Plevin donates to animal shelter
Abandoned cats being cared for at a well known Greater Manchester animal shelter will benefit after leading wood recycling firm R Plevin & Sons donated 100 bags of cat litter.Plevin has provided £1,000 worth of Snowflake cat litter to Tameside Animal Shelter, a facility working around the clock to care for abandoned pets.
Jacqui Manclark, who set up the shelter 11 years ago, said: “This is a fantastic donation, we are really grateful to Plevin.
“We are entirely reliant on donations and people’s generosity to run the shelter, especially at this time of year which is really busy for us. It is wonderful that Plevin has chosen to help us in this way.”
Jacqui set up the shelter in Raglan Street, Hyde, after hearing about the plight of a Bichon Frise dog that was tied to a lamppost and left to die in the snow.
“The story traumatised me so much that I wanted to do something to help.”, explained Jacqui who cares for dogs, cats, rabbits and other small animals, aided by a team of volunteers.
Family-owned Plevin, which is based in Mossley and employs 150 people across five sites, manufactures a range of wood-based products from virgin and waste wood materials.
The company collects, processes and distributes 600,000 tonnes of wood a year.
The company also produces animal bedding with customers including major supermarkets and large-scale pet wholesalers.
As well as Snowflake, Plevin’s consumer brands include Woodpecker Woodshavings.
Colin Smith, group sales manager at Plevin, said: “We are thrilled that a Plevin product can be put to such good use, helping people care for abandoned animals.
“Jacqui and her team do a fantastic job and we’d like to help in any way we can.”
Snowflake Woodshavings and wood-based cat litter are manufactured using selected softwood timbers sourced from responsibly managed forests and the product is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council ® (FSC).