We, the ‘Wildlife Waders’, are Moray-based sea dippers and raising funds for the two wildlife charities covering the entire North of Scotland. This Justgiving page is to raise money for The New Arc, whose geographical remit includes Moray, and Aberdeenshire. We have separately organised a coffee morning for Highland Wildlife Rescue, with some amazing raffle prizes, on Sat 16th August, 10am-12pm, Forres Town Hall - see photo

Neither The New Arc nor Highland Wildlife Rescue receive any government funding, both rely heavily on volunteers and public donations. Whilst they are separate organisations they are closely affiliated and have regular contact, working around the clock for a range of wildlife casualties. Photos attached show examples of their work.

Both charities experienced a sudden influx of calls and wildlife admissions (often with transport complications) since the Scottish SPCA recently announced that it will no longer attend incidents involving injured birds and small mammals, nor provide onsite euthanasia for catastrophically injured or sick wildlife. This, at what is already their busiest time of year.

Since this SSPCA change, the public are asked to seek treatment for injured or unwell birds and small mammals themselves, by taking them to a local vet or a local veterinary wildlife centre. This is impractical, sometimes impossible, meaning wildlife can suffer unnecessarily. Both charities have been seriously impacted.

The timing of our fundraiser also coincides with recent, devastating wildfires, which destroyed over 27 ,000 acres of habitat, with many birds and animals being impacted. The scale of this devastation is almost impossible to process. Wildlife was also massively impacted by storm Floris, with The New Arc having 30 new admissions on

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