Car collisions with motorcycles happen all the time.That doesn’t, however, make things easier for those involved in them. How would you handle the aftermath of a car collision in which a motorcyclist died? One 12-year-old boy from Suffolk County, England, began helping others after this happened to him. He began his own animal hospital for helping creatures great and small who have been injured or abandoned.
Twelve-year-old Callum Underdown started with a few chickens in the garden. His collection has grown to 19 chickens, two geese, nine rabbits, 26 guinea pigs, and two goats. So far, he has helped more than 100 unwanted animals. His mother says that taking care of the animals has helped him deal with the accident.
Callum spends hours searching Facebook “Buy, Sell, Swap” pages and online classified sites to find unwanted animals and birds, paying for their upkeep out of his own pocket money, according to the Huffington Post. Because he has so many animals, his parents found him a small holding on a farm, where he now keeps his collection of animals.
On school days, Callum takes care of his animals starting at 6 A.M.,coming back after school to tend to them again. He also spends every weekend from 9am until dusk, tending to the animals. Each week, Callum spends his £10 weekly pocket money to care for his animals and to maintain his small piece of land.
Callum hopes to work with all creatures great and small in the future and wants to start volunteering with the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) when he turns fourteen. Read more about his inspiring story and check out photos of him and his animals here.
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