Celia Hammond

Celia Hammond was a supermodel in the 1960s, and has since become famous as a campaigner against fur and for neutering of cats to control the feral population.

Modeling career

Hammond was a successful fashion model in the 1960s, working for Vogue magazine, [ [http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=20143 GMTV - Hundreds of Yorkshire Terriers have been rescued find out how you can provide a home for them ] ] notably forming a close working relationship with photographer Terence Donovan. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/07_july/16/blow_up.shtml BBC - Press Office - The Real Blow-Up ] ] At first happy to model fur, she later became concerned about the cruelty of the fur trade and took a stand against fur.

Celia Hammond Animal Trust

In 1986 she founded the Celia Hammond Animal Trust with the aim of opening a low cost neutering clinic to control the feral animal population. The first of these clinics opened in Lewisham in 1995, a second opened in Canning Town in 1999 and a third is planned to open soon in Chatham, Kent. [cite web | title=About Celia | work=Celia Hammond Animal Trust website | url=http://www.celiahammond.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=2&MMN_position=2:2 | accessdate=September 10 | accessyear=2006] In addition to neutering animals, the clinics also help to rescue and rehome animals. [cite web | title=Transcript: Rescued dogs | work=BBC News | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5012662.stm | accessdate=September 10 | accessyear=2006]

In 2006 it was reported that she was in trouble with Newham Council as a result of owing thousands of pounds of parking fines. The fines were picked up while she was parking outside the Celia Hammond Animal Trust's Canning Town clinic in order to deliver sick animals for treatment. [cite web | title=Charity boss refuses to pay fines | work=BBC News | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5017948.stm | accessdate=September 10 | accessyear=2006]

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