WEST CORK ANIMAL WELFARE GROUP

The West Cork Animal Welfare Group was founded in May, 1999 in response to a desperate need to help unwanted, abandoned, neglected and abused animals in West Cork. During the 8 years we have been in operation we have rescued and re-homed over 2200 animals. 

We are a small group of people who work totally voluntarily so any funds raised and donated go directly to the upkeep of the animals in our care. With our present facilities near Rosscarbery in County Cork we can accommodate up to 35-40 dogs and puppies. We re-home an average of 250 dogs and puppies a year from our kennels and many more that we don't have space for in the kennels via our website. Although we don't have facilities for other animals we often advertise them on our web site for people and successfully find homes for them.

Our aims are 

• To promote and encourage the welfare and protection of animals
  
  We hope to do this by the following:
  
• By providing shelter and treatment for neglected, abandoned, unwanted and abused animals until they are ready to be re-homed
  
• By promoting the benefits of neutering and spaying
  
• By attending schools, colleges and other organisations to educate and advise
  
• By promoting the benefits of vaccination and regular worming to reduce the spread of disease
  
• By liaising with veterinary surgeons, councils, Gardai , other welfare organisations and official bodies
  
• By investigating reports of cruelty with the co-operation of the Gardai

We have a complete non-destruction policy and no animal is put down unless incurably sick. Every animal in our care is provided with the necessary treatment and is sheltered until fit enough to be re-homed. We have a few long term dogs who are difficult to re-home and to help with our expenses of these dogs we have a sponsorship scheme. 

All adult dogs are neutered, vaccinated and wormed before they are re-homed and puppies too young to be neutered are vaccinated and wormed before being re-homed.