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Home of Their Own The Heart-warming 150-year History of Batters, by Garry Jenkins (Hardcover, 2010)

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Battersea Dogs & Cats Home is the best-known - and best-loved - animal sanctuary in the world. Since it first opened its doors to dog owners in 1860, millions of lost, abused and abandoned pets have benefited from its founder's promise that no dog or cat in any condition be, on any pretence whatever, refused admittance . Around the world Battersea is a byword for compassion and hope. It hasn t always been this way. When the Home was first established, Victorian London had little time or patience for the canine waifs and strays that routinely wandered its grimy streets; homeless dogs found on the pavements were routinely destroyed. The Press ridiculed the sanctuary as a sentimental folly - and worse. One writer called it a monument to the imbecility of mankind . During its early years the Home was threatened by financial crises and unscrupulous staff members, threats of eviction and legal action by neighbours upset by the constant barking. Then came rabies epidemics and the Blitz. Yet the Home not only survived, it thrived. This is the story of this remarkable institution. On one level it tells how the treatment of the dogs and cats has evolved during the past century and a

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Book Title
Home of Their Own the Heart-Warming 150-Year History of Batters,
Author
Garry Jenkins
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Cats, Dogs
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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253mm
Item Width
190mm
Item Weight
1022g

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Garry Jenkins
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Domestic Policy
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United Kingdom

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