crushed to death during demolishion of their homes, so far 147 cats and kittens have been rescued but theres so many more needing help.
many thanksxxx
C.H.A.T.'s LATEST CHALLENGE - THE OLYMPIC 2012 SITE, STRATFORD, LONDON - Many cats removed from site now desperately needing homes and we urgently need your financial assistance to help fund this huge rescue mission
It is not only local businesses and residents that have lost their property and homes on the Olympic site, a huge tract of land covering approx 800 acres. Numerous cats and kittens are living in and around derelict/vacated buildings and across swathes of wasteland.
There is a 5 point Ecology Action Plan for endangered species, such as some newts, reptiles, birds and insects, but there is apparently no contingency plan for the safe removal of cats.
The area around the range of units pictured above was home to 19 cats and kittens. All have now been rescued. Also pictured above is one of the kittens we rescued literally hours before demolition.
We are so concerned at the scale of the problem. Not only the number of cats that need to be brought to safety - many are wandering, traumatised and disorientated, due to the destruction of their habitat - but the limited time available to us to try to make sure that cats and kittens are not injured or killed in the demolition process.
We urgently need homes for the cats and kittens we have already taken in. Some are nervous rather than feral as they were fed by the previous owners of businesses, but many will need to go to farms, stables and smallholdings. All will be neutered, vaccinated and microchipped and we will give advice and support to introduce them to their new location.
Our rescue staff from both London clinics continue to work round the clock to bring as many cats as possible to safety.
STOP PRESS - OLYMPIC DELIVERY AUTHORITY BAN FURTHER RESCUE WORK
The ODA has banned the Trust from the Olympic site on Health and Safety grounds. This is despite the fact that all our rescue staff have CSCS (Construction Skills Certification Scheme) qualifications and we have two qualified First Aiders in the team. We are therefore as qualified to work on a construction site as unskilled labourers, and cannot understand why we are not being allowed to complete this rescue project. Our trapping methods do not require us to go into demolition areas, as we encourage cats onto safe feeding sites to be trapped without danger to us or the cats. Appeals to the ODA for a change of heart have so far been unsuccessful. Please click on the link below to sign our petition so that you can hopefully lend us your support.
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This is awful :scared: :( Have signed the petition Dawn ;)
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I have signed it. Its shameful. Does anyone know how to get this to the attention of Ken Livingstone or at least into Metro/The Standard or something?
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Just found this:
The Public Liaison Unit (PLU) deals with all enquiries and correspondence on behalf of the Mayor and any enquiry requiring a response must be made in writing.
By email: mayor@london.gov.uk
Postal Address:
Ken Livingstone
Mayor of London
Greater London Authority
City Hall
The Queen's Walk
More London
London SE1 2AA
Telephone: 020 7983 4100
Fax: 020 7983 4057
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signed
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Just found this:
The Public Liaison Unit (PLU) deals with all enquiries and correspondence on behalf of the Mayor and any enquiry requiring a response must be made in writing.
By email: mayor@london.gov.uk
Postal Address:
Ken Livingstone
Mayor of London
Greater London Authority
City Hall
The Queen's Walk
More London
London SE1 2AA
Telephone: 020 7983 4100
Fax: 020 7983 4057
I wonder if there is a purrs person who is good at this kind of thing or who has media contacts. I'm sure it would "make a story" - I'm worried that a few hundred signatures on a petition isn't going to do much.
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signed.
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I have sent an email to the mayor's office.
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Signed.
It's a disgrace.
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signed. I have also posted it on to the guinea pig forum I belong to as the members are all animal lovers and several also have cats.
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Yep, same thing happened here when the new courthouse was built. There were a couple of feral colonies living in the old buildings, and I honestly don't know if they bothered to check what happened to the cats before they started knocking things down. >:(
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Is there anything on Catchat, the hovel etc?
Also, I wonder if CP would put something on their homepage?
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What an nightmare and why do they leave it all until they demolished their habitat which leaves them even more traumatised :mad2: :mad2: These people should be made to pay to relocate these animals..........who the hell do they think they are :censored: I've only glanced at the link as I will want to get involved and at the moment, I need to get mine sorted before taking in any more :sad no: :sad no:
DD your house is small but heart is HUGE and will always be open to homeless ferals xxxxxxxxx
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I was going to contact them to help out onsite but i dont have any construction certificates :(
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I was going to contact them to help out onsite but i dont have any construction certificates :(
Isn't it worth contacting them anyway and asking........I have Celia's mobile number somewhere if that will help ;)
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I must confess that I have never considered feral cats occupying derelict buildings before and must say this story is so shocking to me, and so common reading through your posts >:( >:(
Have sent a small donation but am unable to sign the petition, will try again later.
I agree with what has been said earlier about informing the press, especially with all the bad publicity recently about how the money is spent/ wasted by the Olympic committee it really is a disgrace :censored: :censored:
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Ok Dawn,if you could PM that.
I have 2 weeks off so would be fun to train into london.
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I have written to Ken but perhaps we could contact Boris Johnson to stir it up a bit, he opened the Blue Cross in Lewknor that I help out at so he might have an interest
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Did you email Dawn, I sent an email to Ken Livingstone's office 1st thing Friday but they haven't acknowledged it >:(
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I've written a proper letter, I'm not expecting a reply but you can try.
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have sent a letter to Boris Johnson as well, he's probably in blackpool or where ever they are this week so I don't expect much to get done - don't we have any MP's who have stepped into the shoes of the late Tony Banks?? I know Anne Widecombe has cats but not sure if this is really her sort of thing, any ideas??
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I dont think that anyone stepped into Tony Banks shoes, he was one in a million.
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I have signed. Has anyone contacted local newspapers and the tv the more media coverage we get the better.
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Just cross posting this link on the Petitions area:
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php?topic=8094.0
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I have sent emails to ITV London, ITV National and Channel 4 news. I added that Ken Livingstone's office didn't even have the courtesy to acknowledge an email sent last week. I would imagine they would find this a "Human Interest" story but I won't hold my breath - lets hope a cat lover takes it up.
I also just sent one to Sky News. Trying to find a newsdesk contact for BBC as well.
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There are lots of media emails etc here Mark - some generic BBC news ones, not sure if they are much good? Lots of papers too:
http://www.mng.org.uk/gh/resources/media_email_fax_list.htm
I thought I kept a copy of the media contacts database from my last job but cant find it :doh:
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thanks Dawn, I'll have a look a bt later but have a million and one things to do ready for guests checking in later :( and need to get ahead as tomorrow is pretty tied up running millions (well 7 :evillaugh: ) kittens to the vet - that the stuff I would rather do though ;D
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Awww I think pictures will be in order! :Luv: I know which type of guests I would rather have... :evillaugh:
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I just found this message from Celia on the dog pages (I wa searching "cat olympic" to see what came up. She s urging people to email the ODA (Olympic delivery authority) to get them to change their mind
http://www.dogpages.org.uk/forums/index.php?s=13d4718d27dd4990902e61522163f08c&showtopic=151951&pid=2161344&mode=threaded&show=&st=&#entry2161344
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Ok lets have the email for ODA on here and then we can all start emailing them >:(
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Yes a master copy would be great ;)
...and if it end's with a question then they'l also have to reply :wow:
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...and if it end's with a question then they'l also have to reply :wow:
Well I sent Ken Livingstone's office an email ending with a question but didn't get a reply. Ayway, the way this country is now I am going to be true Blue from now :evillaugh:
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lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll doubt it :rofl:
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a standard letter has far less effect than a letter which is individual. Also, you should always ask your question, or at least intimate it, at the beginning of the letter. If they are being swamped, they will not get to the end of you letter, but will only read it to get the gist of your message. Be effective. Write clearly and concisely. And make it short. Anything more than a page, leaving a generous space for address, signature block and date, will not get the attention you seek.
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Okay BC you have the job........just remember to take an hour and a half doing it :sneaky:
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you tryin to keep me out of the quiz??!! Nah, it has the potential to conflict with my job and would be counterproductive as, like I said, standard letters don't get the attention they deserve cos the recipient reckons, if you don't care enough to make the point in you own words, why should they bother paying attention to your opinion By the way my job does not involve slaughtering kitties, but does require me to be on good professional terms with ODA as I am trying to extract large sums of money from them for my employers purposes :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Definately individual letters, cos bc is right, standard letters have no effect.
I agree make it short and concise and had never thought about the question at the end but that sounds good.
OK someone find out where we write too or email.
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Yes Marm :evillaugh:
http://www.london2012.com/contact-us.php
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saw a brief article in the Evening Standard about this last night. Apparently the Celia Hammond group has had some publicity - must have been the previous day when I didn't get a paper - about it. They have been inundated with enquiries from people wanting to help, generally in the way of re-homing. Nice to see there are still people out there who care.
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Cant find the newest things but think this must have been original article
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23415024-details/Race+against+time+to+save+Olympic+Park+stray+cats/article.do
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thanks for tracking it down Gill, yes, that looks like what would have led to the follow-up article I saw.
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saw a brief article in the Evening Standard about this last night. Apparently the Celia Hammond group has had some publicity - must have been the previous day when I didn't get a paper - about it. They have been inundated with enquiries from people wanting to help, generally in the way of re-homing. Nice to see there are still people out there who care.
I was reading about her - didn't realise she was a "supermodel" in the 60's
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she is a pretty amazing woman she turned her back on a "glam" life style to help out animals, got to be good in my book - still nothing back from Ken or Boris but then there is a post strike I suppose
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Update, please sign the petition on the link :
http://www.celiahammond.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=3&MMN_position=3:3
UPDATE 3RD FEB:
There have been quite a lot of developments recently:
The Olympic Delivery Authority have allowed us a period of access on the Southern part of the site at the Nuttalls main site offices on the Bow Industrial Estate from the 1st of Feb to the 10th Feb, from 6.30 p.m until midnight. Good news! Tonight we caught a black and white cat which appears to be pregnant and matches the description of one that was reported to us a few weeks ago (see below). We are not yet sure if there are any other cats here so will be continuing nightly observation and trapping until the 10th. We are grateful to the O.D.A for this concession of access to the Southern part of the site.
It came to our attention that a mother and kittens had been seen recently at the Core Team Offices on the northern part of the site. We negotiated access to these offices and it turned out that the kittens had actually been seen last summer. Access was granted from the 21st January until 27th January and further extended until tonight 3rd February for us to try to trap whatever cats were there. However, the only cat that appeared to be in the immediate vicinity was a pregnant, long haired tabby cat of 7-8 months old, possibly one of the surviving kittens. We trapped her and she is now safe with us. Whilst on site we could hear male cats fighting, presumably over one or more females and by making enquiries we have discovered where this group are located close by. We must now negotiate with the O.D.A for access to rescue them and to have the midnight deadline for trapping removed as most of the cats are nocturnal and are not even seen until the early hours of the morning.
UPDATE 17th JANUARY: On the 15th January a meeting was held between C.H.A.T and the O.D.A. to discuss access to the Olympic site.
The O.D.A. agreed to formalise C.H.A.T's access to the Waterden Road on the Northern part of the site. This is the road that C.H.A.T uses to reach the bus garage at the far end of the road, which is the last company still operating, but which closes on 26th February.
The O.D.A agreed access to the already closed bus garage at the entrance of Waterden road should cats be seen by C.H.A.T or site employees before or during the soft strip prior to demolition.
C.H.A.T has cleared the whole length of the Waterden Road area twice, as new cats are turning up and appear to be those migrating from the Southern part of the site, which is now so devastated that any remaining cats will be constantly on the move as this alien environment changes almost daily. We have managed to recover a total of seven cats from just outside the Southern part of the site, by creating strategic feeding points beyond the security gates.
The O.D.A are adamant that C.H.A.T will not have access to the Southern part of the site. Not all cats will have died in the demolition or starved to death and we want to recover any remaining cats trying to survive in this terribly hostile environment.
WE HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS THAT A SMALL NUMBER OF CATS HAVE BEEN SEEN ON THE BOW INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN THE VICINITY OF THE MAIN CONTRACTORS OFFICE. THIS IS ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE SITE AND WE ARE AWAITING A RESPONSE AS TO WHETHER WE WILL BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ACCESS TO RESCUE THEM.
It is in everybody's interests, particularly the cats, to bring this situation to a conclusion. If there is any hope of bringing the remaining cats to safety it must be done very quickly as every day that goes by reduces their chances of survival. With the impending kitten season upon us, those females which do survive will shortly be having kittens and the thought of kittens being born into this environment of demolition, excavation and earthworks is truly appalling.
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Signed. Hope every one of them will be saved and find a lovely family like Peter and Paul did!!
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Signed, this is so bad cos it should have been sorted out months ago >:(
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Signed and put the link on my Facebook wall. :)
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signed. Really hope that they manage to help as many as they can. Wish we were closer or had space to take some! :'(
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Well I signed before JS and dont see me there, I am sure I didnt tick to be anonymouse!
If I dont appear tomorrow I will try again.......typed a good messsaage too grrrrrrrrrrr
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I'm wondering about this, I can't see my name on there but it said on my response from Care2 that I was the 99th signature which is back in Sept 07. Maybe you are only allowed to sign once :sneaky:
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Signed, so very sad :(
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It made news on Yahoo http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080208/tod-uk-olympics-london-cats-41dab19.html