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The Cornish Animal Rescue Centre is based in Hayle, with volunteers throughout Cornwall fundraising and home checking. The National Animal Welfare Trust receives no state aid and relies on the generosity of the general public to maintain its work.

Those of you that have visited our work in Cornwall know how basic our current facilities are, and what an amazing job the staff and volunteers do, despite the facilities.

We are now a long way towards having a new purpose built rescue and re-homing centre built. In August the Trust purchased the land that we currently occupy (previously we had rented these facilities) and building work has now commenced on site with the new centre expected to be ready for occupation in December 2008.

This new facility will cost about £1,000,000 to build, and our amazing group of supporters and volunteers are working flat out on raising additional funds towards this ambitious target.

Once completed the centre will have 26 kennels; 20 cat pens, and a small animal section.

The aim of the Rescue Centre is to provide short-term care for cats and dogs in need. We aim to re-home these pets with caring new owners. All animals that we re-home are neutered, vaccinated and micro-chipped and home checks are carried out before an animal is handed over. All animals must be returned to the Trust if the new owner is no longer able to care for it.

Help and advice is always available on the welfare of a new pet and owners are encouraged to keep in touch with the Trust.

As the National Animal Welfare Trust never puts a healthy animal to sleep, this makes caring for elderly animals even more important. They are often overlooked by animal lovers looking to adopt a pet. Older cats and dogs have a lot to offer as they are already used to family life and demand little in return. Older dogs, for example, ask just to be loved, fed and talked to, needing much less exercise than a younger animal, happy to sleep the day away in a warm comfortable bed.

If you are looking for a pet to join your family why not give an older dog or cat a chance?