Celia Hammond

Celia Hammond was a supermodel in the 1960s. At first happy to model fur, she later became concerned about the cruelty of the fur trade and took a stand against fur.

In 1986 she founded the Celia Hammond Animal Trust with the aim of opening a low cost neutering clinic to control the feral animal population. The first of these clinics opened in Lewisham in 1995, a second opened in Canning Town in 1999 and a third is planned to open soon in Chatham, Kent. In addition to neutering animals, the clinics also help to rescue and rehome animals.

In 2006 it was reported that she was in trouble with Newham Council as a result of owing thousands of pounds of parking fines. The fines were picked up while she was parking outside the Celia Hammond Animal Trust's Canning Town clinic in order to deliver sick animals for treatment.