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IRELAND’S LARGEST ANIMAL welfare charity, Dogs Trust, experienced a 50 per cent increase in the number of surrender calls to their rehoming centre last Thursday.
In one day the centre in Finglas, Dublin, received calls from 51 people who wanted to surrender their dogs.
Catriona Birt, Dogs Trust Manager said today that on average the charity takes between 25 and 30 calls a day and there is always a spike after Christmas but “not to to this extent”.
Some of the dogs taken in by the charity over Christmas include Sugar Plumb, a 15-week-old Jack Russell Chihuahua cross found wandering on Christmas Eve and an 8-week-old Jack Russell Cross called Eve found abandoned on Stephen’s Day.
“It’s heartbreaking to see, we had to turn away the most amazing dogs because we simply don’t have the capacity for them as is the case with all animal welfare organisations,” Birt said.
“Currently having 163 dogs and puppies in our care and taking up to 220 surrender calls a week Dogs Trust would need a centre 10 times the size to take them all in.”
Dogs Trust has said its door is open to anyone who would like to get information about rehoming their dog and encouraged people to seek advice about the proper way to deal with such a situation.
The charity’s website also contains factsheets about the most commonly faced problems with suggestions on how to handle aggression and fear, separation and house training.
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Leo would u please have some consideration for the patients and staff of this hospital instead of reminiscing on Princess Diana and obsessed with your own PR unit.
@TheBluffmaster2: Must not forget Egypt & the holiday makers out there
Dignity,and a safe environment,that’s a start.
Unbelievable in this day and age.
Another group the government has no interest in which to spend money.
An absolute nightmare for those having to live and work there. Sounds like something from a backward third word country.
What amazes me is the mental health inspectorate does all these reports but they are just reports they have no power to implement change unlike hiqua. Hiqua was suppose to be extended to mental health facilities, this was discussed at goverment level oved 2years ago!
Next year thete will be another report from mhc but why usnt the facility told that certain changes have to be implemented or their license wont be reissued! Accountability
This is nothing new. About ten yrs ago I was in a psychiatric ward. One of the patients was smoking the funny stuff every day. The therapy room had a ps2 in it. Only game they had was mortal kombat, a pretty violent game by any standard. I was also given a razor and allowed to lock myself into the shower room. The counselling I received was asking me every day if I could fly or did I have super powers. Oh and I got to make candles. Thankfully I got my shît together thanks to family and friends.
Not good enough
The Staff working there probably run off there feet , don’t get time to clean an tidy the place . What a waste of money this is poor very sick people having to smoke out the window. God help us . Why do these inspections not look at how short these units are. Think this is a nice handy number if you get on board.
Quick! Give the HSE another billion euros so they can pay some managers and consultants to fix the problem!
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