PAWS is a work in progress, we started out in Feb 1997 with the intention to rehome unwanted dogs from their current homes. However, we soon realised the huge amount of abuse, neglect and abandonment of dogs throughout the County and we started to give them shelter and veterinary care… News spread fast and soon we were dealing with cases from Cork and Kerry to Sligo and Donegal… Since that time PAWS, has rescued, vaccinated, neutered and rehomed thousands of dogs and as 70% of these were adults, our neutering programme has prevented millions of unwanted puppies being born and consequently dumped in ditches, dustbins and dog pounds. Sometimes we feel like ‘giving up and giving in’ but then somebody says a kind word or calls to visit, with a happy, healthy adored pet, which when it originally came in to our care was a quivering, ravenous, petrified mess. Days like those give you the strength to carry on that extra mile. As you may know, we at PAWS depend totally on the public to help us to keep our doors open to abandoned and abused animals. The National Lottery have thus far ignored pleas from Animal Welfare groups to grant aid our work and the Dept of Agriculture very kindly give a small grant each year to rescue centers Sadly, however, this covers only a minute portion of the running costs, which ran to over 300 thousand euro last year. The rest is made up from flag days, fundraisers and donations. We, at PAWS now find ourselves under serious pressure. Our biggest …
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O god bawled my eyes out from 14 mins on!! I want them all…..def donating to this charity
hey sweet video! you should check this video out /watch?v=9mokamd5k5g
oh nooo this video made me sad i feel so bad for all of them
@PAWSRescueIreland I apologize if I was wrong, but from what I have seen in many different places, I was right, but I have deleted my comment.
@xxxambyangelxxx very very wrong. Get your facts straight before posting libel
P4A!!!!!!!!!!
Awww 6:45 looks like my bay girl…
I hope they all get good homes!!!!
you are both amazing for doing this video, made me so sad but great job raising awareness. thanks again both of you
don’t forget to be awesome!
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aw i want all of them
this video made me cry! I am going to adopt a dog as soon as i can
thanks for sharing Anna and Jonathan!
very nice video!
this video made me cry :’( it’s so sad to see all the unwanted animals, just from a couple cities!!! i really hope this video spreads awareness.
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Great video! My P4A video is on my channel! Check it out! =D DFTBA!
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