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- Wrantage, Taunton, Somerset TA3 6DJ
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Legend: Paws represent which departments the team member works within.
Rescue
Vets 
Physio
Boarding
Grooming
Doggie Day Care
Dog Training
Individual Pet Cremations
Jack is a qualified Veterinary Physiotherapist, registered with the Association of Animal Therapists (IAAT). Jack will perform treatments on small and large animals to improve mobility and performance, he also has an interest in post-operative rehabilitation, suitable for companion and high-level athletes.
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Tom has spent time in many areas of the business before successfully developing and now managing our Individual Pet Cremation service.
Tom has a huge passion for rescue dogs and has lots of behavioural knowledge, he has fostered and adopted many rescues from the kennels already and is especially a huge fan or Lurchers!
Amy is our Administration Manager at the Centre and can often be found helping in the rescue office or with the cremation team. Amy also spends time assisting Laura with accounts.
At home Amy has three English Springer Spaniels, all rescues with her latest addition having been adopted from the Centre in the summer of 2019.
Amanda overseas the day to day running of the Centre and looks after the staff from all departments.
Amanda love of dogs doesn’t just stop at work and spends most of her free time out exploring with her West highland Terrier and little rescue Yorkiepoo who she adopted from here in 2015 after hand rearing him after he had a very poorly start in life.
Sarah is originally from Manchester, she qualified at Bristol University in 2007. Over the years she has gained a wealth of experience and knowledge in the veterinary field.
Sarah’s working days are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and every other Saturday morning.
Sarah has a real passion for rescue animals and an interest in dog behaviour.
Nicola qualified from Bristol University in 1986 with over 30 years of experience in the veterinary field there isn’t much Nicola hasn’t seen.
Nicola will be at the clinic on Wednesdays and every other Saturday morning.
Tom has a huge passion for rescue dogs and has lots of behavioural knowledge, he has fostered and adopted many rescues from the kennels already and is especially a huge fan or Lurchers!
Jack is a qualified Veterinary Physiotherapist, registered with the Association of Animal Therapists (IAAT). Jack will perform treatments on small and large animals to improve mobility and performance, he also has an interest in post-operative rehabilitation, suitable for companion and high-level athletes.
Sarah has a real passion for rescue animals and an interest in dog behaviour.
Steve is our Boarding Office Coordinator and is often the friendly face you will see when booking in your animals for their stay, or welcoming you back when coming to collect them from their holiday with us.
Steve loves spending time with your pets during their holiday, and is always ensuring any special requirements are met during their stay with us.
Steve owns an Ex St Giles Rescue Staffy called Arnie and in his spare time can be found building up bonds with other rescues we have in that are finding Kennel life a little over whelming.
Hayley is another member of our supervising team. Hayley has a fantastic manner with the nervous rescue and boarding dogs and cats and is always going the extra mile to ensure their stay with us is perfect for their every need.
Hayley is a friendly face who will often be the girl who comes out to collect your animals for boarding. At Home Hayley has cats and 3 dogs, with her newest canine addition, George the Chihuahua, an ex St Giles rescue.
Leanne has been working with us since the Linnell family took over in 2010. Leanne has a huge passion for cats and small animals and is normally found down in the cattery looking after all our boarding & rescue cats.
Leanne has several cats of her own which all are rescues. Leanne takes great pride in looking after the cats in our care and enjoys having lot of cuddles with your animals while they are on holiday with us.
Amber originally came to us as a work experience in 2016 before heading back to us as an animal care assistant in 2018.
Amber has a calm gentle approach and is also experienced within small animals and currently owning her own rabbits, and ex St Giles Rescue husky ‘Misha’ who came to us after been rescued from the puppy farm.
Joely started in the summer of 2018 as a member of our animal care assistant team, before now helping within our boarding office too!
Joely can be found seeing your pets in and out of their stay with us on Steve’s days off and during her other days she will be found working with our rescue dogs and cats
Joely has previously spent 3 years travelling around Australia, New Zealand and Bali, working with many dogs of different circumstances during her time there including at a busy day care in New Zealand, and helping poorly street dogs within Bali.
Carole-Ann is a member of our bank staff and has trained in both our boarding office and cattery as well as helping everywhere in-between.
Carole-Ann has worked previously in many rescue centres, including running rescue catteries previously.
Away from work Carole-Ann has an array of animals including two British Shorthair cats and rabbits.
Lin is a new member of the boarding office team however has been a volunteer for the Charity ‘St Giles Animal Rescue’ for many years. As well as her role as office assistant helping in the boarding office Lin also has the voluntary role of home visit coordinator.
Throughout her life Lin has had a large selection of rescue dogs including collies, labradors, and greyhounds. Her current canine companion, Max, is a golden retriever and in true retriever style is always carrying one of his much loved toys around.
Ros is our onsite animal trainer and kennel manager.
She has a fantastic manner with the nervous rescue and boarding dogs and cats and is always going the extra mile to ensure their stay with us is perfect for their every need. Ros is a qualified trainer and is offering training sessions to all of our customers.
She has a strong passion for rescue owning her two own large breed rescues. Ros can often be found training our rescue animals giving them key skills that will help their transition into the home.
Sophia is our Doggy day care manager and has worked for the Centre for a few years now. Sophia started as an Animal Care assistant, then onto working on the doggy daycare team before taking over as the Daycare manager.
Sophia has a huge love for animals and is fantastic with the day care dogs- they all love her! She can often be found having fun taking our boarding customers for their extra walks during their stays too.
Becky is one of our day care team and completing the collection and drop offs for our Taunton route. Becky loves working with the dogs and is normally found either off site or in the secure off lead area playing with the dogs from day care.
She has a strong bond with many of our day care dogs and is a good confidence builder! The dogs on her route always become very excited when they see her walk in to collect them in the mornings.
Carly completes the collections throughout the local villages to the centre and also assisting with any extra walks from our boarding dogs.
Carly is very experienced with dogs of all breeds and sizes and we are so happy she has joined our busy daycare team!
Outside of work Carly has a selection of animals including her own dogs, horses, cats, quails, Chickens and more!
Having worked in our rescue and rehabilitation Centre for some years before deciding it was time for a fresh challenge. Dave has transferred his skill set along with his care, compassion and empathy from rescue pets, to pets that have passed away.
Dave is an old fashioned animal lover with a rural heart, a love of nature and the countryside. In fact, he loves nothing more than a walk across the fields to the pub with his best friend and pet lurcher Lizzie.
Probably the most popular and outgoing member of staff at the animal centre, Adam has the ability to cheer anyone up even on the darkest of days. His positive outlook and happy approach to life gives our customers and team balance.
Nothing is to much trouble for Adam and he is always at the end of the phone for a chat.
Adam has a small Pomeranian rescue dog called Frankie who he enjoys taking to fun dog shows and fashion weekends.
Lucy is another member of our admin team working mainly on our cremation side. Lucy is a friendly face who is happy to help all, she is currently completing the last year of her degree to become a qualified counsellor.
At home, Lucy has four cats who she adores, and will often be found in the cattery giving cuddles to our rescue cats and kittens.
