Press release
Date: 20/2/2016
BARKING HEADS DONATE 75,000 MEALS TO ANIMAL CHARITIES
Barking Heads & Meowing Heads are donating over 75,000 meals of their premium dog and cat food to a number of animal charities across the UK this month.
Named after their canine mascot, ‘Bailey’s Wet Food Giveaway’ hopes to raise awareness for the many pets bought as Christmas gifts who are abandoned early in the year and the pressure this puts on animal rescue shelters, dubbed the annual ‘Christmas throw-out’.
Barking Heads & Meowing Heads have visited several charities in their local area to hand over their donations, including Appledown Animal Rescue in Eaton Bray and the Hemel Hempstead & Berkhamsted branch of Cats Protection.
Amanda Broome, who volunteers for the Hemel Hempstead & Berkhamsted branch of Cats Protection, explained: “January and February are the worst months for rescue centres; we call it the ‘Christmas throw-out’ as many people that aren’t used to the hard work involved in caring for cats or kittens make the difficult decision to give them away.
“At the moment we have 31 cats in our care, but we have a long list of more waiting to be taken in”.
Julie Shelton, centre manager of Appledown Rescue who have been taking in stray dogs for over 18 years, has said, “Our team are really pleased to receive this wonderful donation from Barking Heads. The dogs are going to enjoy their dinner tonight!”
Barking Heads & Meowing Heads are now asking their fans to nominate charities on social media for their final two deliveries. For the two selected charities, they will then donate one meal for every ‘Like’ received on special Facebook posts next week.
The campaign follows a series of charity giveaways in December, when the brand decided to give something back to those caring for animals over the festive season.
Through contact with charities since this campaign, they have found that while the Christmas period is always a busy time, the hard work increases for these charities in the months following Christmas.
Paul Hunter, co-founder of Barking Heads, has commented: “After organising a series of charity giveaways in December, the incredible response compelled us to continue our charitable work into 2017, especially as we learned more about the increases in abandoned pets post-Christmas.
“We hope our efforts will shed light on this phenomenon, encouraging others to donate and also think carefully about welcoming a pet into their lives.”
You can nominate a charity for the final two donations to go to by visiting the Barking Heads, Meowing Heads Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/BarkingHeadsandMeowingHeads), or by tweeting them at @BarkingHeads or @MeowingHeads.
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For more information please contact: Kavita Ashton on kavita@bluefrogmedia.co.uk or 01237 403764.
Notes to Editors:
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For more information about Cats Protection Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted Branch, please head to http://www.dacorum.cats.org.uk/ or call 0345 371 1851.
For more information about Appledown Animal Rescue, please head to http://appledownrescue.co.uk/ or call 01525 220383.
About Pet Food UK:
Pet Food UK is a growing brand, creating high quality, premium dog and cat food via retailers and their website. They own the brands ‘Barking Heads, Meowing Heads’ and ‘AATU’ and produce healthy pet food for the dog and cat industry. The ultra-premium products are healthy and uses UK-sourced ingredients of the highest quality to create a tasty product. Barking Heads and Meowing Heads is available for dogs and cats and can be purchased from stockists including Amazon (UK), Ocado, Pedigree Wholesale LTD, Tesco as well as independent retailers. Also available to buy online, visitwww.barkingheads.co.ukfor further information.
