Category Archive: Animal Welfare

Nov
05

Spotlight on…Four Paws Animal Rescue (South Wales)

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One of the many dogs up for adoption - copyright Four Paws Animal Rescue (SW)

The charity Four Paws Animal Rescue (South Wales) was founded by Kirsty Thomas in 2004 and officially registered in 2006. During her training as a vet nurse Kirsty noticed that many healthy animals were being needlessly euthanized in local pounds. Initially she tried to find homes for these animals with friends and family, but soon realised there were too many animals in need. She gave up her training to dedicate herself full-time to saving animals. Four Paws mainly rescues and re-homes dogs and due to the recession the number of dogs in need is steadily growing. I talked to Adoption Co-ordinator Seran Davies about the charity’s rescue work.

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Apr
22

Spotlight on..Welsh independent animal charity “Friends of the Animals RCT”.

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The current economic climate means that it’s harder for charities to get the cash strapped public to donate. This especially affects the smaller charities and voluntary organisations which get little exposure in the media. One of them I’d like to draw your attention to, especially if you are living in Wales, is “Friends of the Animals RCT”, which is not a registered charity yet.

Eileen Jones started this organisation in 2003 when her micro-chipped Yorkshire Terrier Sophie went missing. Despite her efforts of finding her by putting up posters and distributing leaflets Sophie never returned.

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Mar
31

Bobby at the emergency vet…

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In my last blog I mentioned that we had to take Bobby to the vet on Saturday and now I’d like to tell you why.

When we got home from the craft fair she greeted us as usual with her delightful chirruping voice, but not long after, she started to show some odd behaviour. She went to the litter tray, tried to wee, then stormed outside – squatted again to wee, but couldn’t, then she ran back into the house. This went on for quite some time – her back fur stood up dinosaur-like – until we realised that she obviously couldn’t wee at all. We rang Valley Vets, a surgery which is thankfully not far from where we live, and were advised to bring her in.

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Nov
29

Cats and Snow

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It’s snowing and the country is in panic mode. I really don’t get it. It snows every winter – so by now everyone should be kind of – well prepared. In Germany when it snows and you want to use your car by law you have to have winter tyres. Anyway the news is full of snow features, but what about our furry friends – in my case – our cat?

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Oct
04

Bobby loves Ikea

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Bobby sticks her nose into the camera - copyright Paul White 2010

Cats are often peculiar when it comes to changes in their territory. In extreme cases they will spray in places they are not supposed to when furniture has been moved or added. Bobby however is always excited when we add a new piece of furniture. Last week be bought a bookcase, which also works as …

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Sep
23

Save the Tiger…and other wild cats

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I can’t imagine the world without tigers. Unfortunately these beautiful animals are on the brink of extinction. Scientists estimate that fewer than 3,000 tigers exist in the wild living in 13 countries across Asia. A hundred years ago it was about 100,000. The Java, Caspian and Bali subspecies have already become extinct while life for …

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Jan
14

Please adopt a cat if you want to live with one..

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Today I received a worrying press release from Cats Protection about the decline in cat adoptions due to the recession. According to the release 16 out of their 24 adoption centres have noticed a decline, which means a lot of furry friends are in desperate need of a loving home. The adoption centre in Wrexham …

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Dec
09

Please squash your tin cans

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If you love animals please read this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/8396139.stm It doesn’t take much effort to squash tin cans. Alternatively you could just make sure the bags are safely tied so the cats can’t rip them  and don’t put the bags out before very late at night.

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Aug
24

Cat Globetrotter – French couple travel the world with a super cute cat

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It’s always fascinating what you can find on the internet. People think that we are slightly bonkers, because we walk Bobby in the neighbourhood and in the local forest. But that’s nothing compared to what Laetitia and Guillaume are doing – the French couple is travelling the world with their grey tabby “Kitty”. This cat …

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Jul
03

If you like dogs you might want to read this and help

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http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/3045/eleventh-hour-mercy-plea-to-save-death-row-dog-bruce/ This is quite a disturbing story I got emailed and I thought to pass this on. It’s quite sad that they let this happen in NI.

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