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Christmas at Manchester Dogs' Home as it faces its biggest challenge since the devastating fire

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coronavirus pandemic has had a massive impact on the dogs' home. Fundraising has plunged by '80 or 90 per cent', according to the centre manager, Steve Mapley.He's close to tears as he recalls the struggle, speaking to the M.E.N.

at the home."We have been closed since the second lockdown", Steve says. "Normally we restrict adoptions in the run-up to Christmas and we didn't see any point in opening up and then having to close again."Hopefully we will be open again in January or early next year.

Sadly, all our fundraising events have been cancelled including our dog walk and the Christmas and Summer fairs. We've done what we can."A good 80 to 90 per cent of our fundraising has gone and people are not able to adopt dogs either, which has.

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