Saturday night I attended the 40th anniversary of CIWF, Compassion in World Farming, and thoroughly enjoyed the evening in the company of such good people- all passionate about animal welfare- but more of that in my next main blog. The point of today’s piece is that I had asked Celia Hammond to be my guest and had presumed that she was continuing to save the cats at the Olympic site after the latest publicity saying she was. Well, I was astounded when she told me that she has been banned again. So far she has rescued around 150 cats . She goes in with her team at night and works all night trapping them as they come for the food set in the traps. They do not interfere with the demolition work at all as they are gone before the men arrive and yet she is being denied access once again. Please- wherever you are tell your local newspaper about this scandal and look up the details on Celia Hammond’s website where there is also a petition you can sign. The excellent animal charity PETA is entering the fray but Celia needs all the support she can get. We can all do our little bit by writing to Lord Coe at the Houses of Parliament in London or indeed telephoning the press office to tell them what is going on. As of Saturday Celia Hammond was definitely not being allowed to rescue the cats at the Olympic site and without her help they must surely die. Celia is at www.celiahammond.org
Thank you for your support, Alexandra Bastedo.
www.abcanimalsanctuary.co.uk
