STRONG APPEAL FROM GSPCA TO THE TRAVELLER COMMUNITY
Date Published: 19-Feb-2008
The Galway Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is making a strong appeal to the Travelling community to speak out if they know of ANY animal cruelty taking place.The appeal follows the discovery of a dog which starved to death at a halting site in DoughiskaMargaret O Sullivan of the GSPCA says Travellers are being tarred with the one brush following the actions of a minorityThe dog- a brindle lurcher- was found by the GSPCA yesterday morning and it's thought he died from a mixture of starvation and de-hydrationMargaret O Sullivan says yesterday's discovery was an horrific sight, and one of the worst cases seen by the GSPCAMargaret O Sullivan says the GSPCA has suspicions there's more animal cruelty taking place where the dog was discovered