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Dear Supporters
,
We
have
had
many
enquiries
from
our
supporters
asking
why
they
hadn't
received
our
annual
newsletter
for
2015,
they
were
concerned
that
we
had
ceased
doing
our
animal
rescue
work,
(while
we
are
alive
that
will
never
happen).
We
had
started
to
write
the
newsletter
but
due
to
pressure
of
work
and
the
large
number
of
animals
coming
into
the
Shelter,
we
couldn't
do
both, so we're afraid the newsletter was put to one side.
There's
always
a
chance
in
all
animal
rescue
shelters
of
bringing
in
an
undetected
virus
and
that's
exactly
what
happened
to
us.
We
had
2
lovely
young
stray
cats
that
came
in
from
the
notorious
Bury
Park
area
of
Luton,
they
were
given
the
usual
health
check,
neutered
and
micro-chipped,
and
after
a
few
days
they
were
ready
for
homing.
We
were
shocked
when
we
found
one
dead
and
the
other
died
at
our
vets
a
few
hours
later.
We
had
swabs
and
samples
taken
from
both
cats
and
we
sent
them
to
specialist
laboratories
also
to
the
Royal
Veterinary
College
at
Potters
Bar
for
analysis,
when
the
results
came
back
it
confirmed
that
both
cats
had died from a virus.
These
cats
showed
no
signs
of
illness
before
they
died
and
there
was
no
reason
why
we
should
have
kept
them
in
isolation,
as
a
result
we
lost
many
of
our
dear
cats
as
the
virus
had
spread
through
the
Shelter.
We
had
our
suspicions
on
what
the
result
of
the
tests
could
be
and
we
had
already
voluntarily
closed
our
Shelter
to
visitors,
before
we
received
the
test
results
from
the
specialists.
Our
supporters
as
always
were
there,
to
help
us
through
this
very
traumatic
time
by
sending
goodwill
messages,
visitors
who
couldn't
come
into
the
Shelter
left
donations
of
food
on
our
doorstep,
also
we
were
given
financial
donations
to
help
with
our
hefty vet bills, and we give our grateful thanks to everyone for their support.
