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What We Do
The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) works locally and nationally rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing animals.

ISPCA Animal Welfare Inspectorate
The ISPCA Animal Welfare Inspectorate provides a valuable service throughout the country. Inspectorate operations assist animals, members of the public and statutory bodies.

The ISPCA employs eight Animal Welfare Inspectors. Their role is to respond to allegations of cruelty, neglect and abuse and reports of sick and injured animals. In the vast majority of cases our officers find a solution to most problems by working with the owner of the animal(s) involved. Unfortunately however, this is not always the case and on occasion instances of cruelty, neglect or abuse are uncovered. More info

National Animal Cruelty Helpline
The ISPCA operates a confidential National Animal Cruelty Helpline 1890 515 515. The helpline deals with thousands of calls each month. Many hundreds of the calls received require follow up visits, and in a lot of cases they result in our Inspectors uncovering acts of severe cruelty and neglect. More info

The ISPCA National Animal Centre
The National Animal Centre based in Keenagh, Co Longford opened in 2002 and is accessible to our Inspectors from across Ireland. The Centre is designed to provide veterinary care and rehabilitation to all types of animals subjected to cruelty or neglect and return them to a state which enables them to be responsibly re-homed. More info

The ISPCA Equine Rescue Centre is located in Mallow, Co Cork. Following the huge increase in cruelty calls involving horses and ponies, the decision was taken to develop a Centre, on land bequeathed to the ISPCA, for the rescue and rehabilitation of equines. The Centre cares for the many equines from the south of the country. More info

Both Centres support ISPCA member Societies and other animal welfare organisations throughout Ireland.


Campaigns for Animal Welfare
The ISPCA has and continues to actively campaign for:

• Live export of horses for slaughter
• The plight of Circus Animals
• Exotic Animal legislation
• Stray and unwanted dog situation within Ireland
• Irish Greyhound Industry
• Whaling
• Bullfighting
• Wild birds for pet trade
• Seal Hunting
• Live cattle exports to Middle East
• Intensive Dog Breeding Establishments
• Stray and Feral cat situation within Ireland