Dungarvan Animal Matters and Welfare Information

02/02/2026

Cowardly little sh*ts ran away. Not such big men after all. Pathetic.

01/02/2026

Well done to Greyhound Protection UK.

The racing names of the dogs are visible. The condition of the dogs is inexcusable.

So much for the ‘we love our dogs’, ‘our dogs are treated like royalty’, ‘the antis are telling lies’, ‘it’s just a few bad apples’, etc etc etc brigade.

It’s the whole damn lot of them. Each and every one of them is only interested in their dogs for as long as they can make money from them. Only the lucky ones enter the rescue system.

The rescue system, where those who accept the GRI hush money, are paid a pittance. Meanwhile, in the land of milk and honey for the so called ‘care homes’, I hear tell that the cost they get,per dog to rehome, is in the region of thousands of euros…

31/01/2026

31/01/2026

Greyhound Racing Ireland's 'greyhound care' course is an attempt to greywash the dog-killing industry - read Joan Burgess's letter in the Irish Examiner.

Course funded by Greyhound Racing Ireland
Letter, Irish Examiner, 24 January 2026

I was dumbfounded to read in an article by Jess Casey (Irish Examiner January 20) of the new 'greyhound care' course being launched by the Technological University of Shannon.

It is important to set the record straight. A certificate from a course funded by the greyhound industry will not help the 200 greyhounds who died on tracks in 2024, the worst since records began and a 50% jump on the previous year. It will not help the 'retired' greyhounds who mysteriously turn up on tracks in Pakistan and India, running for their lives in the blistering heat. It will not help the thousands of dogs who 'disappear' every year simply because they could not run fast enough.

It will not help the greyhounds who undergo the barbaric practice of surgical artificial insemination, one which is banned for all other breeds. It will not sway the 70%+ of the population who are opposed to this cruelty and who will never set foot in a greyhound track.

It will help those who profit from this industry and for whom the significant prize money is tax free. It will help politicians who have shares or who are directors of greyhound stadiums but who can still vote in the Dáil for State funding of €20m a year despite this being a clear conflict of interest.

So what's next for the Technological University of Shannon? A course in puppy farming organised by puppy farmers?

How disheartening to know that taxpayers' money is being spent in an attempt at 'greywashing' this toxic industry. It won't work.

Joan Burgess
Annmount Cork

30/01/2026

February cats neuter and spay month. 🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛
Hi all, we are running a special month for our feline friends to promote neutering and spay.
Have your male cat neuter for €45 ( usual fee €65)
Have you female cat spay for €95 ( usual fee €145)
Same care and standards applied to all patients.
For existing and new patients.
For all bookings or enquiries please contact us on 024 82500
Bookings and surgeries in February only.

30/01/2026

29/01/2026