By Lesley | Published:
November 8, 2009
Yesterday saw the last ever greyhound race meeting at the Swansea Greyhound Stadium.
Fears had been expressed about the welfare of some of the greyhounds whose owners might not wish to continue to care for them.
All the animal welfare charities agreed to combine forces to ensure that temporary shelter could be found for any animal [...]
Also posted in Animals, Annoying things, Charity, DEFRA, Gorseinon, Greyhound rescue, RSPCA, Sad things, Swansea, Uncategorized, Wales, volunteering, weather |
By Lesley | Published:
March 27, 2009
Despite the fact that the Government in Westminster has seen fit to allow English badgers to continue to live in their natural settings (or should I say sets?) , the Welsh Assembly has decided that the culling of badgers in Wales is to go ahead.
By Lesley | Published:
February 3, 2009
At long last, Swansea City & County Council are about to install traffic calming measures, a pelican crossing and a 20mph speed limit in Frampton Rd, Gorseinon.
This is necessary because it is a busy road passing a primary school. However, we don’t think it will make a lot of difference to the standard of driving [...]
By Lesley | Published:
October 18, 2008
At a time when just about everyone in the country is fitting energy saving bulbs in their homes, tightening their belts against the economic crunch we are facing, having cavity wall insulation installed, closing curtains at dusk, turning down the thermostat and wearing extra clothes, switching off pilot lights and lights that are not strictly [...]
By Lesley | Published:
July 30, 2008
The South Wales Evening Post today reported a ’shock’ increase in animal cruelty in the last year.
The BBC ran a similar story this morning.
However, whilst the figures are distressing and the [...]
By Lesley | Published:
April 10, 2008
On a day when all the rest of news is sad or bad, it is great to hear some good news for once.
This Newfoundland is being trained to rescue people from the sea in Swansea.
The picture came from the Daily Mail and you can read more about this Super-Dog here
Also posted in Animals, Charity, Coastal erosion, DEFRA, Happy things, Interesting things, RSPCA, Sailing, Swansea, Uncategorized, Wales |
By Lesley | Published:
March 26, 2008
The following is an extract from the current edition of The Portugal News … an English language weekly newspaper.
By Lesley | Published:
February 29, 2008
March 1st is St David’s Day
Dydd Dewi Sant Hapus Iawn
Happy St David’s Day
Because it happened to fall on a Saturday this year……..
By Lesley | Published:
February 28, 2008
I was reading Stonehead’s blog today and took his link to another blog.
I often get incensed
By Lesley | Published:
February 7, 2008
Last week, we had to transport a beautiful and very energetic Labrador dog to the vet. His visit was for castration, which is always performed before rescued animals can be re-homed into families as pets.