Category Archives: DEFRA

Santa comes to Gorseinon RSPCA Charity Shop

Stop Press News! Santa will be in the RSPCA CHARITY SHOP in Gorseinon this week.

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Beautiful grey & white cat found in Mountain Ash

Regular visitors to my little blog will know that on a couple of days a week, we drive the ambulance for the RSPCA in Swansea. Today we had to take a beautiful grey and white cat, aged possibly about two years, to the vet for a check-up, after she arrived at the Centre. She had [...]

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Dogs & Cats Are Different!

Yesterday, I caught a snatch of something interesting on Breakfast TV. Apparently, hundreds of people are at risk of killing their pet cats by mistake.

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Barclays Bank Customer Services

The other day, I found a Barclays bank visa card on the pavement as I took the dog for a walk

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“Dangerous Dogs”

Hardly had Dublin City Council had time to let the ink from its ancient quill pen dry, than somebody with perhaps an eye for publicity saw fit to jump on the bandwagon.

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Not Rearing Pigs

The following copy of a letter was forwarded to me today, and I laughed so much that I thought it was worth publishing it here. I congratulate the author and hope anyone who reads it here will enjoy it too!

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Staffie to France? Non!

Last summer, we had a very successful camping holiday in France accompanied by our Staffie Cross, which I wrote about here (Click to read) We have now been informed that our lovely furry friend is considered to be a dangerous breed and will not be allowed into France.

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Wales Air Ambulance

One of our favourite charities is the Welsh Air Ambulance

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Animal Welfare Act

Congratulations to the Powers That Be for seeing sense at long last! On November 8th, the Animal Welfare Bill finally received Royal Assent. This is very good news because

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RSPCA Volunteers

As volunteer animal ambulance drivers at Llys Nini Animal Rescue Centre, we regularly transport a variety of animals to and from the local vet. This entails going in and out of the centre’s vast grounds at hours when the centre is closed to the public, early in the morning and late in the evening.

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