STAFF at Pets at Home in South Ruislip are celebrating the success of this year’s Santa Paws appeal after an overall £1,476,668 was raised for abandoned pets in the UK.

The appeal, run annually by the Support Adoption For Pets charity, smashed its target of 2,400,000 dinners and instead raised enough to provide nearly three million dinners for pets in rescue centres around the country.

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The appeal is now in its sixth year. Of the money raised, half will be donated directly to rescue centres to help them continue to make a difference in the community.

The remainder will be used by Support Adoption For Pets, to enable rehoming in the UK.

Store manager Olivia-Lee McAlpine said: “What a fantastic result! We had so much fun raising money and are so grateful to all of our generous customers for taking part.”