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Lucie Dowling — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 21:47:05 +0000

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Kilkenny SPCA 2025 Calendar is here!

Lucie Dowling — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 20:13:45 +0000

The Kilkenny SPCA 2025 Calendar is a celebration of our community’s artistic talent and compassion. This year’s edition features stunning artwork from the following local artists:

Sandra Blanchfield
Mary Hickey
Dan Leo
Geraldine Walsh
Bridget Mansfield
Vicki O’Donoghue
Audrey Dowling
Cait Mackey
Mick Minogue
Dominika Stoppa
Thanks to our generous sponsors, every cent of proceeds from calendar sales goes directly into helping animals in need. Each purchase supports Kilkenny SPCA’s vital work while highlighting the creativity and heart of our community. Don’t miss your chance to enjoy this beautiful calendar and make a difference—grab yours today!

https://www.kilkennyspca.ie/product/2025-kilkenny-spca-calendar/

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WORLD WATER DAY

Aislinn Dunne — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 13:59:22 +0000

The theme of this year’s water day is ‘Water for Peace’. World Water Day which has been running since 1993 attempts to raise awareness and inspire action to tackle the water and sanitation crisis in the world today. In light of the two current wars the conservation of water has never been so important.

Whilst we are unlikely to solve any wars in our daily lives here there are ways that we can prevent water wastage

1. Dogs generally drink one ounce of water per pound of weigh per day. Cats need much less depending on their size, age, type of food they eat and their level of activity

Consider a water fountain for your pets. These are especially handy for cats as it ensures a supply of clean filtered water and there is no leakage

2. Try not to place the water bowl or fountain near to your pets food or litter box as our pets (specifically cats ) are programmed not to eat food which is close to their toilet/water bowl

3 Whilst we as humans, are actively encouraged to drink as much water as we can it is different for pets. If you pets starts drinking more than usual it could be a sign that they are unwell

4. Amphibians and more “wet” pets do not drink water, but absorb it. Frogs, salamanders, and others in this category need water to absorb through their skin, and the higher that quality, the longer they will live

5. If you chose to bathe your dog ensure the temperate of the water is correct. This may prevent your dog trying to escape the bath and splashing water over the edge thereby wasting it. Also let the water run down the drain so it doesn’t get too high and frighten the doggo

However we use water this week consider how we can avoid wastage and help support water for peace. To make a donation go to our donation page

Donation Page

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National Love Your Pet Day

Lucie Dowling — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:07:09 +0000

On National Love Your Pet Day. Most of us don’t need a special day to love our pets! We do it every day in little ways. However, do you know how your pets show us that they love us too? Read on!

You know the way your dog gets all excited when you haven’t seen him in like, 10 minutes? The reason that our doggos jump up on us and kiss and lick our face is to tell us that they love us and miss us when we leave. That crazy tail wag? Yip. That’s him telling us that we’re loved and appreciated.

Does your dog and/or cat want to share your bed? This is another way our pets show us affection. Wanting to sleep close to or on us means that our pets want to protect us from predators. In the case of a dog it means that he loves and trusts you and considers you part of the ‘pack’. You are the most important person in your dog’s life. He looks to you for guidance, approval, companionship and love. Animals feel the most vulnerable when they are sleeping (and going to the toilet. An interesting side fact!) so if they chose to sleep alongside you consider yourself the chosen one.

Does your cat often leave you little 4 legged (sometimes 8 legged ‘gifts’)? Your cat knows that you cannot hunt and they don’t want you to starve. Sure, who would feed them if you died of starvation?!! They are making sure that you get dinner!

When your cat or dog rolls over and shows you their belly they are showing you that they love you by exposing their most vulnerable parts of their bodies. Like sleeping beside you, they are trusting you when they are most vulnerable.

Cats head bop to show affection to their ‘person’. As well as used as an affectionate greeting it is used by cats to put their scent on you and to mark you as owned. I thoroughly enjoy being owned by a 6kg tuxedo diva!

This National Love Your Pet Day show a little extra love by making a donation to KSPCA KKSPCA Donation – Kilkenny SPCA . Your donation will ensure that the pets in our care receive all the love and protection that they deserve

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Our 2024 Calendars and Christmas Cards are available

Aislinn Dunne — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 21:11:42 +0000

Shop our 2024 Calendar and Christmas Cards just in time for Christmas.

The perfect stocking filler for the animal lover in your life.

https://www.kilkennyspca.ie/shop/

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2024 Calendar Competition

Aislinn Dunne — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 09:43:23 +0000

We want your photographs!

Each year we ask you to enter your photos for consideration for our yearly calendar and we are always overwhelmed with your responses! So we’ve decided to once again ask you for your favourite animal and pet photos for our 2024 calendar.

As with last year we’ll select a shortlist for a public vote and the winning 12 will be the stars of the 2024 Kilkenny SPCA Calendar. The winner’s photos will be featured in our calendar for 2024 and each winner will get a copy of the calendar featuring their photo.

To enter:

Email your pet photos to: lucie@kilkennyspca.ie

Minimum 300dpi
Minimum 800kb in file size
Please supply landscape photos only as they best suit the layout of calendar i.e. not square or portrait shape

We’ll have the public vote on the shortlist soon!

Terms and conditions:

1. The promoter of this Competition is Kilkenny Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Co. Kilkenny (the “Promoter”).
2. The Competition will commence on the 10th August 2023 and will run up until 23.59.59 on the closing date of the 1oth September 2023.
3. Entry into the Competition is free and no purchase is necessary.
4. Entry into the Competition shall be deemed to be a full and unconditional acceptance of these terms and conditions.
5. The Promoter reserves the right to amend, suspend or terminate these terms and conditions and the Competition at any time.
6. Entrants should include their own name and telephone number.
7. All images submitted must be the work of the individual submitting them, it is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that any images they submit have been taken with the permission of the subject and do not infringe the copyright of any third party or any laws. Entrants must warrant that the photographs they are submitting is their own work and that they own the copyright for it.
8. Copyright in all images submitted for this competition remains with the respective entrants. However, in consideration of their providing the Competition, each entrant grants a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual license to the promoter to feature any or all of the submitted images in any of their publications, their websites, social media and/or in any promotional material connected to this competition.
9. Late, illegible, incomplete, defaced or corrupt entries will not be accepted.
10. The winning photopgraphs will be selected from a shortlist of finalists via a popularity contest.
11. The winner will have 28 days to claim the prize. If the prize is not claimed within this time limit, it will be deemed to have been forfeited.
12. The prizes for this competition are:
• 1st Place – Photo to feature on the cover of the calendar and will receive a copy of the calendar
• Remaining 11 winners – Receive a copy of the calendar
• The prize is non-transferable and non-refundable and there will be no substitute.
13. The winner will be notified by the Promoter via email or telephone.
14. In the event of any dispute regarding the rules, conduct or results of the Competition, the decision of the Promoter will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
15. Any person considered by the Promoter to be in disregard of these terms and conditions will be disqualified. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any entrant for any reason at its sole discretion.
16. The entrants’ personal data will only be held for the purpose of the Competition and will not be used for any other purpose without their prior permission. By accepting the prize, the winner grants the Promoter the right to use and publish his/her name and picture in such media as the Promoter may choose (including but not limited to the internet) for advertising and promotional purposes without additional consideration.
17. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entrants taking part in the Competition or availing of the prize and they do so fully at their own risk.
18. These terms and conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland. Entrants submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Ireland.
18. All enquiries relating to this Competition can be made for one month after the close of this Competition by emailing lucie@kilkennyspca.ie

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Run for us this September with VHI Women’s Mini Marathon

Aislinn Dunne — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:09:00 +0000

Run for Kilkenny SPCA! The Women’s Mini-Marathon is taking place again this September and if you have, or are going to, sign-up we’d LOVE for you to run for us and raise much needed funds. By doing so you make a difference to local animals in need. We are a voluntary organisation and rely solely on the donations of people like you. Your donations help us to help animals in need – dogs, cats, horses and wildlife too.
1. You can donate directly to our campaign here: https://www.givengain.com/cc/kspca/
2. You can set up their own campaign and select us as the chosen charity : https://www.givengain.com/…/vhi-virtual-womens-mini…/

If you’re not a runner, don’t worry – you can donate or volunteer your time to help us out.

Thank you!

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Your donations make a difference

Aislinn Dunne — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 19:52:13 +0000

We are a fully voluntary organisation, and depend on your donations to fund our operations, operations like this. We were recently asked to assist the Guards with the rescue of some animals from a property in Co. Kilkenny. Sadly there was a large number of dogs requiring help. As a result, the guards also asked another charity to get involved in the rescue operation.

On the day the rescue we transported some of the dogs and the guards transported the rest away from the property in question. Once we had taken the dogs to a safe location, some of them were picked up by the other charity the next day. From this location, all the dogs went to be checked by a vet to assess their conditions, and the vet then vaccinated and microchipped all the rescue dogs. Two of the older dogs that were rescues were also neutered to prepare them for rehoming.

After a few weeks, in co-operation with another SPCA we started to look at rehoming the rescued dogs. It took about two months to successfully rehome all of the dogs. While we were searching for their forever homes, the dogs recovered at boarding kennels.

The boarding kennels we use are run by an ex veterinary nurse. Her team assess the dogs from a behavioral perspective and reports back to us. This helps us to make sure that we can match the right dog with the right home. The boarding kennels also work with the dogs to socialize them and make sure they are ready to be rehomed. This way we give the dogs the best possible start with their new family. We are delighted to say all the rescued dogs have now found their new forever homes. A happy end to the tail for these furry friends.

Without your support, we can’t afford to run these rescue operations, or keep the rescued dogs in boarding kennels – which provide such important support in rehabilitating these dogs for their new lives. The bill for this rescue came in at over €6000! Each dog costs €10 a night in the kennels – this €10 goes a long way as it covers boarding, food and the socialization; which is a vital part of the journey to send these dogs on their way to happy homes. Like all charities, Covid has hit us hard and we haven’t been able to raise funds in the usual ways. If you would like to help us, please donate whatever you can, become a member or volunteer your time to help.

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Annual General Meeting May 19th

Aislinn Dunne — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 20:30:32 +0000

We would like to let all our members know our Annual General meeting will be held at 19:30 on Wednesday 19^th May 2021.

Agenda for the meeting:

Recieve and consider the Financial Statements for the year ended 31st August 2020;
Review the Directors’ report
Appoint/reappoint Directors to the board;
Transact any other business as required

As a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the challenges it presents with both travel and social distancing, the meeting will be held online.

If you would to attend the meeting, please eMail chairperson@kilkennyspca.ie or send a text message to 087-2801668. A Zoom link will be sent to members prior to the meeting alongside the Financial Statement 2019-20.

We hope to see you there.

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DAFM Animal Welfare Grant 2020

Aislinn Dunne — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 16:01:45 +0000

Each year the Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine welcome applications from Animal welfare organisations for grant aid to support their causes.

There are over 200 registered animal welfare charities in Ireland, so application for the grant is competitive, with rigorous check in place to make sure the awarded charities are operating to the correct standards, and that the funding is being spent on animal welfare efforts.

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D.,said “I am delighted to award this funding to animal welfare bodies countrywide, in what has been a particularly challenging year for the charity sector. These awards mark the largest allocation of funding to animal welfare bodies by my Department, and I am confident that the support will make a great difference to the lives of Irish animals.’’

We are delighted to announce that we were one of the 101 charities who were successful in securing funding from the grant process. We have been awarded €15,000 in funding which is vital for us to continue to do the important work we do. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Department for the grant support, both from ourselves and the animals we work hard to protect.

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