WHAT WE DO


Banbury Animal Rescue and Kindness Service is a small, local, self-funding, volunteer run local charity dedicated to the rescue, care and re-homing of cats, kittens, rabbits, guinea pigs and most small rodents.

We have been operating since 1986 and became a Registered Charity in 1997.

A monthly meeting is held of our small committee of core volunteers to organise fundraising events and to discuss and decide upon all relevant issues concerning the running of the charity. Please get in touch if you’d like to join our friendly and informal committee.
We re-home in Banbury and the local surrounding area. We take in stray and unwanted cats, kittens, rabbits and guinea pigs and find them good, caring, approved homes.

NEW FOSTERERS NEEDED

Our animals are cared for by just ONE committed fosterer who looks after them in their home and in purpose built accommodation in the gardens until good new homes are found for them. If we have more fosterers we can care for even more needy cats. Do you have a spare room in your home where you could care for one or two cats until we find approved new homes for them? If so please contact us for more details

It costs approximately £30,000 per year to run the charity, all of which we have to raise ourselves, as we receive NO government grants or funding. Our funds are raised through adoption fees, donations and lots of fundraising by dedicated volunteers!

We hold regular jumble sales, car boot sales, bingo evenings and street or store collections. Check the local press for details of these events then please come along and support us! If you’d like to help at any event please give us a ring.

Your support would be most appreciated.

We are a registered charity on the ebay website so you can sell your items online and give a donation to B.A.R.K.S. at the same time!

We are also registered on the charity search engine http://barks.easysearch.org.uk and the charity web shop www.easyfundraising.org.uk/barks which donate money to us each time you use the sites but at no cost to you!

If you are a UK tax payer you can Gift Aid all your donations to B.A.R.K.S. This means we can claim back 25p in the £1.00 from the taxman!

Cat & Kitten Information


B.A.R.K.S. regularly takes in cats and kittens. Some are strays, some unwanted or simply that their owners are no longer able to keep them.
All cats visit the vet for a full health check, blood tested for feline leukaemia and feline AIDS and any ailments are treated. They are also wormed and given flea treatment.
Cats of six months and above are neutered. We do not have the funds to have the cats or kittens vaccinated but advise the new adopters to have this done at their veterinary surgery

We never have a healthy cat Euthanased


A home visit is carried out by a trained B.A.R.K.S. volunteer before a prospective adopter visits our foster homes to choose a cat or kitten.
Our catchment area for cats and kittens includes Banbury and the local surrounding area within a radius of approximately 20 miles.
The areas we cover are dependant on the location of our volunteer home visitors, and the distance they are able to travel to conduct the home visit.

We currently have home visitors in Banbury, Daventry and Bicester who manage to cover the areas local to them. We may consider conducting home visits out of our local area if a contribution towards the cost is made.
We will home a single kitten to a home where the adopters work part time, but this is at our discrection. We do not home kittens to where there are children of three years old or under.


Cat and kitten adoption fees: £35 for a kitten £40 for a Cat a £15 non refundable deposit is required if you wish to reserve a cat or kitten.

If you would like more information, or you meet the above criteria and you are interested in adopting a cat or kitten please telephone
07787 406915

RABBITS, GUINEA PIGS and OTHER SMALL ANIMALS


We have a good selection of rabbits and guinea pigs looking for caring new homes.
We re-home our rabbits, guinea pigs and other small animals nationwide as we are unable to carry out home visits but do our best to ensure that they are adopted by good, caring, knowledgeable homes.
All rabbits are vaccinated against myxomatosis. All adult rabbits and adult male guinea pigs are neutered so they can be paired with females without the risk of breeding.
We usually have several small rodents looking for good new homes including hamsters, rats, gerbils, chinchillas and ferrets. If you are looking for a small rodent as a pet please think of us and give us a call.

Rabbit, Guinea Pig & Small Animal Adoption Fees: £40 - A neutered female rabbit £35 - A neutered male rabbit £20 - A neutered male guinea pig £15 - An un-neutered female guinea pig £10 - Most small rodents with a cage

For more information about our rabbits, guinea pigs or any other small animal please telephone
Mary at Woodford Halse on: 01327 263373