Irish Animals

Over 300,000 kittens are
born in Ireland every year.
Of those 180,000 kittens die
before they are 4 months old.

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Trap Neuter Return

Trap Neuter Return is becoming recognised as an efficient and cost-effective tool for controlling and reducing feral cat populations.

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Neutering

Neutering your cats and dogs
is one of the most important
things you can do for your
companion animals.

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Drogheda Animal Rescue (DAR) hosts Ireland's TNR Manual on these webpages.

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Feral Cat Shelters

Found a lovely little feral cat shelter & feeding station on Items for Sale or Free in Bantry (a great FB resource in my area). It needs a bit of weather proofing (primarily a more overhanging roof), but works lovely in the rare sunshine – got some snaps of my guys checking it out when it was installed. In the cold weather it’s especially important to provide community cats with warm shelters and safe, dry feeding stations.

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Winter Holidays

Adapted from DSPCA (© Vets Now 2009), Apartment Pets and Harmony Animal Hospital. There are a number of potential hazards to be mindful of during the festive season so read on and feast your eyes on all the tips to ensure you and your pet have a happy, safe and stress free time at Christmas… Stick To Your Usual Routine Even […]

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Winter Animal Care

Adapted from DSPCA Human animals aren’t the only ones who want to stay indoors and wrap up warm during the cold winter months! We can sometimes forget that domesticated animals are not adapted to live outside under any and all weather conditions. When it gets too cold outside, we need to take some precautions to […]

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Glengarriff TNR Trap Tips

Popped up to Glengarriff for RAWR (Rural Animal Welfare Resources) yesterday to do a bit of trapping and check out the caregiver situation. RAWR have neutered most of the cats in the area I was checking out. But a few more need to be done. And they’ve been proving elusive! So here’s some pics – including the three […]

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DAR *PurrOut*

Just a quick *PurrOut* for Drogheda Animal Rescue (DAR), one of the fab TNR organisations that came along to our workshops this weekend. Liza passed on their recent publicity with County Matters Louth – an excellent example of how to promote TNR, rescue and volunteering effectively and inspiringly – AND, as Liza said, ‘… how to look windswept and […]

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Talking TNR in Navan & Athlone

Following on from our Cloughjordan TNR session back in March, CATalyst’s Talking TNR sessions are heading up north for the weekend. Learn all about TNR and why it’s the only humane, long-term solution to the feline overpopulation problem in Ireland (and the rest of the world!). Come and join us at either free event to find out more – and network […]

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