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NINE DOGS THAT were due to be put down at Carrick Dog Shelter earlier this afternoon have been saved.
A pound in Monaghan were going to have to put down the dogs – which ranged in age from just 16 weeks to eight years old – but thankfully they’ve all been offered homes or rescue spaces after their stories appeared on TheJournal.ie on Tuesday.
However, it isn’t all good news.
Speaking about the last-ditch call from the Carrick shelter, spokesperson for Dogs Trust told TheJournal.ie that the fear of having to put animals to sleep because of a lack of space is a good example of what’s happening in pounds all over the country.
In Ireland, 15 dogs are destroyed on average everyday. That’s 5,500 a year. To compare, in Scotland that number is just 500.
A spokesperson from the ISPCA said “any sort of animal is not a suitable gift to give.
“It is a big responsibility and it certainly is not something to surprise someone with, whatever time of the year it is.”
Thankfully the nine dogs from Carrick have been saved but this problem is far from over.
Carrick Dog shelter have got in touch with the newsteam here to say “a massive thanks from us on behalf of nine very happy pound dogs!”
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Hunger in many developing countries and Obesity and associated illnesses in other countries.
makes you wonder.
Obesity also becoming an issue in some developing countries, believe it or not.
Obesity and malnutrition are not opposites.
no wounder when money raised to help them is used on these go out to a third world country for two weeks and put in wster supplies etc would it not be cheaper to hire people from the countrys and let them do it instead of flying people out paying for hotels etc and it would leave more in the pot for the needy..a weeks wages is probably 10 but hundreds are used to send one person out..these countries must have trades men and if not it would be cheaper to train them
When you think of all the money we’ve given to all the charities, it’s easy to reason that your money has gone into the charity bosses pockets and not gone to where you meant it to go. Please, please , look for non-profit charities who can’t afford to advertise.
There are a lot of people in Ireland fat. There are also a lot of people hungry. It says it all about our society.
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