Lost and Found, in association with Barks
The history of BARKS
Banbury Animal Rescue and Kindness Service has its origins in a small animal rescue, set up by Maureen Russell from her house where she took in and re-homed stray and unwanted cats and occasionally dogs.
From 1987 Bob and Janet Edgar took over the care of animals from Mrs Russell and they were able to expand and offer better accommodation for the animals.
In late 1996, Jo and Jim Bennett took over BARKS and gave up their entire garden to pens and sheds to house the rescued animals and birds.
In 1997 BARKS became a registered charity.
Unfortunately, in March last year Jo was taken ill and spent more than a week in hospital. Luckily she is much recovered now but she and Jim have reluctantly decided that they are no longer able to run the BARKS shelter from their home.
They are hoping that a kind hearted animal lover will step forward and volunteer their garden and time to run the shelter.
They have set up temporary foster homes, with three BARKS members, for the cats, kittens, rabbits and guinea pigs, but a permanent solution is yet to be found.
However, BARKS continues to run its lost and found registers, maintaining records of lost and found cats and giving advice. Its number is 01295 263380. More details about BARKS and how you can help and support the charity are available on its website
You can check out details of the animals it has records of in our lost and found pages. If you would like to add details of a pet you have lost or found please email the information to editorial@banburyguardian.co.uk If you would like to include a photograph please ensure that it is in jpeg format.
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