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WITH MORE BAD weather on the cards, we’ve spoken to an animal expert about how you can look after your you pet this winter.
Gillian Bird from the DSPCA recently gave TheJournal.ie some practical tips for pet owners.
“People are often told to winter-proof their car, but this is also the perfect time of year to winter-proof your home, or your pet’s home,” she said.
“If your dog sleeps in a kennel make sure it’s not leaking or facing into the prevailing wind. If you buy a very cheap shower curtain you can fold it over and nail it to the kennel.
“This acts like a cat flap so the dog can go in and out but it stops the rain from coming in. If you get a see-through curtain, the lights still gets in.”
Bird encouraged people to change their pet’s bed. She said people should check that rabbit hutches are not leaking and, if they are, place a sheet of polystyrene on the roof.
She also urged people to check that the drain covers outside their house are secure as they often come off, leading to small animals like hedgehogs falling in.
For people who own horses, Bird recommended checking that there are no gaps in fences through which the animals can wander on to roads.
Kids have a terrible tendency for pulling out pallets and parts of fences at Halloween. It might only be noticeable now as leaves die and holes appear.
Bird also reminded people that under the Animal Health and Welfare Bill, animals must be checked at least once every 24 hours.
Football nets
Bird told us about a safety hazard for animals such as foxes that many people might not be aware of: football goal nets.
The DSPCA recently got word of a fox that got tangled in one of a net in Rathfarnham. Sadly, he didn’t make it.
Bird called on people to not discard the nets outdoors and keep an eye on them if they have one in their garden.
More information on animal welfare is available on the DSPCA’s website and the ISPCA’s website.
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Heard about this story through the grapevine yesterday……
Song number 2 won’t pay for me….
Neither will play for me. Does this mean they’re the same?
Might help if you could play them?
‘This video is not available’
Ditto
Song two broke
Robbin’ Thicko.
Where’s the option for they don’t sound alike, because they don’t sound alike?
Ian dempsey played blurred lines a few weeks ago. ..the very last thing I ever want to hear again is the song finishing and Ian continuing with ‘I know you want it..’ puke!
Ian has recently taken to singing the last few lines of another song in an Irish /Caribbean accent “all about da bass, da bass” Makes me want to eat my own face!
Reminds me of the great Morecambe and Wise sketch when playing for Andre Previn – and he tells Eric that he’s playing the wrong notes – ‘i’m playing the right notes – but not necessarily in the right order’.
Another rip off, if you look hard enough you’ll probably find a lot of modern songs do this. I remember people used to say Kid Rock was putting his own twist on Sweet Home Alabama with that summer song he had, turned out he’d taken the whole thing from another song called Werewolves of London. In his case I think he had permission but he just keeps it quiet so people think he wrote it himself. A lot of these so-called musicians’ only talent is being marketable. It’s even more obvious now the only reason Pharrell Williams was brought in for Blurred Lines was exposure, not for his musical ability because they already had the bones of the song and anyone could turn Gaye’s into Thicke’s with the software that’s available now. It’s a soulless industry now.
Does there come a point where modern pop simply runs out of notes to play an starts to consume itself?
Anyhow, never mind all that. To my ears, pop music a la Spin South West sounds bloody awful. If young people were listening to stuff I liked that would be more of a concern. C’mon da Biffy an all that.
Anyone notice how much Dylan’s “With God on our Side” sounds like “The Patriot Game” by our very own Dominic Behan?
There’s a true scandal.
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This non playback situation is happening regularly on the Journal. Why don’t you check what you’re posting guys as its very annoying and amateurish.
Video playback restricted on certain sites….?
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