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Table 1 Sources of cat and dog rescue organisations identified in a search of national charitable registers, breed organisations and welfare websites

From: Demographics and economic burden of un-owned cats and dogs in the UK: results of a 2010 census

Source

Number of organisations identified

England & Wales Charity Commission (EWCC)1

460*

Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)2

35

Kennel Club

321

Governing Council of the Cat Fancy

137

Cat Chat3

297

Greyhound Rescue Database4

42

Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue5

42

Pawtrax6

30

Dog Rescue Pages7

5

Snowball sampling

11

  1. 1http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk[25]
  2. 2http://www.oscr.org.uk/[26]
  3. 3 http://www.catchat.org/
  4. 4 http://www.greyhound-data.com/bgrd/
  5. 5 http://www.greyhoundandlurcherrescue.co.uk/
  6. 6 http://www.pawtrax.co.uk/main/
  7. 7 http://www.dogpages.org.uk/
  8. Where an organisation was found in more than one location, it was attributed to the site it was first found (sources listed in the order in which they were used).
  9. *The EWCC search revealed 595 animal rescues, including 135 financially independent branches of larger organisations. Therefore, overall, the EWCC contributed 460 individual organisations to the sampling frame.