Archive for the ‘RSPCA’ Category
Thursday, April 10th, 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
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Thursday, February 7th, 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. (more…)
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Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Last week I felt inundated to saturation point both by chicken welfare and by healthy eating. (more…)
Posted in Animals, Annoying things, Education, Gorseinon, Green things, Interesting things, RSPCA, Sad things, Strange things, Swansea, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Stop Press News! Santa will be in the RSPCA CHARITY SHOP in Gorseinon this week. (more…)
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
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 been brought in by one of the Animal Collection Officers from Mountain Ash where she had been found straying in the past couple of days. (more…)
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
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. (more…)
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Monday, October 15th, 2007
The other day, I found a Barclays bank visa card on the pavement as I took the dog for a walk

(more…)
Posted in Annoying things, Charity, DEFRA, Gorseinon, RSPCA, Sad things, Strange things, Swansea, Uncategorized, volunteering | 5 Comments »
Saturday, October 6th, 2007

When I was about 16 in the mid fifties, the usually very stuffy BBC Radio presentations began to throb with wonderfully vibrant sound. Elvis Presley had emerged! (more…)
Posted in Amusing things, Animals, Charity, Happy things, RSPCA, Swansea, Uncategorized, volunteering | 7 Comments »
Monday, October 1st, 2007
With the early morning drizzle and a fresh breeze yesterday, we might have preferred to have stayed in bed, (more…)
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Saturday, August 18th, 2007
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. (more…)
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