# animal-welfare - Saturday 21 May, 2022
# Animal Welfare
# Animal Welfare
Sinn Féin’s Lynn Boylan says an outdated law means that young dogs found in dire need cannot be rehomed for some time.
# animal-welfare - Thursday 20 January, 2022
# Live Animals
# Live Animals
The recommendations on the transport of live animals were debated today in Strasbourg.
# animal-welfare - Wednesday 10 November, 2021
# Animal Welfare
# Animal Welfare
A charity representative said that puppy farming was the biggest animal welfare problem that his organisation faced.
# animal-welfare - Tuesday 19 October, 2021
# Flying Pigs
# Flying Pigs
Animal welfare experts have said such live exports would be ‘cruel and inhumane’.
# Animal Welfare
# Animal Welfare
There are approximately 120,000 mink on three farms in counties Laois, Donegal and Kerry.
# animal-welfare - Sunday 19 September, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
The Sinn Féin senator says new legislation to stop the sale of dogs online is not being enforced.
# animal-welfare - Friday 17 September, 2021
# Court
# Court
Six people have been charged with animal cruelty offences on foot of an investigation.
# animal-welfare - Thursday 29 July, 2021
# Pandemic
# Pandemic
171 dogs were put to sleep in pounds last year.
# animal-welfare - Tuesday 27 July, 2021
# Animal Welfare
The horse was taken from its owner and housed by the charity after the allegations One vet said he had not seen anything like the damage sustained by the horse in his 25 years
# animal-welfare - Thursday 8 July, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
The UK government is considering a ban on boiling lobsters alive.
# animal-welfare - Monday 5 July, 2021
# Animal Welfare
# Animal Welfare
ISPCA Inspector Alice Lacey said the case “emphasises the value of having your dog microchipped”.
# animal-welfare - Wednesday 26 May, 2021
# Ducklings
# Ducklings
People earlier this month were urged not to buy ducklings being sold for as low as €5 each.
# animal-welfare - Wednesday 31 March, 2021
# Live Exports
# Live Exports
Animal welfare campaigner Caroline Rowley outlines why she is challenging the State’s enforcement of EU law to protect farm animals exported abroad.
# animal-welfare - Saturday 27 March, 2021
# Wild Horses
# Wild Horses
DSPCA education and community outreach projects are trying to address welfare issues facing loose horses in the greater Dublin area.
# animal-welfare - Tuesday 9 February, 2021
# Mac The Donkey
# Mac The Donkey
The donkey has been taken into the care of the My Lovely Horse Rescue charity.
# animal-welfare - Sunday 20 December, 2020
# Dognapped
# Dognapped
Law where pets are a ‘low value possession’ alongside plant pots and mobile phones should be reviewed, writes vet Dr Sharon Alston.
# animal-welfare - Tuesday 24 November, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
The Social Democrats TD says it defies logic that the greyhound industry should receive an increase of €2.4m on top of its already high funding.
# animal-welfare - Thursday 12 November, 2020
# Animal Welfare
# Animal Welfare
The hares had been held for future coursing meetings.
# animal-welfare - Sunday 4 October, 2020
# Ballyshannon
# Ballyshannon
The ISPCA said that these cases aren’t rare.
# animal-welfare - Saturday 18 April, 2020
# Coronavirus Closures
# Coronavirus Closures
Smaller pet farms around the country are feeling the impact already.
# animal-welfare - Saturday 11 April, 2020
# Dogs Trust
# Dogs Trust
Dark chocolate is especially toxic for dogs, so keep it in a place where they can’t sniff it out.
# animal-welfare - Thursday 9 January, 2020
# Animal Welfare
# Animal Welfare
The new regulations also require all adverts to include microchip numbers.
# animal-welfare - Thursday 26 December, 2019
# My Lovely Horse
# My Lovely Horse
My Lovely Horse Rescue said owners have again abandoned horses in fields this winter.
# animal-welfare - Saturday 30 November, 2019
# Animal Welfare
# Animal Welfare
The sport sparked controversy following an RTÉ Investigates documentary in July.
# animal-welfare - Friday 29 November, 2019
# Tipperary
# Tipperary
All of the dogs made full recoveries.
# animal-welfare - Wednesday 6 November, 2019
# Elphin
# Elphin
The discovery was made by a member of the public.
# animal-welfare - Saturday 20 July, 2019
# Animal Welfare
# Animal Welfare
The IGB has been mired in controversy since serious animal welfare issues were uncovered last month.
# animal-welfare - Saturday 6 July, 2019
# Animal Welfare
# Animal Welfare
Transport Minister Shane Ross told Cabinet this week that a more ‘robust’ response is need from government.
# animal-welfare - Saturday 8 June, 2019
# Your Say
# Your Say
Last month Prada announced it will go fur-free.
# animal-welfare - Tuesday 4 June, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Major players in fashion and media are turning their backs on this dying, cruel trade – it is time that we did too, writes John Carmody.
# animal-welfare - Wednesday 20 March, 2019
# Animal Cruelty
# Animal Cruelty
A woman found the horse’s body while she was out walking with her dog.
# animal-welfare - Tuesday 15 January, 2019
# Animal Welfare
# Animal Welfare
It has been argued that live export is a “pitiless trade” that harms animals.
# Opinion
# Opinion
Terrified bulls are often strung up by a hind leg while fully conscious, before having their throats slashed at repeatedly until they bleed to death, writes Caroline Rowley
# animal-welfare - Friday 11 January, 2019
# Crash
# Crash
Firefighters were helped by a local vet and farm workers, but three of the trapped bulls died.
# animal-welfare - Sunday 23 December, 2018
# Animal Welfare
# Animal Welfare
About 50,000 pet surgeries happen in Ireland each year.
# animal-welfare - Sunday 8 July, 2018
# Euthanisation
# Euthanisation
The numbers of dogs being euthanised has fallen significantly since 2002 when 21,000 were put down.
# animal-welfare - Friday 15 June, 2018
# Animal Welfare
# Animal Welfare
The ISPCA said the property originally housed three cats but they were allowed to ‘breed uncontrollably’.
# animal-welfare - Sunday 10 June, 2018
# Clare Spca
# Clare Spca
The charity has ceased operations until a new committee is formed.
# animal-welfare - Tuesday 5 June, 2018
# Animal Welfare
# Animal Welfare
The LSPCA said that a lot of the animals are showing signs of neurological conditions which will require extensive veterinarian care to treat.
# animal-welfare - Friday 4 May, 2018
# Animal Welfare
# Animal Welfare
The dogs and puppies are now in the care of the ISPCA.
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