Guernsey

With the wonderful support of the Bella Luce Hotel and in aid of one of their chosen charities - the GSPCA – Livingroom are thrilled to announce their Livingroom Christmas Dog Walk!

ALL are invited to join on Sunday 15th December at 10am at the Bella Luce.

Everyone will meet in the courtyard of the Bella Luce Hotel and take our four legged friends for a festive walk around the beautiful lanes of St. Martins.

The walk will be followed by hot chocolates and mulled wine with donations welcomed to the GSPCA.

Parking is available at the Hotel carpark.

On Thursday we hold our 13^th Volunteer Induction of 2019 having inducted 152 volunteers through this years events.

Steve Byrne GSPCA Manager said “We cannot achieve so much without the incredible volunteers and team we have here at the GSPCA and with a busy Christmas ahead we need a huge amount of help to care for the 500+ animals at the GSPCA.”

“Some may have a few hours Christmas day, Boxing Day or even New Years day from walking dogs to cleaning out cats there is always loads to do here at the GSPCA.”

Christmas Party Time at the Peninsula Hotel with Sidneys Sponsored Events in aid of the GSPCA

Saturday 21^st December 2019

7pm until 11.45pm

2 Course Meal

Dancing through the decades with UK Band

Electric Dream

DJ’s and Party Frocks

£48 pp all proceeds to the GSPCA

Contact corinneconnolly@cwgsy.net or call

07911720469

All welcome

This Saturday at the GSPCA we are having our annual Christmas celebration for all those that have done so much for animals and the community over the last year.

Dress code is Christmas themed and all staff, volunteers, friends, supporters and families are welcome to join us to celebrate all we have achieved during another busy year.

Children are also welcome and there will be lots to keep them entertained from space hoppers to tunnels to play in.

Earlier today our Animal Collection Officer and GSPCA Head of Marine Mammals Geoff George was rescued a 2-3 day old Grey seal Pup from Grandes Rocques.

The very emaciated and poorly pup was nearly a quarter of the weight he should be for his age with no mother in sight.

At only 12kgs if the pup hadn’t been rescued it would have surely perished on our West Coast.

‘Crash’ as the young pup has been named is now receiving around the clock intensive care as it will need fluids and rehydration every 2 hours 24/7 to stablise it.

With a record breaking number of hedgehogs in our care this year and over 500 animals at the moment we need you to help us help animals this Christmas.

From wildlife to domestic, those needing homes to rehabilitation there are many ways you can support our work and what a great gift helping animals in need could be for a loved one.

Steve Byrne GSPCA Manager said “With the biggest day of kindness and giving to others approaching we would love islanders to think of the many animals in our care.”

You may have seen our two recent posts on older cats desperately in need of homes and how Spud and Dexter are settling well in their forever homes.

This is Dexter one of our rare younger recent residents that as you can see is loving his wonderful new home.

It is great that we see very few kittens in need or suffering, but this does mean we don’t often have many young cats in need of homes, but we certainly have many older cats needing that special someone.

You may have just seen the story on Spud a 15 year old cat now happy in his forever home. We recently had another update from a cat called Bandit.

Anna Paint Senior Animal care Assistant said “Bandit was an 11year old cat that when he arrived needed a bit of dental work.”

“Older cats very often need very special homes which are few and far to find but after 6 months of care we found this lovely cat just the right home.”

Finding the older cats new homes in Guernsey is often a struggle and no more so than for the lovely Spud.

It took over 7 months for us to find this loving wonderful cat his forever home which we are delighted to say he is doing very well in.

Anna Paint Senior Animal care Assistant said “Spud was with us for 7 months before he went to his forever home and we are delighted to say he is doing very well and we are getting lots of updates as his new Dad is one of our wonderful volunteers.”

Many think that Guernsey hedgehogs like their cousins in the UK hibernate but sadly this is a rare occurrence for the majority of our spikey friends as they require a temperature of 5c or below for their body clock to switch to this Winter behaviour.

With the mild climate we have in the Channel Islands it is rare for a day to go by that we don’t rescue of help a hedgehog 365 days a year.