Cheryl’s farewell and Kirsten’s Zoo party
On Saturday 14th December we had a get together at the Peak Cafe, Shelley Street; where we hold our adoption days. We were there not just to have a Christmas party but also to say Goodbye to Cheryl who will be on her way to Jakarta on the 29th December.
Cheryl wanted to extend her appreciation to our volunteers by inviting us all to her leaving party. As always her generosity was overwhelming, we had great food, mulled wine and an open bar for hours – long enough to see a few bleary eyes and sore heads the next day!
Cheryl has been a friend, a supporter and adopter of 3 dogs over the past few years.
Sadly Huggy, Cheryl’s first dog and such a love passed away which was so very sad indeed. Months later Cheryl decided she was ready to adopt again and Cheryl surprised many by her choice of dogs. Most expected her to get a dog similar to Huggy who was a Rottie cross. However Cheryl had a different idea and surprised many when she adopted Junebug & Jake a father and son duo, and Chihuahua crosses who couldn’t be more unlike Huggy. Unfortunately the duo aren’t able to go on the same day as Cheryl which wasn’t the plan however we expect they will be joining her in Indonesia by mid-January.
Here are a few of the photos from our evening of fun haha 
as you can see we had a laugh and even raised money too. Thanks to the staff and all who came to join the party. Wishing you all a wonderful New Year and I hope it will be a healthy, happy one for all with lots of adoptions for our unwanted, abandoned animals.
Happy New Year,
Kirsten
Thank you to Harrow School – teachers and students
On the 28th of November Kat, Lili & I – Kirsten’s Zoo spent a lovely afternoon with some of the teachers & students at Harrow school. It was a delightful sunny day and Lili was of course the star of the show. She was very well behaved I have to say!
The students made some colourful, creative cat toys which our cats are enjoying already. They also drew pictures and wrote some gorgeous heartwarming messages all of which I have kept and will thank every student personally when I see you next time.
We received not only toys but the students collected an enormous amount of cat food, litter and treats all our cats favourites too. Our Sanctuary & foster cats will not be needing any treats for a very long time though I suspect they will need more exercise
We’d like to say an enormous THANK YOU and wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS 
and we look forward to visiting you again next year in 2020.
Cheryl’s farewell and Kirsten’s Zoo party
On Saturday 14th December we had a get together at the Peak Cafe, Shelley Street; where we hold our adoption days. We were there not just to have a Christmas party but also to say Goodbye to Cheryl who will be on her way to Jakarta on the 29th December.
Cheryl wanted to extend her appreciation to our volunteers by inviting us all to her leaving party. As always her generosity was overwhelming, we had great food, mulled wine and an open bar for hours – long enough to see a few bleary eyes and sore heads the next day!
Cheryl has been a friend, a supporter and adopter of 3 dogs over the past few years.
Sadly Huggy, Cheryl’s first dog and such a love passed away which was so very sad indeed. Months later Cheryl decided she was ready to adopt again and Cheryl surprised many by her choice of dogs. Most expected her to get a dog similar to Huggy who was a Rottie cross. However Cheryl had a different idea and surprised many when she adopted Junebug & Jake a father and son duo, and Chihuahua crosses who couldn’t be more unlike Huggy. Unfortunately the duo aren’t able to go on the same day as Cheryl which wasn’t the plan however we expect they will be joining her in Indonesia by mid-January.
Here are a few of the photos from our evening of fun haha as you can see we had a laugh and even raised money too. Thanks to the staff and all who came to join the party. Wishing you all a wonderful New Year and I hope it will be a healthy, happy one for all with lots of adoptions for our unwanted, abandoned animals.
Happy New Year,
Kirsten
DIAMOND NEEDS YOUR HELP
Diamond is friendly with those she knows but even then, on her terms. She’s one of our sanctuary cats and a stunning dark tortoiseshell. She seemed to be over licking her stomach and she stopped running around or moving too. On closer inspection a large lump was visible we got her to the vet and it was a tumour which had ruptured.
After x rays to check whether it was cancerous and if so, it had spread, I was much relieved to hear it hadn’t and surgery was possible. You can see the size of the scar and imagine how large the tumour was, incredible she could conceal it as it was old and had been slowly growing.
Thanks to Dr Tony at Acorn she’s out of the woods and now recovering in a foster. As expected she hates everyone and is hiding as much of herself as she can. In about 10 days the stitches will be removed and she can go back to her friends and have a huge sulk before going back to her daily life and routine.
Her surgery will be expensive and we have many older, abandoned cats and dogs having surgery this month (Man man, BB, Zippy, Zelma, Trinity & Marlene). We urgently need to raise some money.
If you can give, we’ll be very grateful indeed. Our HSBC account 848 525382 838 Kirsten’s Zoo Ltd. Thank you in advance and to our volunteers for continuing to take care of our cats and dogs too.