The GSPCA annual Christmas church collection takes place on the 12th and 13th of December next week end. It has come to our attention that the St Vincent de Paul are also holding a collection next week end as well. The committee of the GSPCA have made the decision not to hold our collection which we have Garda permission for and have been told we can do, but because of the flooding and the hardship so many people in South Galway and the Ballinasloe and other areas we feel that the St Vincent De Paul should be left to collect next week end alone. In making this decision we know it will also put us under financial strain as this is a big week end for us money wise. We would ask the people who normally give at the churches to us, to drop in a donation to our Galway office, online via our website or post to the treasurer c/o of our office to help keep us going.

We wish SVP well this week end and hope that the money collected will help the people who are suffering such terrible hardship at the moment

Here's a neuter campaign from Florida that packs a punch with this “Real Men Neuter” poster. So if you know someone that sees neutering an animal as a weakness, or crosses his legs at the mention of the word, show him this poster!

Just as a little background, the two men depicted in the poster are Lt. Wesley White, Night Field Supervisor (holding a Jack Russell Terrier mix named “Manna”) and Captain David Walesky, Field Operations Manager (with his own Pit Bull Terrier, “Cutter”). Both of these men are real men, rough and tough guys who have no problem in seeing the wisdom in spaying and neutering their own pets.

Thanks to Lt. Daisy Harsch of Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control and Susan Hargreaves of Caring Fields Animal Sanctuary

http://www.galway-spca.com/documents...

Dear ARAN Members & Supporters

November is here and we’re just weeks from the biggest most important event for animals in Ireland ever!

Never before have we issued such an urgent call for nationwide unity to stop cruelty to animals in this country. This year we’ve got a genuine opportunity to get long-lasting, historic protection for animals and to compel industry and society to respect and treat animals fairly. For many people reading this appeal today the issue breaks your heart – but on December 6th we have one last opportunity to send a powerful message to decision makers at government level that the new and revised animal welfare bill due to be released in 2010 must contain such strong measures to protect animals and penalize those that seek to profit and get sick kicks from them.

All to often the cruelty can be unbearable, but for as long we just sit back and do nothing but pick up the pieces of society’s treatment of animals or just wish it would stop then we’ll never stop this injustice of animal abuse. So just wishing it will go away - won’t make it go away – but your actions can! It’s got to stop, but we can’t overly state how important individual action truly is. There is so much at stake, exploitive greyhound racing, cruel fur farming, animal experiments for cosmetics testing ect, barbaric bloodsports, live animal exports, dog & cat mistreatment, dog pound killings, puppy farms and dog fighting - the list is endless. Our rally will highlight all these issues and more. Canada’s cruel baby seal hunt will also be high on the agenda and we’ll have big banners and placards calling for this commercial slaughter to end, and it is in sight!

Our upcoming march and rally will see people from across the nation wake up bright and early on the Sunday morning to be in Dublin from cities across Ireland including Limerick, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Donegal, Waterford, Wexford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Kildare and of course all over Northern Ireland to join our event that will also include several inspiring campaigners speak about their work for animals. For many people attending it will be their first time attending an event to help animals so it’s important that you pencil in December 6th to be with us in Dublin for the rally - it’s a once off event to raise vital awareness so we’re desperately asking that you be with us as it won’t happen for many more years. If need be take a day off work, a couple of hours even – do whatever is necessary and please whatever you do....don’t leave it to someone else, those poor animals need you.

Details of the event are as follows:-

Date: Sunday, December 6th 2009

Time: 1.30pm Sharp

Place: Garden of Remembrance, O’Connell Street, Dublin (Top of O’Connell Street on left hand side)

Contact: John Carmody or Siobhan Higgins 087-2391646

In the meantime please do your part to help make this event a huge success. We have leaflets and posters that we can send you to distribute to people and create awareness of the rally plus it will help spotlight cruelty to animals and help educate, contact us directly if you’d like us to mail these to you. You also got a perfect opportunity to invite your friends, family and co-workers along too – please remember most people will support the cruelty to animals cause especially by attending this exciting event so animals are counting on you to tell everyone! Please highlight the event on your Facebook, Bebo or MySpace account and why not text everyone in your phone book with the details? Contact us if you need the wording for such a text.

Above all, the single most important thing to do is please don’t ignore this email - do not let it to someone else. If we are to unite for this rally then it’s imperative we all join hands and have one huge event in Dublin, for far to long animals have been forgotten.

Thank you so much for caring and I hope that on December 6th