Category Archives: volunteering

Injured greyhounds on the run

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 [...]

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‘Shock’ increase in animal cruelty

 

 
 
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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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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Back in time - I met Elvis last night

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!

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Swansea Mutt Strutt

With the early morning drizzle and a fresh breeze yesterday, we might have preferred to have stayed in bed,

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Ex-pat Brits help children from Guatamala

This morning, I came upon some old friends via the internet.
When I am feeling a bit nostalgic, I occasionally turn to the ‘Costa Blanca News’, an English language newspaper published on Fridays in Spain. It was from this week’s paper that the names of Peter & Teresa Cunliffe leapt from the screen at me.
 

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Special dogs and cats at last available for re-homing

Great news!
A substantial number of dogs and cats who have been lovingly cared for by the staff at Llys Nini, Penllegaer near Swansea, are at long last available for re-homing. They are special animals who have had a less than perfect start in life and who have then been obliged to spend two years [...]

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