Services

Last update: 11 September 2009

The society provides a range of services which include running an emergency animal shelter, providing advice, information and assistance to the general public on all issues regarding animals, responding to all reported road traffic accidents involving animals, providing an animal rescue service, and running educational workshops for young people. The animal shelter cares for sick and injured and very young animals who are abandoned or whose owner is unknown, with the purpose of re-homing. The advice work involves giving the general public advice and information with regard to the proper care of animals, and placing animals in kind, loving homes. The animal rescue service involves coming to the aid of all animals, domestic and wild, and fowl who are reported to us as being in distress. 1,200 schoolchildren took part in our education workshops last year.

Our statistics for the year show an increase in the volume of work and an increase in the number of people who received advice and assistance.

1996
Total calls received 3,600
Cruelty cases investigated 544

1997
Total calls received 4,200
Cruelty cases investigated 751

1998
Total calls received 6,000
Cruelty cases investigated 700

1999
Total calls received 9,360
Cruelty cases investigated 800

2000
Total calls received 9,600
Cruelty cases investigated 697

2001
Total calls received 9,500
Cruelty cases investigated 537

2003/2004
Animals coming through our doors 844 (rescued via sanctuary: dogs 374, cats 226, other 244)
Total calls 6,950

2005/2006
Animals in our care for year 1,000 approx
Total Calls received 20,000 approx
Cruelty Cases 10,000 approx

The office received over 20,000 calls during the year 2005/6. These calls consisted of people reporting alleged cruelty cases, offering to give a home to a rescued animal, seeking assistance to find a home for an animal in their care, or reporting animals lost, found or injured. All cruelty cases reported to us were investigated by our Field Officers, who are also called out to assist any animal involved in a road traffic accident. 10,000 cruelty cases were investigated.

Over 1,000 dogs, cats and kittens were successfully placed in good homes, or are waiting to go to new homes.

2006/2007
Animals coming through our doors 2,600
Calls to office 20,500
Cruelty cases 3,000

2008/2009
Animals coming through our doors 1,508
Calls to office 25,778
Cruelty cases 5,387