Welcome to the Offaly Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Here you can find information on how to look after your pets, report animal cruelty, tell us if you have found a stray or endangered animal, and even how to support us.

 

All creatures, great and small Do you have an animal you wish to reunite with its owner? Or have you lost a pet? Click to view our online gallery of lost and found animals. You can also upload a photo of your pet to our gallery.   PRESS RELEASES Find out here the latest pet that seeks a good home.

 

Report Animal Cruelty Unfotunately, SPCA's throughout Ireland hear of a large number of cases of animal cruelty and neglect. If you know of an animal in distress, you can call our Awareness Officer in confidence, or contact your local Garda Station. National Animal Helpline 1890 515 515.

Rescue Stories We like to hear rescue stories from members of the public. If you have one to share, we've made it easy for you to send it to us. Simply fill out our online form with your rescue story! Full acknowledgements will be given. Go to Rescue Stories

 

The Offaly Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals – affiliated to the Irish SPCA, devotes itself to the rescue, care and rehoming of animals throughout the county.

Spaying & Neutering
Its priorities include promoting the spaying/neutering of dogs and cats, in order to reduce the numbers of unwanted pups and kittens. Financial assistance for these procedures is provided to qualified applicants. Costs involved are met from Dept. of Agriculture grants, public donations and proceeds of fund raising activities.

Shelters
The Society does not have any official shelter facilities so it relies on individual members to ‘foster’ stray or abandoned animals. Chief outgoings are veterinary fees, telephone charges, cat & dog food, and insurance/affiliation. Assistance is provided to help meet costs of accommodating animals in care but all of the time involved and much of the financial outlay is contributed on a voluntary basis.

Rehoming
The OSPCA are always looking for good homes for rescued animals so if you are considering adopting a pet please check out our Give a pet a home section.

Cruelty
Cases which appear to involve cruelty are referred to the National Animal Helpline (1890 515 515).

Feral Cats
During the coming year special efforts will be made to tackle the problems posed by colonies of feral cats in ‘hot spots’ throughout the county. Many of these are disease ridden and pose a serious threat to the health of domestic cats.

We have had visitors since March 2008