Clare Animal Welfare
Dog Rescue Charity
Finding new homes full of love for neglected, abused and abandoned animals
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Clare Animal Welfare operates thanks to the kindness of people just like you. Please consider visiting our donation store
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
Bjorn is a gorgeous terrier pup who’s looking for his forever family – please give him a share to help him find his people🙏🏡![]()
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This lovely little fella is only 8 months old, but sadly his family have had a change in circumstances and realise they can’t give him the time and active lifestyle he deserves💔![]()
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Bjorn is a fun, energetic boy who LOVES his walkies and needs plenty of exercise to keep his tail wagging! We’re looking for a home where he’ll get lots of walks, playtime and adventure. After a good long walk, Bjorn is more than happy to curl up on the couch for cuddles and chill time with his humans🛋️💕 ![]()
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He’s an incredibly affectionate little pup who loves being close to his people. Because of this, we’d ideally like to find him a home where he’s not without human company for more than a couple of hours a day.![]()
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Bjorn gets along well with other dogs and has been happily living with an older terrier. On walks, he can sometimes get a little overexcited when meeting unfamiliar dogs, but with more socialisation and maturity, this should improve nicely. ![]()
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He’s also been living with young teenagers and absolutely LOVES playing with them in the garden⚽ Bjorn will soon be moving into foster care with a cat, so we’ll find out shortly how he feels about feline friends too🐱🐾![]()
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If you’re based anywhere in Ireland and would love to welcome this affectionate, energetic little pupper into your life, please fill out our adoption form below:![]()
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Amazing news🥳🎉 Our adorable little lurcher pup, Poppy, has been adopted! We couldn’t have found her a better home – she was snapped up by our wonderful fosterer, Róisín. As you can see, she’s been soaking up so much love and attention ever since🥰💞![]()
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Big thanks to Róisín for offering Poppy such a loving forever home, to her fosterer for minding her so well, and to everyone who helped Poppy by sharing her post!🙏🙏![]()
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As the old adage goes: “You’ll never regret adopting a lovely lurcher!”😜🐾
Rael is looking for a home again, please give him a share so that we can find him a loving family🙏🙏![]()
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Sadly, Rael’s owner has terminal cancer, and is currently receiving palliative care💔 After we had posted him for adoption back in March, his relatives kindly decided to keep Rael in the family. Unfortunately, they’ve since realised that they don’t really have the time to give him the life he deserves. So now we’re on a mission to find Rael a peaceful, loving home!![]()
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Rael is a gentle, super-sweet, 5-year-old Saluki boy who’s had his whole world turned upside-down recently. Rael will need a home with another friendly dog, as he absolutely loves canine company and really leans on it for reassurance. He’ll also need a secure garden, no cats, and a peaceful household with children aged 10+ (or a child-free home)🏡![]()
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This lovely lad can be a little shy at first, but give him a bit of time and he’ll be utterly devoted to you🥰 He’s house-trained, walks beautifully on the lead, and travels calmly in the car. Like most sighthounds, he enjoys his creature comforts, plenty of snoozing, and the odd burst of happy zoomies when the mood takes him😍![]()
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If you’re based anywhere in Ireland and can offer Rael a loving forever home, fill out our adoption form here:![]()
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Lies, deception, cruelty, death and corruption – that’s what Greyhound Racing Ireland (GRI) is all about. We now have confirmation that the four Parteen greyhounds are back in the hell-hole. Please read and share so that we can finally get justice for these poor dogs🙏💔![]()
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In the second image, you can see the email received by our volunteer last month, deceiving us into believing that the four gentle souls would be rehomed as pets. We now realise that GRI never intended to rehome them as pets, as they would have been neutered soon after arriving in their IRGT foster home if that was the case. In the third image, you’ll see the email we received stating that the dogs have been returned to their owners, the Shanakyle Syndicate, meaning that they are back in their tiny cages in a dark shed on a grim derelict site in Shannakyle, Parteen, far from view😓![]()
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They tell us that “upgrades” have been made to the premises, but a source has shown us that these upgrades appear to be a new gate, door and camera – designed to keep animal welfare activists out. They have nothing to do with the welfare of the poor dogs themselves. Remember that GRI’s welfare officers had deemed the premises perfectly fine before we released footage of the interior. Only under public pressure were the dogs actually removed. ![]()
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GRI take almost 20 million in tax-payers’ money each year, and then lie to us. This public funding is used to abuse the gentlest dogs: forcing them to live in solitary confinement in hell holes like these, and murdering thousands each year when they can’t run fast enough. Recent news also shows the scale of how many retired greyhounds are also being killed rather than rehomed as pets: 74% of racing greyhounds born in 2022 that have been retired from the track are now dead, most before their fourth birthday💔![]()
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If you’re upset by any of this, we’re urging you to please keep the pressure on, and contact your TDs. You can find their email addresses at www.contactyourtd.ie/ and cc Martin Heydon at minister@agriculture.gov.ie ![]()
The minister himself will be officially opening the newly refurbished Kilkenny Greyhound Stadium tomorrow evening😡![]()
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Demand that the four Parteen greyhounds are removed from the shed and rehomed as pets (we have foster space for them).![]()
Demand better welfare protections for greyhounds in Ireland.![]()
Urge them to stop funding GRI.![]()
Urge them to support a total ban on greyhound racing in Ireland.![]()
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Let’s get these beautiful, gentle dogs out of that hell-hole and into loving homes! As anyone who has adopted a greyhound will tell you, they are the gentlest, most sweet-natured dogs who love their home comforts and absolutely adore their families.
Great news for our gorgeous elderly boy Buddy – he’s been adopted! 🥳🎊🎉![]()
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We’re delighted to share that this adorable gentleman has found a wonderful forever home in County Louth, where he’s being showered with love and affection by Sarah and her family😍🐶![]()
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A huge thanks to Sarah’s family for giving this sweetheart the second chance he so deserves🙏😇 Thank you as well to Buddy’s wonderful fosterers for taking such great care of him while he waited, and to everyone who shared his posts and helped us find such a great match🤩🐾![]()
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If you’d love to open your heart and home to an older dog in need, please take a look at Dori’s post from yesterday💔🐶
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.
