Paschal Donohoe's Abandoned Animal Shelters

Shelters Get under 10,000 a year subsidy when some need 35,000 a month

 to deal with the veterinary and rehabilitation and accommodation for old abused and neglected animals. This is my Legend, who was found to have more than 150 pieces of shrapnel in his snout and jaw meaning it was always difficult for him to eat and drink and leading to arthritis. He's a hero, a philosopher and very protective of his friends and his wife Becky RIP

 June 2020

Now the Green Party have shared the programme for government with their members and thereby made public your shameless, sector by sector refusals to help man nor beast, woman nor child, Ireland nor European Union, in any way, we the Green Party members ask to be granted one last (dying) wish, to suggest that Fine Gael have the intention to improve animal welfare. 

 

The Greyhound Board have already drawn down 14 million of their 16 million euro government funding for 2020. Then on 22^ndJune a press release by a minister saing that the Industry won’t be advertised any more. The Board said in their defence that they were helpful to animal welfare organizations as they organize a lot of ‘fundraisers’. 

 

Fundraisers have not been possible for the animal welfare charities during Covid, like you decided that the farmers needed a payment of 50 million. We ask that that remaining 2 million euro allocation to the Greyhound Industry goes to animal rescue centres. Here is the list and I ask you to exclude the welfare organizations that already receive over 100,000 as they are all kill shelters rather than no kill shelters. The latter have to keep lost dogs for a minimum of 6 weeks due to new vaccination requirements, where as kill shelters must only keep animals the 5 days required by law.

 

Often in addition to the six weeks, the majority of shelters must give time and veterinary treatment to the injuries of abused dogs and reduce how disturbed they are to make them suitable for rehoming.

 

I think €20, 000 each to the 100 shelters would go some way to paying off existing vet bills and responsible pet ownership programmes like micro-chip, spay and neuter and make up for not being able to open, fundraise or rehome during the pandemic.

 

Thank you, Frances Micklem