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Earlier today GSPCA Manager Steve Byrne popped along to Ravenscroft Ltd at the Market Buildings to present them with certificates and the Champions Giant Animal Mascot 5-a-side Shield.
At the GSPCA Animal Welfare Seafront Sunday last month the team from Ravenscroft Ltd beat every team in their way to become the 2018 champions.
At the GSPCA we have many lovely areas that need caring for and we are currently appealing for volunteers to help around site.
From cutting the grass to helping care for our ponds, wedding to landscaping, pressure washing to dead heading flowers, planting to hedge cutting, watering to caring for pathes there is always plenty to do at the GSPCA.
The GSPCA is asking all rabbits to take great care as Rabbit Haemorraghic Viral Disease (RHVD2) variant 2 has been discovered once again here in Guernsey.
The fatal disease is a huge risk to unvaccinated rabbits and especially to those in outside enclosures.
Last year the GSPCA were in close communication with local vets and the States Vet after the disease was discovered for the first time in Guernsey which resulted in a number of deaths and many rabbit owners vaccinating their pets.
The GSPCA helps over 150 wild and domestic rabbits every year.
Rotary Club Guernsey & MIND Guernsey are working together to raise funds to train a trainer in mental health. Mental health has a stigma, which needs to be removed. Mental health can effect anyone at any age and comes in many forms, from Anorexia, post natal depression, stress in the work place or home, depression, PTSD through to bereavement and much much more.
This year’s EV Expo at Vazon is on Saturday 7th July 10 am. to 4 pm.
The GSPCA will be attending as thanks to Novamotion the GSPCA has an electric van now being used as an Animal Ambulance and a further thanks to Plug-N-Go.com for the charging point and JER Electrical for fitting the electrical charging point for free.
Novamotion has kindly donated a Renault Kangoo van to the GSPCA which is the first time the Shelter has had an electric vehicle which should help make savings of around £1000 a year in fuel.
GUERNSEY’S RURAL OCCUPATIONAL WORKSHOP & GSPCA OPEN DAY
Date: Saturday 7th July, 2018
Place: GROW LIMITED, COUTANCHEZ,
Time: 10AM – 3PM
PLANT AND PRODUCE SALE, BOTTLE STALL, BRIC-A-BRAC STALL,TOMBOLA STALL, TEAS, COFFEE, CAKES, SCONES & HOT DOG STALL
Please come along and support GROW and the GSPCA teaming together to promote our work and raise funds for the community and animals we help 365 days a year.
You normally see Hoglets in May, June or July, when the first litters are generally born, and in August-September, when the second litters are often born, although we do see them throughout the year when the weather is mild.
The last few weeks have been extremely busy not only with abandoned baby hedgehogs or hoglets as they are called being found but also some of the injured hedgehogs giving birth at the GSPCA.
On Tuesday 12th June Northern Trust staff came for their second volunteer day of 2018.
Over the previous four years 120 volunteers from Northern Trust have helped out at the GSPCA, with 38 staff helping in 2014 and a further 26 helping in 2015, 34 in 2016 and 16 in 2017, 6 earlier this year and additional 5 this week taking the total to 125.
Yesterday Iris a grey seal pup at just 15kgs arrived at the GSPCA which was the most unseasonal grey seal pup the GSPCA had in their care.
The pup when she arrived was incredibly emaciated and the team were extremely concerned for her condition and the reasons why she was so thin at this time of year.
Despite the vets out yesterday on a number of occasions and the care of the team at the GSPCA Iris was fitting which was of huge concern and despite treatment she passed away in the early hours of this morning.
The Harbour Carnival is a fun-filled family fundraising event in and around St Peter Port Harbour. Events include duck races, dinghy races, paddle board race, tug of war and man powered flight all culminating in a spectacular fireworks display.
For 2018 they're putting the community back into harbour carnival with live music, entertainment and a few other carnival touches!
For the first time the GSPCA have a team of Puffin entering into the Man Powered Flight which takes part at 9pm and we will be there with our stall.