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TWO FOXHOUNDS AND five cocker spaniels have been rescued and are now in the care of the ISPCA, after they were smuggled from Ireland to Wales in the boot of a car.
The puppies were found in two crates that came off the Rosslare to Fishguard ferry last Thursday at 1.30am.
The foxhounds were around 10 weeks old, while the cocker spaniels were just eight weeks. Authorities had serious welfare concerns about the puppies, and they were seized and signed over to the RSPCA.
The seven dogs were fed and watered by the RSPCA overnight and, after a quick trip to the vet, it was confirmed that they were fit to travel back to Ireland.
ISCPA chief inspector Conor Dowling said: “This incident again shows how some people are willing to disregard the welfare of defenceless animals and break the law purely to make a quick buck. Thankfully, on this occasion, multi-agency cooperation meant that they were stopped.”
The RSPCA, meanwhile, said that thousands of people in the UK purchase puppies that have been imported in shocking conditions such as these, “handing huge profits to unscrupulous traders”.
The puppies were then escorted back on the ferry by an RSPCA inspector who handed them over to Irish authorities.
ISPCA centre manager Eva Ellis said: “Nearly all of them are infested with lice and have a heavy worm burden. They were also filthy and needed to be bathed and treated for worms, fleas, mites and lice.
They are not currently available for rehoming but will be added to the rehoming page on the ISPCA website when they are ready for adoption.
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Dundalk will soon be one giant call centre.
Weeeellll hey that’s claaass
WITH PLENTY OF WORKERS CROSSING THE BOARDER TO WORK IN THESE CALL CENTRES… as usual…
must be the Dundalk accent
Great to see ‘Good News’ making headlines again, hopefully the recession tide is turning for the man on the ground!
sales sense-customer engagement sounds like cold callers. these jobs would be as dependable as a wet toilet roll
Jobs jobs jobs!!!
Good to see a jobs with a proper weeks wage for a proper weeks work.150 jobs over 3 years.Nearly one a week over 3 years.Well done Enda and Co,doing a great job.
The tide is turning folks.Ireland is great again…..
Hooray….!!
- (only 799,860 more jobs & we’re flying.)
It’s a start. Good news is good.
Any new jobs announcements are good news….enough of the doom and gloom…
More call center jobs woopidy do Enda!!!!!!!!
Some people would love a job in a call centre.
Office work, that doesn’t require a high skill set or qualifications is very important in the labour market.
Not everyone can have a masters.
That may be true but try going for an interview without a college on your C.V.
Yea yea yea get a nice IDA grant to open here pay some wages for a couple of years then they’ll feck off to India or pakistan when the grant runs out….
A job for a few years for somebody on the rock & roll is better than no job at all.
Good news yes, but how come it’s always “over the next three years”, does that mean they wont be announced next year again to bump the figures up, or that jobs will be down next year as they’ve already taken. The spin in this type of announcement is appauling as it gets so many hopes up just to be kicked down again, and whoo hoo for minimum wage again….. but its good for the jobs that are here and now though (the actual real ones) when we need them most and good luck for the applicants
I’d be extremely hesitant to describe Lifes2Good as a “healthcare company”.
“Snake Oil Salesman” might be more appropriate!
Salessence…..where have i heard of them before ;)
Anyone over 30 and didn’t go to university or college need not apply, same o same o from this government. When will the real work as in manufacturing come here? Manufacturing here creates exports that causes the government to reduce borrowing because money is coming into the country???
thanks enda :)
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