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Gower Bird Hospital - History
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Gower Bird Hospital was founded in 1989 by Simon Allen
and Karen Kingsnorth.
They began providing ad hoc care to birds in
1989. Their efforts brought them an ever-increasing number of
patients until, by the early 1990s, it was clear that the
tremendous amount of unmet need would soon overwhelm them and they
began erecting purpose-built facilities in their garden. These have
had to be extended year by year as the patients just keep coming!
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Birds and mammals treated at Gower Bird Hospital |
Year |
Bird Casualties
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Mammals
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Oil Spill Victims
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Total
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1993 |
121 |
0 |
0 |
121 |
1994 |
430 |
54 |
0 |
484 |
1995 |
983 |
75 |
254 |
1058 |
1996 * |
1199 |
77 |
501 |
1276 |
1997 |
700 |
74 |
0 |
774 |
1998 |
848 |
152 |
0 |
1000 |
1999 |
1091 |
158 |
29 |
1249 |
2000 |
1114 |
175 |
0 |
1289 |
2001 |
1127 |
204 |
0 |
1331 |
2002 |
1066 |
253 |
0 |
1319 |
2003 |
970 |
227 |
0 |
1197 |
2004 |
1314 |
253 |
0 |
1567 |
2005 |
1096 |
284 |
0 |
1380 |
2006 |
1166 |
271 |
6 |
1437 |
2007 |
1167 |
429 |
15 |
1596 |
2008 |
1220 |
425 |
7 |
1645 |
2009 |
1219 |
380 |
7 |
1599 |
2010 |
1524 |
449 |
7 |
1973 |
2011 |
1347 |
381 |
2 |
1728 |
2012 |
1234 |
404 |
12 |
1638 |
2013 |
1162 |
323 |
3 |
1485 |
2014 |
1265 |
332 |
4 |
1597 |
2015 |
1196 |
453 |
0 |
1649 |
2016 |
1171 |
483 |
0 |
1654 |
2017 |
1401 |
387 |
0 |
1788 |
Total |
27,131 |
6,703 |
847 |
33,834 |
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In 1996, 501 of our patients were victims of the Sea Empress
disaster. We were able to give essential first aid treatment to all
casualties found around the Gower coast.
Since 1993, over 33,000 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.
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Donations
Gower Bird Hospital relies entirely on donations. If you would
like to make a donation online, click the button below. To send a cheque or donate by monthy standing-order, 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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Gower Bird Hospital, Sandy Lane, Pennard,
Swansea, SA3 2EW
Tel: 01792 371630
E-mail:
info@gowerbirdhospital.org.uk
Reg. Charity No. 1053912
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Pictures: © Chinch Gryniewicz
Text © Gower Bird Hospital
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