Hi everyone,

3 months in and things are looking good. We are rapidly expanding into the community and new business supporters are coming on board, which is also fantastic. Check out our supporters page to find out the wonderful businesses in the Bunbury and surrounding areas who are helping us to achieve our goals. Particulary McGregors Vet Clinic in Bunbury who contribute an enormous amount of support towards SWAR and the animals we rescue, we cannot thank them enough.

We now have over 20 SWAR financial members who will be receiving newsletters every 3 month along with the satisfaction of knowing that becoming a member is helping to save lives. Our goal is 100 before the end of the year as this will contribute to our ever increasing vet bills.

SWAR has also developed a well established committee and our meetings are becoming very productive and organised! With the establishment of a committee we are now working towards a very big event - becoming incorporated! With a lot of hard work, frustrations and the hugest learning curve possible, our policies and procedures are being established, our constitution under development and we are laying down very solid foundations for the group to become a legitimate and well respected organisation in the Bunbury area,and also to ensure that we can continue developing and expanding in the months and years to come.

The most important thing of course is the animals we have rescued!  Dylan is now known as Tyson and recently came with me to visit a classroom of students to show of and get his fur clipped and did he love it!  Graham has also visited the same class and promptly fell asleep during a nail clipping demostration. Kevin has gone from a traumatised cat who stared blankly at a wall to an affectionate and cuddly boy who loves nothing more to snuggle.  Jerome is now known as Digger - yep you can guess how he got his name, but still a joyful happy dog that his new owners adore. Tinkerbelle and Peaches are our most recent success re-homing stories. Its unthinkable that these beautiful animals were destined to be destroyed, discarded as though they were nothing and are now living and enjoying lives with new loving families who understand the responsibilities of pet ownership.

Some of SWAR's animals still waiting for new homes are Graham, the ever faithful Kelpie pup who never stops amazing me with his zest for life. He is a rescue dog and he definately knows and appreciates every moment he has in his new life. Ace and Dodge are in foster care with Graham and are very used to Graham herding them into a corner and pouncing on them- the kelpie instinct is alive and well in him!    Roy is a zippy dog who just screams "play with me"! He loves other dogs and they love him too.    Lilly and Violet are in foster care together and are little princesses in their lovely bright collars.   Pugsy is Mr Character, not too fond of other cats but willing to wrestle dogs and normally he wins!   Smokey is a sweet loving girl, considering the neglect she has previously had to endure, all she really wants is a home that she can call her own.    Fiona is a Staffy X, rescued from the pound just today. From death row to laying sprawled out in a paddle pool with iceblocks surrounding her on this particulary hot day - it doesnt get much better than that!

SWAR works on a no-kill basis. Each animal is extremely important to us and they will stay in our care until they are re-homed. For this reason many are sadly still being turned away.  Only when these animals are re-homed can we move on and rescue another animal. Please consider one of the rescued animals as a new companion so we can continue the rescuing of future unwanted and abandoned animals.

SWAR - "to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home abandoned domestic animals"