SEB SHAKESPEARE: Princess Anne's Animal Charity Is Put To Pasture `
조회 수 2 추천 수 0 2020.07.16 01:28:34Prince Philip famously quipped of his daughter ‘if it doesn't fart or eat hay, she isn't interested'
>However not even the dedicated equestrian Princess Royal could come to the rescue of the Animal Health Trust, of which she has been president since 1991.
I can reveal the much lauded veterinary charity, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2017, is to close after failing to secure enough money to safeguard its future.
The charity employs 257 people, many of them veterinarians and scientists, and was founded to care for sick cats, dogs and horses
>In the financial year ending December 2018, its income was £15.6 million while expenditure was £17.5 million.
However not even the dedicated equestrian Princess Royal could come to the rescue of the Animal Health Trust, of which she has been president since 1991
When the charity first flagged up its ongoing financial woes in March, the Princess Royal dutifully rode to the rescue.
So devoted was she to the cause, I am told she participated in numerous video conferences with the charity's trustees to discuss ways of staving off disaster and raising more funds.
She is not usually one to back down, but alas her lockdown efforts were in vain. It will be a tremendous disappointment for Princess Anne, who turns 70 next month
>She inherited her love of horses from her mother and was crowned the European Eventing Champion in 1971 and selected to compete in the 1976 Olympics, representing team GB.
So devoted was she to the cause, I am told she participated in numerous video conferences with the charity's trustees to discuss ways of staving off disaster and raising more funds
The charity was awarded a Royal charter in 1963 and The Queen was patron from 1959 to 2016
>Only last year Princess Anne opened the charity ‘s new building.
Also in 2019, it was pivotal in helping racing through the equine flu outbreak which threatened to wipe out the Cheltenham Festival. It carried out more tests in ten days than it would in a normal year.
