GSPCA with St Andrews Floral Group need help with an educational garden for pet owners to learn the dangers of plants to pets

Submitted by Steve on 11:50, 10th Mar, 2017 | 0

With all of the conservation work going on at the GSPCA and planting thanks to St Andrews Floral Group we have to stop and think of the plants that can put our pets at risk.

This thought and after a recent BBC Guernsey interview has prompted the GSPCA and St Andrews Floral Group into putting together a garden display to help pet owners.

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Oscar celebrates his birthday by sharing and donating to the GSPCA

Submitted by Steve on 00:49, 10th Mar, 2017 | 0

Last month GSPCA Manager Steve Byrne met a lovely young man called Oscar Martin who had just turned 6 years of age.

Oscar who goes to Acorn House decided for his sixth birthday he would donate half of his birthday money to help the animals at the Animal Shelter in St Andrews.

Oscars favourite animals are kittens (at the moment) and when he came to make his very kind donation last month he got a behind the scenes guided tour to see the many animals and even some of the young cats at the GSPCA.

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Special Branch chip in to help the GSPCA

Submitted by Steve on 23:26, 9th Mar, 2017 | 0

The GSPCA would like to say a huge thank you to Special Branch for their very kind donation of wood chip to the GSPCA today.

Wood chip is used around the Animal Shelter for path ways and animal pens and with many of our enclosures extremely full the need has been more so this Spring than in previous years.

Lorna Prince GSPCA Welfare Manager said "Thank you to Simon and Special Branch for the very kind donation of wood chip today."

Steve Byrne GSPCA Manager said "It was so very kind of Special Branch to donate a fantastic load of wood chip that we can use around site."

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Have you lost your cockerel? Lawrence rescued with a head injury forgot his way home

Submitted by Steve on 15:35, 9th Mar, 2017 | 0

Last week on the 1st March a stray cockerel was rescued near the reservoir.

The bird was found with a head injury and collected by Animal Collection Officer Geoff George and is being cared for at the GSPCA.

Geoff George Animal Collection Officer said "We rescued the bird on the 1st March and are appealing for an owner to come forward."

"Despite his head injury he is doing well and if anyone is missing any animal in Guernsey please do call us on 257261."

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15 new volunteers join and welcomed to the GSPCA team last night

Submitted by Steve on 23:16, 7th Mar, 2017 | 0

Last night we held the third volunteer induction of 2017 at the GSPCA and saw another packed room of 15 new helpers keen to learn how they can get involved with us here at the Animal Shelter adding to the 47 inducted this year taking this years inducted volunteers to a total of 62 not including others that have helped from businesses, groups and other organisations.

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Increase in calls about dogs worrying sheep and livestock - please ensure your dogs aren't putting other animals at risk

Submitted by Steve on 22:57, 7th Mar, 2017 | 0

In the last week the GSPCA have had a number of calls of dogs worrying livestock and not under control in public places.

During Spring many farm and wild animals are preparing to give birth or nest and dogs not kept under control can really put these animals and their young at risk.

Over the last few days the GSPCA have been out daily to sheep that have escaped from fields and some have been as a direct result to dogs being out with no owner in sight chasing the animals from their enclosures.

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Gym chickens find their way home thanks to the media

Submitted by Steve on 19:03, 7th Mar, 2017 | 0

We are pleased to report that thanks to the media coverage from the stray chickens found at Beau Sejour they are now back home with their owners.

The birds had been missing for some days and the owners had tried to locate them and when they saw them in the recent media coverage they came straight up to the Shelter and the birds are now happy and back home where they belong.

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Update on avian influenza (bird flu) in the UK and advice on how to reduce the risks

Submitted by Steve on 12:00, 3rd Mar, 2017 | 0

For Guernsey bird owners this advice was issued earlier this year by the States Vet in light of the continued UK restrictions -

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Catrina the road accident cat still at the vets and doing well

Submitted by Steve on 11:23, 3rd Mar, 2017 | 0

We are pleased to report that Catrina the cat continues to improve although she is still under the care of the vets.

Sadly as no owner has come forward for Catrina in the 21 days required under Guernsey law.  The job we have now at the GSPCA with the help of Isabelle Vets is to get her well and strong enough to find her a home.

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A year since the rescue of Olivia - Did you know today is World Wildlife Day - could you help the wildlife at the Shelter?

Submitted by Steve on 08:57, 3rd Mar, 2017 | 0

World Wildlife Day is an opportunity to celebrate the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the multitude of benefits that conservation provides to people.

At the same time, the Day reminds us of the urgent need to step up the fight against wildlife crime, which has wide-ranging economic, environmental and social impacts.  Wildlife has an intrinsic value and contributes to the ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational and aesthetic aspects of sustainable development and human well-being.

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