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THE DSPCA HAS said it is run off its feet with the amount of cats and dogs which have owners have asked it to rehome – and there are still 25 days until Christmas.
In the last week alone, the DSPCA said that it had received rehome requests for 25 dogs and 20 cats and kittens.
According to the DSPCA, the reasons given include that the owner is moving house, the animal is “biting the children” or “unwilling to work on training”. Others said they had allergies or the animal had gotten too big.
One person even told the DSPCA that they had multiple dogs but wanted “to get rid of the troublesome ones”.
Gillian Bird of the DSPCA said: “One case involves an owner who can no longer care for his five terriers ranging from one to six years of age. We appreciate that some callers are genuine but the trend is worrying and continues to get worse each year and the calls increase the closer to Christmas we get.
“It is not unheard of for pet owners to surrender their pet dog as it has become ‘too bold’ only to replace it with a new puppy at Christmas.”
“We have heard all the excuses possible, my personal favourite was from a family who felt that their old and slightly smelly dog did not fit into the newly refurbished kitchen where they would be preparing and eating Christmas dinner with their extended family.”
The DSPCA wants to remind people that their pet is a member of the family and “not a disposable item”.
Yesterday, it emerged that two foxhounds and five cocker spaniels were rescued 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.”
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What extra Cork to Dublin flights ????.as we’ve no scheduled flights to there as it is !!!
@John O’Driscoll: He hasn’t a clue really. Populist request…… Extra trains and buses are all that’s needed. At least they will leave you close to Croke Park
WOW, he really has his hand on the pulse of what is happening in Cork
It’s 2 hours up the motorway…
@Richard K: hmmm… it’s 2 hours from Naas my guy. Welcome to the city.
@Richard K: 2 hours driving from some parts of West Cork and you are still In the county of Cork.
Has Tommy lost the plot?? He was complaining a few weeks ago about the price of match tickets. There haven’t been Cork to Dublin flights for years!!
I think Thomas will get a telling off from mary lou over this one…a bit like the helicopter to the Galway races
Jaysus, All Irelands for over a hundred years, the same distance, similar ground capacities and now you want to fly to Dublin. Travel like you always did or stay at home and moan that you wasted your ticket because you couldn’t get a flight. Proper fan indeed. Up Cork, Up Clare.
Actually, drive up to Shannon, lol.
There was another Cork TD or Senator on last week, wanting the motorway tolls to be eliminated next Sunday…Jesu* wept !!
@John Manahan: Actually a good suggestion to help traffic flow. Especially with both counties traffic on the same road for part of the way. Would only have to leave them open for a couple of hours in the evening. Operators aren’t dependent on those kind of bonanzas.
Just after the local elections, sinn fein said that they need to listen to the people more…
Should a party not exist because of certain principles and ideas that makes up its ethos, and people vote on which party best represents their thoughts, rather than each party bending and twisting trying to muster votes from each side.
Fianna fail and fine gael are no better..
We end up with parties that don’t really stand for anything, left or right leaning
What an extremely sad man he is.
Welcome to another climate change denier. God be with the good auld days when they’d set off walking on Wednesday to be there for the match. Notions, that’s what it is, flights how are ye!
Flights from cork to dublin? La de da. Nothing wrong with the aircoach.
The Coveney posse shud be able to fit a few of the loyal in down the back
If O’Leary was any good he would sort out a few flights for it.
@Padraig: If the GAA were any good they’d give the 2 participating counties a bigger share of the tickets.
@Padraig: It ain’t his job Pádraig!
Sorry!!
Far more important things for a TD to be doing me thinks
It’s great to see people who haven’t been to games all year can fly back after securing a ticket
Lots of places to go in ireland if you want to see people fighting with sticks.
He’s right about going to Croke Park. Men actually walked to the match along the railway tracks. One man would cycle 30- 40 miles in limerick to play in in a match. The country was impoverished for many years after the founding of the state. People emigrated never to return. It’s seeing the past through rose tinted glasses. My family would get parcels from America. Swiss family Robinson was an amazing book I read in the 1950s. Another version of the wild geese after WWll it was. We had no political leaders until people like lemass took up the reins. Everything changed then. Sport was an incredibly unifying force. I met a Canadian sports commentator in Portugal once. He said “don’t tell me, don’t tell me “. I was just after flying from Dublin where I saw the hurling final.
Maybe rail line from the airport aswell.
No climate worries for that weekend put on 10 extra flights another waster
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