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Reporting sick or dead wild birds Do not handle sick wild birds. Do not handle wild birds that are found dead 1. If you find dead or sick wild birds, showing any signs of illness, report them without delay to your local Regional Veterinary Office. Alternatively, contact the Avian Influenza Hotline (01) 607 2512 or the National Disease Emergency Hotline on (01) 492 8026 outside normal office hours 2. Sick/dead [...]

Congratulation to Una and her dog Prince who will feature on the RTE programme Madrai Faoi Ghlas which will air at the end of August. Vet Ellen Hegarty and behaviourist Paula Doohan will deal with dog issues such as separation anxiety, aggression or simply chewing up the furniture and help owners get to the root of the problem. Prince is a rescue collie, adopted by Una from Wicklow spca.

We are delighted to invite you to our Dog Show on Saturday the 27th August. A fantastic day out with the canine members of your family with 9 brilliant categories to enter. Registration will take place between 11.30am - 1pm. During this time we invite you to visit the dogs and cats we have looking for homes. We kindly ask that you don't bring your dog into these areas. We [...]

As the lambing season begins please take that extra bit of care with your dogs. Make sure that you know where your dogs are at all times. Thank you   curious lambs looking at the camera in spring   https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/105b7-ministers-humphreys-and-mcconalogue-highlight-the-responsibilities-of-dog-owners-this-lambing-season/

As the years end comes upon us , we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone for the support you have shown us throughout the year. The advice and encouragement from our board has brought us to a stage of completion of the dog kennels and we can now move onto our next development and expand our facility Thank you to everyone who put their hands into [...]

Wicklow Spca would like to acknowledge Minister  Charlie McConalogue  Department of Agriculture ,food and the Marine for their allocation of €75,000 to our Society to support us in our work and animal welfare activities for the year 2022. It is only by working together that we can make progress on animal welfare. https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/12d6a-animal-welfare-strategy/ #AWD21    

Filming - We had Mícheál Ó Scannáil and his team with us for a morning of filming and 5th class from Rathdrum boys NS were the stars of the show. It will be go our on air this afternoon between 4 and 4.30 on network 2. Thanks very much to everyone for all their help today   news2day

I'm raising money for Wicklow SPCA, Sharpeshill. Any contribution will make an impact, whether you donate a little or a lot. Anything helps! Wicklow SPCA, Sharpeshill is responsible for caring for animals that are in need of rehoming or who suffered from cruelty and abuse. This cause is close to my heart four of my own dogs have come from the SPCA and two from Sharpeshill specifically. To help raise [...]