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Its big and red but not not Santa.....we are overwhelmed with the kindness and generosity from the Kavanagh family ,owners of James Street steel from their sponsorship and supply of steel for our new kennels. The Kavanagh family adopted a dog from the shelter a few years ago and we look forward to having them as our guests at our official opening of the new dog kennels in the Spring. [...]

Date for your diaries !!! Our annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held in Sharpeshill on Sunday 5th April this year. More details to follow.........

Our St. Pawtricks Day Parade is back for the second year running. We will have a little parade here on the grounds of Wicklow SPCA. There will be prizes for the best dressed pooch and also this year there will be a prize for the best dressed child, so get creative ( bonus points for hand made costumes). We will have tea, coffee and snacks available and all proceeds go [...]

Over the last number of years we have been very lucky to have Pamela Isdell supporting us on a number of projects. Pamela has a passionate commitment to animal welfare. She was the drive behind the opening of our dog park and we are very lucky again that Pamela is also one of the major supporters in our latest project, the building of our new kennels. Please join us in [...]

These two gorgeous cheeky little bruisers arrived in to us today and were NOT one bit happy with their bath-time. They are all fresh now and waiting for everyone to come see how cute they are.

We have received our new registration number under new regulations from the Dept. Of Agriculture. This number will have to appear across all social media platforms when we are advertising any of our animals that are ready for adoption. The legislation requires any person who sells or supplies more than 5 pet animals in a calendar year to register with DAFM. It also requires sellers or suppliers of pet animals [...]

We are back driving safely on the road again. Thanks from the bottom of our hearts to each and everyone of you who donated and helped us meet our target of €5,500. It is great to have a reliable vehicle that us and the animals here can rely on. Beep Beep 🙂

Liz, Sue and Eileen are off gallivanting to The Big Smoke for our next Adopt A Dog Day. The White Moose Cafe are hosting the event again this year, and it will be a great day if last year is anything to go by. We hope to see all our friends, old and new and we would like to thank Paul and The White Moose Cafe for hosting again this [...]

  Dog owners have been warned that terrible dog attacks on sheep over the last number of years are unacceptable and that they will be held liable for the costs. Seán Canney TD, the Minister of State with responsibility for Dog Control has highlighted the responsibility of dog owners and the vulnerability of sheep to dog attacks, particularly during lambing season. Dog attacks cause real and serious injury to sheep [...]