TRIBUTE TO MARTIN BURTON
IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT WE HAVE TO INFORM YOU THAT OUR CLINICAL DIRECTOR, MARTIN BURTON, DIED SUDDENLY ON FRIDAY 18TH MARCH 2011 FROM A SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK.
WE ARE SURE THAT THIS WILL COME AS MUCH OF A SHOCK TO YOU AS IT DID TO US.
WHILST WE WILL ENDEAVOUR TO CARRY ON WITH BUSINESS AS USUAL, WITH AS LITTLE DISRUPTION AS POSSIBLE, WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WITH US ALL AT THIS SAD TIME.
MANY OF YOU HAD BUILT UP A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH MARTIN AND WE KNOW YOU ALL LOVED HIM AS MUCH AS WE DID, ALONG WITH HIS LITTLE ARMY OF FOUR LEGGED FRIENDS (EXCEPT AT VACCINATION TIME!). MARTIN WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING OTHERS AND IN HIS SPARE TIME, HE DID ALOT OF VOLUNTARY WORK FOR THE SAMARITANS AND THE NATIONAL TRUST.
WE KNOW A LOT OF YOU WILL WANT TO ASK ABOUT SENDING FLORAL TRIBUTES TO HIS FUNERAL, BUT BEING THE NO-FUSS KIND OF MAN HE WAS, WE ARE SURE HE WOULD MUCH PREFER PEOPLE TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE SAMARITANS OR NATIONAL TRUST ON HIS BEHALF.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING AND HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE YOU AND YOUR PETS WITH THE FIRST CLASS CARE THAT MARTIN USED TO GIVE.