Rescue Pet of the Year 2013

This competition is in aid of the Algernon Trust Animal Sanctuary to help raise much needed funds.

THE ANIMAL SANCTUARY WAS SET UP OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO WHEN THE FOUNDER JANE SHEPHERD MOVED TO WHITTLEBURY NEAR TOWCESTER. IN 1991 JANE ARRIVED WITH JUST FIVE FERAL CATS, ONE FOX AND ONE RABBIT. TODAY THERE ARE USUALLY AT LEAST SIXTY CATS, TWELVE DOGS, PLUS FOXES AND ASSORTED POULTRY IN THE TRUSTS CARE.  JANE ALSO PROVIDES A WILDLIFE RESCUE SERVICE 24HOURS A DAY 52 WEEKS A YEAR. THE TRUST RE-HOMES CATS AND DOGS WHERE POSSIBLE BUT MANY OF THE CATS JANE TAKES IN ARE SICK AND/OR ELDERLY WHO NEED TO REMAIN AT THE SANCTUARY FOR THE REST OF THEIR DAYS. CURRENTLY THERE ARE OVER THIRTY RESIDENTS. THE TRUST HAS BECOME AS MUCH A HOSPICE AND RETIREMENT HOME FOR CATS AS A RE-HOMING CENTRE, AND CARING FOR SICK AND ELDERLY FELINE FRIENDS PUTS AN ENORMOUS STRAIN ON THE TRUSTS FINANCES.  ANIMALS ARE TAKEN IN FROM A WIDE AREA NOT JUST FROM NORTHAMPTON SHIRE AND ADJACENT COUNTIES BUT FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.  THE TRUST HAS A STRICT “NO KILL” POLICY AND JANE HAS NO AGE RESTRICTION AND HAS TAKEN IN CATS OVER 20 YEARS OLD.  ALL ANIMALS ARE NEUTERED AND MICRO CHIPPED BEFORE BEING REHOMED.

Entry is open to all rescue animals, large or small, from anywhere in the UK.

The winner will receive a trophy, certificate & tasty treat. along with a fantastic hamper provided by Costa.

The cost to enter is £2.50 per pet.

Email you entries to: thealgernontrust@gmail.com with the entry cost paid by paypal (please select gift option).

Please include a picture of each pet along with their name, your name and contact details, and a short story about each pet (no more than 100 words)

Closing date for entries is 9pm Sunday 21st July 2013

Voting will be available from Sunday 4th August 2013 via our facebook page: www.facebook.com/algernontrust

Voting will close at 9pm Sunday 29th September 2013

The winners will be announced on 13th October 2013 at the Algernon Trust Autumn Fair at the Reading Room, Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, and posted on the Algernon Trust website and Facebook page.

Competition Rules!

Competition entry is open to any rescue animal, from anywhere in the UK.

There will be one winner and two runners up.

How to enter;

To enter simply email your entry to thealgernontrust@gmail.com and send entry cost of £2.50 per entry by paypal using the same email address (please select the gift option). Please ensure that your entry and your payment can be correlated. 

Postal entries can be sent to 6 Pargeter Close, Greatworth, Banbury, Oxon, OX17 2DS along with a cheque for £2.50 per entry  made payable to Algernon Trust (please enclose an SAE if you would like your photo returned)

Entries must be received by 9pm on Sunday 21^st July 2013

How to vote

Voting will be available via our facebook page www.facebook.com/algernontrust from Sunday 4th August. 

A ‘like’ of the picture in the competition album on our facebook page will constitute a vote.  Likes on the picture in any other location will not count as a vote. (It is suggested that to ask for votes for your favourite entry you copy & paste the link to the photo in our album rather than sharing the picture)

Voting will close at 9pm Sunday 29^th September 2013

The three entries showing the most likes on the photos in the competition album on  our facebook page at the closing time will win!

There will be one overall winner with the most likes and two runners up.


Rules;

Entries made without payment will not be entered into the competition.

If an entry fee cannot be correlated to the entry photo then the photo will not be entered into the competition.

Postal entries will only be returned if an SAE is enclosed with the entry.

Entries received after the closing date will not be entered into the competition.

‘Likes’ on entries anywhere other than on the photo in our competition album on our facebook page will not count.

‘Likes’ received after the closing time will not count.

The winner and two runners up will be announced on 13^th October 2013 at the Algernon Trust Autumn Fair.