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Gower Bird Hospital - History

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Gower Bird Hospital was founded in in 1984 by Simon Allen and Karen Kingsnorth.

Simon and Karen began providing ad hoc care to birds in 1984. Their efforts brought them an ever-increasing number of patients and in the early 1990s they began erecting purpose-built rehabilitation aviaries. Facilities have been improved every year and now include two intensive care units, one for birds and one for small mammals, as well as facilities for Gower Bird Hospital’s veterinary surgeon.

 

Birds and mammals treated at Gower Bird Hospital
 Year
Bird Casualties
Mammals
Oil Spill Victims
Total
1993 121 0 0 121
1994 430 54 0 484
1995 729 75 254 1,058
  1996 * 698 77 501 1276
1997 700 74 0 774
1998 848 152 0 1,000
1999 1062 158 29 1,249
2000 1,114 175 0 1,289
2001 1,127 204 0 1,331
2002 1,066 253 0 1,319
2003 970 227 0 1,197
2004 1314 253 0 1567
2005 1096 284 0 1380
2006 1166 271 0 1437
2007 1161 435 0 1596

2008

 1215 430 0 1645
2009 1210 389 0 1599
2010 1557 439 0 1996
Total 17,584 3,950 784 22,318


* • In 1996, 501 of our patients were victims of the Sea Empress Oil Disaster. We were able to give essential first aid treatment to all casualties rescued around the Gower coastline and this was the year Gower Bird Hospital became a registered charity.

Since 1993, over 22,000 wildlife casualties have arrived at Gower Bird Hospital from all over South Wales. The dots represent numbers of patients, but we just ran out of space in some areas.

Donations

Gower Bird Hospital relies entirely on donations, if you would like to make a donation on line, click the button below or complete a monthly standing order to the hospital, please print our donation form and post it back to us. This form also includes the Inland Revenue Gift Aid  declaration that enables us to reclaim the tax that would otherwise be kept by the treasury.

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