AN animal rescue charity is slowly building up its Flintshire base bit by bit.

Jackson’s Animal Rescue, situated in Mold, took on the former Capricorn Animal Rescue site in September last year and has been fundraising to help animals in North Wales find their forever homes.

Formerly known as Wirral Animal Sanctuary, the charity’s founder Steph Oliver said that she had been searching for some time to find the right place for a new sanctuary and settled on the Flintshire venue.

However, it had fallen into disrepair and lots of work was needed in order to bring the site up to scratch.

The Leader recently took a visit after the charity has spent months working on the rescue facility.

This included the fully upgraded cattery shelters – sponsored by local businesses – and the beginning of their rabbit runs and aviary sector.

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Steph told the Leader how her vision is the upgrade the site “properly”, adding that she’d rather spend more time getting things perfect than rush to have things in place that were not up to her high standards.

She said: “People are starting to know about us here in North Wales, and not what was here previously.

"We’re doing well with the whole project but there is always going to be work to undertake.

“We’ve got the incredible cattery facilities up and running now and its already making such a huge difference compared to what was left for us.”

Also, the animal rescue team have farm animals – including pigs and goats - that will spend the rest of their days at the site in their fields.

Steph said that the plan is to have suitable space for the birds whilst they stay at Jackson’s Place.

She explained that space has been allocated at the site for wild bird rehabilitation facilities – including large flight aviaries for bigger birds they care for.

It is said that these enclosures will cost around £1,500 per aviary.

Jackson’s also take in ducks who live near the farm animals and they’re wanting to add more duck runs to the site so they can cope with additional birds. These will cost up to £300 each too.

Due to the pandemic, it has been difficult for charities to fundraise for their projects. Many have made use of virtual fundraisers – and Jackson’s Place has been no different.

If you’d be able to support them with their goal of having a space to help rehabilitate and rehome animals in North Wales, go to https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/rabbitsandgpsrescue.

Alternatively, you can support the charity by making donations or purchases from their shop on Shotton High Street since Welsh Government restrictions allowed them to reopen their doors on April 12.

Steph also said that the centre would soon be looking for local volunteers in North Wales to assist at the rescue centre once more of the building work was completed and it is safe to have more people on site.

She explained more information would be made available on their social media sites about volunteer opportunities when they were available.