The founder of Hugo's Small Animal Rescue and Sanctuary on Peel Road in Blackpool has said he needs the public's help raising 10k for a permanent home for the animals.
Watch Bailey Lister explain why.
Watch Bailey Lister explain why.
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00:00Hi guys, my name is Bailey and I run Hugo's Small Animal Rescue and Sanctuary
00:05And I have done so for the past six years. I founded the sanctuary in 2018 at the age of 15 and
00:12It's just blossomed since then. I've come to quite a few hurdles on the way
00:18But we are now home to quite a wide variety of animals everything from porcupines to quail
00:25barn owls to
00:28Ponies
00:29and
00:31Everything we do here. We do it because we love the animals and for no other reason
00:35This isn't my paid job. I am a dog groomer by trade
00:39We have a team of 12 amazing volunteers and we do it just because we love the animals
00:45However
00:47We are at our next step in our journey. We need to future-proof the sanctuary
00:51We have a lot of animals who call Hugo's home
00:55And they will do for the rest of their life some of these animals have 20 plus year lifespans and so it's vital for us we
01:02Purchase our own piece of land. It's a very very big step. There is a piece of land going for auction
01:08Though the next step is to future-proof the sanctuary. We desperately need to buy our own piece of land to continue the work we do
01:16There's always a lot of uncertainty with Hugo's. Where are we gonna move next? What's gonna happen if we get chucked off the piece of land we're at?
01:24So it's a case of to continue the work we do
01:28We desperately need to purchase our own piece of land. There is some land going up for auction on the 3rd of February
01:35The starting price of auction is £10,000. We desperately need to raise as much money as we possibly can
01:41To enable us to do that
01:43There is no other place on the child's coast like Hugo's
01:46We help everything
01:48And they haven't been quite deceiving us
01:50We don't just help some of our animals
01:52We've been to pony, donkey, porcupines, blue-fronted amazon here like Paddy
01:58And just about everything in between
02:01Our very dedicated team do everything we can for these animals
02:06A lot have been mistreated, abandoned, neglected
02:09Or simply, they just don't belong in a domestic setting
02:14Such as the marmoset monkeys, the skunks, the porcupines
02:17I'd hate to have to stop doing what we've been doing for the past 6 years
02:21In fact, all my life
02:23And I've dedicated my life to these animals
02:25And I think if I had to close Sanctuary
02:28It would definitely take a big piece of me, wouldn't it?
02:31Please, if you can dig deep
02:34It would be massively appreciated to help us on our next journey
02:38So we can continue to help these guys for decades to come
02:41And hopefully when I'm gone, somebody else will fill my shoes
02:45Thanks guys!