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"because every animal deserves a life free from cruelty"
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 | Ballyglunin farmer banned from keeping animals after cruelty conviction | 29 dagen geleden | ||
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| Tuam Herald Thursday, October 29, 2009 Animal cruelty organisation welcomes judge's verdict A BALLYGLUNIN farmer who left his dog untreated with a two kilo cancerous tumour hanging from its abdomen was banned from holding any animals in the future when he was convicted on a cruelty charge at Tuam District Court on Tuesday. Before the Court was Mar-tin Forde of Lissaniska, Ballyglunin who was described as a farmer in Court. He was fined and ordered not to keep animals again. Galway Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) issued a statement following the verdict and the Judge's ruling expressing their delight at the outcome and hoped it would serve as a warning to others who are mistreating animals. At Tuam Court GSPCA official Janine Zanon presented photographic evidence depicting the distressed state the dog was in before it had to be put down by Tuam Veteri-nary Surgeon Tom Rennick. Judge Geoffrey Browne on viewing the evidence said: "The poor dog, it must have been in agony." He added that there was no excuse for leaving an animal in such distress and it must have been obvious that it was ill for a considerable time. He was told that the tumour was the size of a melon and was estimated to weight approximately two kilos (4.51b). Ms Zanon gave details of the condition she found the dog in when she visited Forde's farm on February 27 last. The animal could barely walk when she arrived at Forde's home and she could see it was in severe pain. She put it in her van and brought it to the vet in Tuam. Along the way she could hear it crying in pain and when she removed it there was evidence of discharge from the tumour left in her vehicle. Tom Rennick estimated that the tumour could have been growing for up to two years. It was in such extreme pain when brought to the surgery that there was no option but to put it down. Forde's defence solicitor told the Court that her client was very apologetic for what had happened. He had twice tried to get a vet to come out and treat the dog but had failed. It was stated that. Forde himself had suffered ill health in recent times. Judge Browne convicted Forde of animal cruelty and imposed a fine of €750 and ordered him to pay €60 in veterinary expenses, He also ordered that Forde be banned from keeping any animals. GSPCA Spokesperson Margaret O'Sullivan told The Herald that the animal involved had endured unimaginable suffering. "This is the first in my memory that someone has been banned for life from owning a dog. Hopefully this will be a lesson for those who don't look after their animals. We will come after you and there will be prosecutions," she warned. "We are absolutely delighted with the outcome of this case and we thank the Judge for his comments and the way he dealt with the matter," added Margaret O'Sullivan. Please be warned, these photographs are VERY, VERY distressing to look at. http://www.galway-spca.com/images/ba... http://www.galway-spca.com/images/ba... http://www.galway-spca.com/images/ba... | ||||
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| Be prepared for Halloween | 31 dagen geleden | ||
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| With Halloween here, we ask you to keep all your pets in until the weekend is over, don't forget to put rabbit hutches in a shed as well. If your pet is nervous keep in a room away from the front door, play music, close the curtains and if needs be speak to your vet for advise. Please please do not bring your dog to bonfires or fireworks (which are illegal) but more so can frighten and harm your dog. Halloween is for people not pets so leave your pet at home in the safety of its own place. If you do lose your pet please contact the following: Galway vets, http://www.goldenpages.ie/category_V... Dog Warden, http://www.galway.ie/en/Services/Vet... Lost Pets Galway Bay FM, http://www.galwaybayfm.ie/ Gardai. http://www.galway-ireland.ie/gardai.htm and of course, GSPCA A Happy and safe Halloween to all. | ||||
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| Galway bay fm visit gspca headquarters | 88 dagen geleden | ||
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| We got the call the engineer visited us, it was all systems go , Galway bay fm were coming in the morning to present the Keith Finnegan show from our shop. Keith was on a much needed break so Gerry Murphy stood in. Having never met Gerry before, it was indeed a pleasure to meet up with him. The show started and what an experience to see how a programme is put together and how everything fits in and how everything is timed. For the show we had Donnacha from Galway volunteer centre talking about the work they do. Vinny from Charlie Byrnes book shop called in to tell us they are 25 years in business. A garda from Mill St, one of the lads from FAS these were just a few of the people popping in. In between all that both Helen and myself spoke of the animals, work, the worries, the abuse we face daily trying to keep our organization going. As Helen said apart from the FAS workers the rest is all volunteer including the committee who put in a 7 day week while holding down jobs as well. To finish off Bernie Ní Fharratha from the Connacht tribune joined Gerry with the sentinel news and the bit of craíc as well. What a morning we totally enjoyed having everyone visit and say a big thank to Gerry and Fionnuala for making it happen and invite them to come back soon. We've added the photos in their very own album! | ||||
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| GSPCA has a Facebook Page! | 89 dagen geleden | ||
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| http://www.facebook.com/pages/Galway... We've made a page!! Here we will be posting all of our animals that are seeking homes as well as any lost and found pets added to our website. We also have RSS feeds from the most popular Irish lost and found websites that will automatically post new entries on our wall. So drop by and become a fan! | ||||
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| Origins, cosmetic company and dolphins. Please Help! | 92 dagen geleden | ||
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| Some of you may have seen the film the Cove at the Galway film fleadh www.thecovemovie.com. It won the best documentary and has received strong support where ever it has been shown. It deals with the brutal slaughter in Taiji, Japan, of dolphins. In addition to the slaughter, some of the dolphins are bought by the captivity industry to use in the 'Swim with dolphin' programmes. A very cruel and very profitable industry. The Irish Seal Sanctuary worked hard to try and prevent dolphins from hunts such as these from being imported into Mexico,and met with the Ambassador over the issue. Sadly 7 dolphins were imported before Mexico finally banned the trade. Origins, the cosmetic company from the Estee Lauder family, have offered a prize to customers in the US. The prize is a trip to swim with dolphins in Cabo Adventures in Mexico, they have the 7 wild dolphins that originated in Japan. Considering the 'green' image that Origins uses to market its products it is shocking that they consider such a prize in keeping with their image. Unfortunately if you try to log on to their .com site it takes you directly to .co.uk where no details of the offer exists as it is purely a US offer. We would encourage you to write to Ms Lauder at the address below, or email her P.A. and ask them to take this offer away and find something more in keeping with their green, friendly, pure image. thank you. Pauline Irish Seal Sanctuary Ms. Jane Lauder, President Origins Natural Resources, Inc 767 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10153 or email her assistant Vince at vdomingu@origins.com | ||||
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| G-FORCE The Movie! | 102 dagen geleden | ||
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| G-FORCE is the new 3D film from Disney which is all about Guinea Pigs. We thought this would be a good time to tell you about Guinea Pigs with the help of this video from the Humane Society of the United States (http://www.humanesociety.org/). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKtrS... So if you would like to get a Guinea Pig after seeing this film, please don't forget to ask us first (gspca@eircom.net) about adoption before you rush out and buy one! | ||||
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| It's Twestival Time Galway! | 105 dagen geleden | ||
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| Twestival Galway & the GSPCA Galway Twestival will be held on September the 12th. The local charity that we aim to raise money for that has been selected is the GSPCA or the Galway Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The GSPCA are badly in need of a new cattery for all their cats and kittens which the staff of the GSPCA are housing and sharing space with in their headquarters on Augustine Street. It costs 50-60,000 euros to build a cattery to house 40-50 cats and their kittens. We hope to raise as much as we can. Hopefully with Twitter having gathered momentum this year more people will attend Twestival Galway in September. Twestival Galway was a success last time and it would be great to have Twestival Local an even bigger success this time around. Anyone interested in helping at Twestival Galway visit http://galway.twestival.com/ | ||||
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| Petition to stop Dublin pet shop from selling puppies | 107 dagen geleden | ||
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| Hello. Please take a moment to sign if you agree, thank you, Reggie Quinn http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/sto... | ||||
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| A chance to view 'Sanctuary' the film about GSPCA | 108 dagen geleden | ||
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| Having been warmly received at the recent Galway Film Fleadh, a shortened version of 'Sanctuary' by Lorraine O'Hanlon has been made available for you to view. Congratulations to all involved in the making of this moving account, a real tribute to the tough and challenging work done in the sanctuary, Heathlawn, Co. Galway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2v9y... | ||||
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| Successful Galway Film Fleadh for Sanctuary and Galway SPCA! | 133 dagen geleden | ||
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| Review by GaelMovies, A wee blog about Scottish and Irish cinema. SANCTUARY by Lorraine O'Hanlon is a touching look at the work of an Irish animal sanctuary which unfortunately isn't full of happy news. Hopefully a wider audience awaits this one as it's the sort of thing that really needs to be seen to drum up support for a worthy cause. And I say that as someone who certainly isn't an animal lover. Read all the reviews here http://www.gaelmovies.com/2009/07/fl... | ||||
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