David Ewing is celebrating forty years working at the same place today. He has now worked at the Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home for forty years.
David joined the charity straight from school and has risen to become the General Manager in 2000 in charge of all the dogs and cats which either come there as strays or indeed to board there while their owners go on holiday. This generates some income for the home apart from the donations which they depend on.
The EDCH is the oldest animal charity in Edinburgh and was established in 1883. Its primary purpose is to take in strays. It takes close to £1million a year to run the home so they welcome and need all possible donations. When full to capacity they have 250 dogs and 160 cats.
It is clear that he simply loves what he does. A self confessed workaholic he leaves work behind only occasionally to go and teach martial arts – oh and to go home to his wife and his own dog! The home finds new owners for about 1000 dogs a year so it is clear that his contribution to the welfare of thousands of pets has been considerable.
At the moment they have about 80 dogs waiting for new homes. Here is Denzil who you can meet on our video.
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