The Enfield Independent is calling for your help to save the last wildlife animal hospital in London.

The Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service in Trent Country Park could close in January unless urgent action is taken to source money and volunteers. The cold spring meant visitor numbers fell and the centre missed out on thousands of pounds in entrance fees and donations. 

More than 200 wild animals are cared for on site at once – whether that’s hedgehogs, birds, pigs, horses, goats or guinea pigs. Staff and volunteers at the centre rescue trapped, injured or abandoned creatures from all over London, where they are treated at the hospital and cared for until they are fit to be released back into the wild.

As the only wildlife animal hospital in London, the Enfield Independent believes it’s a vital and valuable resource, and one we should work together to try and save. So, over the coming months, we will be rallying the people of Enfield to help find £5,000 to save the centre. 

If we succeed, the money raised through our Save Trent Park Wildlife Hospital campaign will be enough to keep the centre open until at least the Easter holidays, when family visits are expected to return and donations and entrance fees will be on the up.

We will be working closely with husband and wife team June and Barry Smitherman, who run the centre together, to come up with an event to encourage people to visit the animals. We will also approach businesses in the area to see if they will back our campaign and do our best to encourage people to donate what they can to help a charity we don’t ever want to lose.

A charity page is soon to be set up. Until then, donations can be sent or dropped in to Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service (Enfield), Wildlife Hospital and Animal Centre, Trent Park, Cockfosters Road, EN4 0PS. Please write Save Trent Park Wildlife Hospital on the envelope and we will add it to our fundraising total.