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^ a b Jenkins, Garry (15 September 2011).

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^ 'Tealby, Mary (1801–1865), animal welfare organizer'.

Battersea Park station for National Rail and Queenstown Road station for National Rail services are located 3 minutes and 7 minutes walk away respectively.

Gladstone – Chief Mouser of HM Treasury (2016–)īattersea Power Station tube station is located adjacent to the site on Battersea Park Road, and is served by the Northern line.

Palmerston – Chief Mouser of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (2016–2020).

Larry – Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office (2011–).The show won multiple awards including three National Television Awards for 'Factual Entertainment' and was nominated for a BAFTA in 2013. Since 2012, ITV's Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs has been filmed at Battersea. The programme was presented by Matt Baker and Selina Scott. BBC One programme Animal Rescue Live was broadcast live for a week at Battersea in July 2007. The Channel 4 programme Pet Rescue which aired in 1997 featured Battersea Dogs & Cats Home.

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TV programmes īattersea has featured on many television programmes and documentaries. He called it an 'extraordinary monument of the remarkable affection with which the English people regard the race of dogs'.

In 1862, Charles Dickens published an article about the home for the magazine All the Year Round. The Queen Consort is the current patron, and Prince Michael of Kent is the President. In 1885, Queen Victoria became patron of the home, and it has remained under royal patronage ever since. The charity also launched the Battersea Academy, and launched a campaign 'Rescue Is My Favourite Breed' in 2019. Battersea has been campaigning since 2017. The charity's public affairs work involved spearheading the campaign to increase maximum sentences from six months to five years for the worst animal cruelty crimes in England and Wales. In 2018 the charity rebranded as just 'Battersea' 'to be here for every dog and cat'. In 2016, a new state of the art Veterinary Hospital was opened at the London centre. On 17 March 2015, Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a plaque to officially open the intake kennels named after their founder, Mary Tealby kennels. They're Softer Than You Think' campaign to educate the public on the misconceptions about the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Starting in 2011, Battersea implemented the 'Staffies. This includes a look at prominent people who have adopted animals such as Elton John, who credited his dog Thomas with helping him through a rough period. It also launched a commemorative book, A Home of Their Own, which charts the history of the Home.

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Royal Mail released a set of stamps featuring a series of dogs and cats that had been adopted by staff. To mark its 150th anniversary in 2010, the charity's London Cattery was opened by HRH the Duchess of Cornwall. Horton was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to animal welfare. In 2016, she was named Charity Chief Executive of the Year at the Third Sector Awards for turning around Battersea. In June 2010, Claire Horton joined Battersea in the role of Chief Executive. In 2002, the name was changed from Battersea Dogs Home to include cats in its name - Battersea Dogs & Cats Home. In 1979, Battersea acquired Bell Mead Kennels, which is now known as Battersea Old Windsor in Berkshire and in 1999, Battersea bought a centre in Kent, now known as Battersea Brands Hatch. Throughout the war Battersea fed and cared for over 145,000 dogs. īattersea started taking in cats from 1883, but its name remained Battersea Dogs Home until 2002.ĭuring World War II, then manager Edward Healey-Tutt advised against people euthanising their pets because of fear of food shortages. By 1864 the finances were sound and they were handling 2,000 dogs that year. He noted that the dogs were cared for but if necessary humanely disposed of. He wrote about a 'remarkable institution' that had saved 'over a thousand' dogs in 1860. Its most impressive supporter in the 1860s was Charles Dickens. The Times ran a story ridiculing the idea of opening a 'home' for dogs when there were homeless people in London. In 1860 the RSPCA agreed to assist and the committee meetings were held at the RSPCA offices at 12 Pall Mall. Initially the home was in her scullery but as the number of dogs delivered to her grew she hired some nearby stables funded by herself, her brother and Sarah Major. She called it 'The Temporary Home for Lost and Starving Dogs'. Battersea was established in Holloway in 1860 by Mary Tealby (1801–1865).

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