Victoria who is a former model and reality TV star and now Co founder of the charity K-9 Angels.
The charity was founded by the three glamorous media blondes, TV presenter Anneka Tanaka, Singer Pola Pospieszalska and Victoria Eisermann in 2011.
K-9 Angels has helped hundreds of stray dogs around the world. The charity has re-homed 600 dogs in just three and a half years, funded shelters as well as food and medical supplies. They have a huge celebrity following too.
Simon Cowell tweets about the K 9 Angels and gave a huge shout out on Britain’s Got talent last year.
They have a long list of celebrity followers include Ashleigh and Pudsey, Will Travers OBE, Jilly Johnson and Kevin McNally to name a few.
Victoria, who is well known for helping animals, has taken part in many PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) campaigns and cannot wait to start the 400 mile cycle starting in Bristol.
All funds raised on the cycle ride will go to help man’s best friend. Victoria has five dogs of her own and is quite literally dog mad.
You can view the charities site here www.k-9angels.org <http://www.k-9angels.org> . Victoria says;
“Now I’m no athlete that’s for sure! Just watch me in Total Wipe out! (See link) oh yes you will laugh your head off!”
http://veggievision.tv/victoria-eisermann-total-wipeout
“I have a slipped disc too however I WILL cycle the 400 miles no matter what as I’m determined to help as many dogs as possible. My target is to raise a minimum of £ 5000.
“Just one non spayed female dog and her offspring can produce 67,000 puppies in only six years.
“So with your help we could save at least 67,000 lives per mile.”
It costs just around £16.60 to spay one female (If we raise £5000 – that’s 300 females which will directly prevent around 20,100,000 (yes! you read it correctly over twenty million) lives of needless suffering and pain in six years.
The K-9 Angels team works so hard all year around rescuing and re homing dogs in desperate situations from a life of misery. The enormity of the task can be overwhelming.
They say prevention is better than cure so all the monies raised from this 400 mile cycle ride will be used to spay and neuter as many dogs as we can.
Victoria added: “We will of course keep you updated on how many dogs have been helped with this programme so you know how your donation is being spent and how many dogs lives you have helped prevent being born in to a life of misery and unnecessary suffering.”
Why is spaying (and neutering) so important?
The single most important thing that we can do to save these poor dogs from all the suffering and death that their overpopulation causes is to spay and neuter them.
Spaying and neutering are routine, affordable surgeries that can prevent thousands of animals from being born, only to suffer and struggle to survive on the streets, be abused by cruel or neglectful people, or be euthanized in animal shelters for lack of a loving home.
It is also estimated that there are over 100,000 homeless dogs in the UK, 2 million stray dogs in Bucharest, Romania, 6,000 in Cyprus. These are just a few of the countries the K-9 Angels work in.
To spay or neuter a dog costs just 20 Euros and to me that’s incredible to think this would potentially save thousands of un wanted pups being born.
www.k-9angels.org <http://www.k-9angels.org>
Victoria’s page: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/VictoriaEisermann
Full route:
13th August start Bristol.
Day 2 – Friday 14th August Taunton
Day 3 – Saturday 15th August Dulverton
Day 4 – Sunday 16th August Instow
Day 5 – Monday 17th August Widemouth Bay
Day 6 – Tuesday 18th August St Austell
Day 7 – Wednesday 19th August Truro
Day 8- Thursday 20th August St Ives
Day 9- Friday 21st August Mousehole– and finish Lands End