SPAYS 4 STRAYS 2024 Annual Report ## Table of Contents **About Us Structure & Governance Objectives & Activities Achievements & Performance Financial Statements Contact Us** Spays 4 Strays ## About Us Spays 4 Strays is a non-profit organisation, formed by 4 former rescue friends and colleagues who decided they wanted to do more to address the unwanted stray populations abroad. We could all see very plainly, was that no matter how many were saved, how many were successfully adopted in the UK or other countries, there were always plenty more waiting their turn. It's like a bottomless pit, and having adopted 10 dogs between us and fostered almost 20 more, we felt we hadn't really made a long term difference at all. We firmly believe that to really help, there needs to be a two-pronged approach. Firstly, rescuing, for the poor animals who are already living a life filled with neglect, suffering and often abuse. There are many rescues already in existence doing this vital work. Secondly, as any reputable rescue will tell you, neuter campaigns are the ONLY way to make a long term difference. Ensuring that dogs and cats can't continue to breed litters 2-3 times a year, is the absolute best way to control their numbers. We felt that there are so many rescues, but few organisations who only focus on spaying. So we wanted to try to readdress the imbalance. And so in December 2021, Spays 4 Strays came into being. We have been very fortunate to have some great rescue friends, and we are delighted to collaborate with as many rescues as possible to increase our reach and find trusted contacts in multiple areas. Together, we can do great things and make a real impact, so that hopefully one day, there'll be no animals waiting for a space in a rescue shelter. Spays 4 Strays ## Structure & ## Governance ## CAROL MCCALLUM ## CHAIR Carol has a legal background and currently runs a courier business. She has adopted 4 Romanian rescues, fostered many more, and visited Romania seeing first hand the suffering that results from uncontrolled stray populations. ## EMMA LAMONT TRUSTEE Emma has a background in risk, compliance and finance. She is a dog lover wtih 3 small furry friends of her own. ## LAURA ROLLINS TRUSTEE Laura has a background in project management, digital design, marketing and merchandising. She has a Romanian rescue at home. ## HAYLEY TENNIE ## TRUSTEE Hayley has a background in account management. She has also spent many years working in the veterinary and animal care sector, seeing first hand the suffering from the overpopulation of unspayed animals. Spays 4 Strays has been fortunate to work with a number of like minded organisations in the last year. Please see our website for a full list of spay campaign partners. Spays 4 Strays ## Objectives & Activities ## Objectives - For the public benefit to promote humane behaviour towards animals in Romania, Turkey and such other parts of the world as the trustees shall decide, and to educate the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among animals through the provision of spaying and neutering services to homeless cats and dogs and those belonging to owners of limited financial means, designed to control the population of unwanted animals. ## Activities Fundraising - Spay/Neutering Campaigns Making grants to individual - Making grants to organisations Spays 4 Strays ## Achievements & Performance 2024 has been a difficult year with a cost of living crisis impacting revenue and unrest in Ukraine having an impact on our partners, particularly those in Romania. We have continued to work with partners across eastern Europe to identify areas where we can make a difference through spaying and have expanded operations to Bosnia and Serbia as well as continuing to operate in Romania. Annual Spays **29 cats & dogs spayed** This year we have carried out 20 spay days with a total of 48 animals spayed. Much of our spay activity this year has been more challenging and has resulted in fewer animals being spayed at one time due to volunteer and vet availability and a focus on larger groups of stray dogs such as those living at the refuse dump at Doboj and at the cemetery at Bor, who have to be caught a few at a time, spayed and kept in the care of volunteers for recovery before being released. Spays 4 Strays ## Locations **----- Start of picture text -----**
During 2024, we have carried out spay
activity in:
Radauti, Romania
Doboj, Bosnia & Herzegovina Bor,
Serbia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Romania
6.9%
10.4%
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Serbia
82.7%
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Population growth statistics show that one unspayed female dog having two litters of four to six puppies per year, results in a possible 78,000 puppies over seven years. This number is considerably higher for unspayed male dogs and for cats, where three litters of four to six kittens per year could be as many as 370,000 kittens over seven years. For prudency we use ,the figure of 78,000 for all animals spayed to estimate impact. Based on population growth statistics, **over 2.6 million** potential births avoided over the next 7 years Spays 4 Strays ## Financial Statements ||2024| |---|---| |Income|£4928.64| |Expenditure|£2996.91| |Liabilities (spay provision
due for payment)|£727.78| |Balance|£1203.95| Our income in 2024 was a return to previous fundraising efforts in 2022 (£5617.24). We worked closely with other charities and NGO's in the region, collaborating on spay days and fundraising. We acknowledge that times continue to be challenging economically and fundraising in the current environment is not easy. We are looking to further explore other avenues of income generation and sponsorship in 2025 to supplement the direct donations which we receive. Spays 4 Strays ## Income In 2024 our income was derived solely from donations and fundraising activity. Due to resource constraints we have not focused on merchandise sales. Diret donations 100% Spays 4 Strays ## Contact Us enquiries@spays4strays.org spays4strays.org Spays 4 Strays ||
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