Clare Animal Welfare
Dog Rescue Charity
Finding new homes full of love for neglected, abused and abandoned animals
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ABOUT
Clare Animal Welfare is a non-profit, charity organisation registered in Ireland.
We actively search for permanent, quality homes for our animals through advertisements in local newspapers, veterinary clinics, pet shops, and special events that provide exposure.
We actively support, encourage and promote neutering of pet dogs as an ethical solution to the over-population and killing of dogs in Ireland. We also wish to improve the welfare of dogs through general education of the public and through education programmes for children.
The CAW website and Facebook page provide current, up-to-date information about all of our dogs and our work.
Our Mission
Clare Animal Welfare's ultimate goal is for all dogs to have permanent, loving homes.
We wish to help create a world where no healthy, good-natured dogs are killed merely because they are considered to be surplus to requirement.
SERVICES
Fosterers assess dogs for us, help them after surgery (spaying and neutering usually) and socialize and train the dogs.
This is usually temporary and can last for a few days to months. Fosterers can adopt, although keeping a healthy number of fosterers is imperative for us.
Adoption is similar to fostering as regards caring for the animal. However, adoption is a permanent arrangement.
We are a non-profit, charity organisation registered in Ireland. Please support us by contributing. Your contributions help to ensure we continue to re-home unwanted, neglected, abused and abandoned dogs.
Please donate here.
Resources & Downloads
Adopting a rescue mini-book
This book is a required read for anyone considering adopting a rescue dog
Pre-Adoption Form
Make the first move to adopt an animal that needs you! Fill out the pre-adoption form and we will contact you.
Pre-Fostering Form
Fostering animals in need is an important role. Fill out the application below and we will contact you!
General T's & C's
Need Financial Support?
We help members of the public paying vet bills as we want to encourage spaying and neutering for those who cannot afford it. Please fill out your application here.
OUR ANIMALS
All available animals for fostering and adoption are visible here on our website as it is constantly updated. Take a moment and your new best friend might just catch your eye...
LATEST NEWS
Our latest social media posts
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Report in of a white cat with black patches removed from the road at Johnny’s Bar, Quin Rd Ennis. Photo available on request
Sadly, Greyhound Racing Ireland (GRI) are REFUSING to give us any updates on the four Parteen greyhounds – and once again, we need your help🙏💔 Please read and share for these gentle souls!![]()
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Last month, we heard that the four dogs had been removed from the hell-hole where they were caged, and that they were now in the care of GRI’s adoption service (IRGT), and would be rehomed as pets. However, the dogs still have not appeared on the IRGT website, and serious concerns remain about what will happen to them.![]()
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We’ve heard worrying rumours that the dogs will be returned to their former owner, once the Gardaí have pressed charges against the whistleblower who took the videos and photos. The footage and photos we shared showed the four greyhounds confined in tiny cages, some without access to water, with this gentle soul here wearing a cruel anti-bark muzzle to silence his cries😢![]()
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We have repeatedly asked GRI for updates, and have even offered to help secure loving homes for the dogs ourselves, but our recent emails have gone unanswered. Journalists, TDs, and Senator Chris Andrews have received only vague responses from GRI that provide no meaningful information about the dogs’ situation or their future. GRI – a heavily state-funded body – are apparently answerable to nobody!😡![]()
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Following the RTÉ documentary in 2019, which revealed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were being killed every year in Ireland because they failed to run fast enough, GRI introduced a traceability system. However, the system can’t be accessed by the public or journalists, making independent oversight impossible. We know the racing names of two of the Parteen greyhounds – Shanakyle Blue and Shanakyle Valley – but we have no way of checking their status. If anyone has information about these dogs, please contact us!![]()
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Please, please also email your TDs and the Minister for Agriculture (Minister@agriculture.gov.ie and martin.heydon@oireachtas.ie) demanding an urgent update on the four Parteen greyhounds, including confirmation that they will be safely rehomed as pets, and will NOT be returned to the hell-hole they came from🙏![]()
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Please also tell them that you were horrified by the conditions shown in the footage, and that stronger welfare protections are urgently needed within the greyhound industry. (Remember that two GRI inspectors had deemed these living standards ADEQUATE, meaning that thousands of these sociable, sensitive dogs are living in the same confined conditions or WORSE). Ask for a traceability system that can genuinely be scrutinised by the public and media, so that the fate of these gentle souls cannot simply disappear.![]()
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Finally, please urge your TDs and the Minister to support an end to greyhound racing in Ireland. Wales and Scotland have recently moved to ban this barbaric “sport”, and Ireland can choose a more compassionate future too!
We received a lovely update from John and Sue, who adopted the beautiful Holly from us just before Christmas🎄🥰 She’s settled in perfectly and is absolutely loving life right here in County Clare🏡💕![]()
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Here’s Holly with her sister Skye (on the right), who John and Sue had adopted from Clare Dog Shelter a few years ago. The two of them have become the very best of friends!! How adorable do they look together? 🤩![]()
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Big thanks to John and Sue for giving two rescue doggies such a loving home!🙏🥰
DUSTIN 🥰![]()
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Poor Dustin was brought to us recently with big bite wounds to his face, he was in a very sorry state 🥲![]()
Fortunately he has had some TLC and he’s been to the vet and is on the mend. ![]()
He could do with a quiet home where he can convalesce and learn to trust his person. ![]()
If you think you have the home for him please fill in the form below.![]()
He does seem scared of other cats tho maybe ok with a friendly female. ![]()
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service.sheltermanager.com/asmservice?account=caw&method=online_form_html&formid=56
Please like our Facebook page for regular updates
ABOUT DONATIONS
Donations are so imperative to us at Clare Animal Welfare as we are a non-profit, charity organisation.
We can only help animals as long as we receive donations. We appreciate each and every person or business who has donated to our cause so far.
You have helped abandoned, sometimes abused animals to get re-homed into homes full of love and care.
Every and any donation or sponsorship is welcome. Simply donate here or contact us.
