Fiona and Jim Hindle set up The Rumba Foundation to provide funding that would help advance the frontiers of animal treatment.
Sadly, many animal-lovers will lose pets to cancer. Our own beautiful Burmese, Rumba, was eight years old when he developed a squamous cell carcinoma in his mouth.
Rumba’s tumour was surgically removed, and we were referred to the Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital in Cambridge, for a course of radiotherapy. He received outstanding care, which undoubtedly extended his life and gave him the best chance of recovery. But all too soon, we faced the terrible decision that all pet-owners dread.
Determined to create a legacy and do something positive to honour his life, we set up The Rumba Foundation in 2012. Our aim was, and is, to support oncology and other pioneering fields of veterinary medicine.