EVERY canine ought to have its day and a Limerick podcaster is guaranteeing that, all through 2024 at the least, dogs may have 365 of them in a charity calendar.
Darragh Bourke, producer of The Big Bark, a canine podcast broadcasting from Ballyneety in Limerick, has introduced particulars of an annual charity fundraiser to assist animal charities all through Ireland.
Since the launch of The Big Bark podcast in 2019, near €10,000 has been raised for animal charities together with Limerick Animal Welfare, MADRA, SARDA, Dogs in Distress, Haven Rescue, and extra.
This 12 months, The Big Bark is once more elevating funds by means of the sale of its Charity calendar and a particular December stay broadcast, ‘All I Woof for Christmas’, which is able to characteristic a bumper raffle.
The charities to learn from this 12 months’s broadcast are the DSPCA and the Haven Rescue.
Over the previous 4 years, The Big Bark has seen its following and listener numbers double. With a median of 8,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode, the present has attracted visitors resembling movie star vet Pete Wedderburn, world famend canine coach Samantha Rawson of The Canine College, and Treaty Veterinary Clinic vets Dr Ashleigh Bugler and Dr Siobhan O’Neill.
“Following the success of the campaign in 2021 and 2022, we’re thrilled to launch the fundraising campaign of ‘The Big Bark – I Believe in Santa Paws’ campaign, with a focus on highlighting the work done by animal charities and centered on the ideals of hope and belief,” mentioned Darragh.
The calendar is made up of a mix of pictures of dogs belonging to listeners of the podcast, along with dogs within the care of their charity companions and dogs who’ve beforehand been adopted from rescue facilities throughout Ireland.
Dog house owners can submit pictures of their treasured pooches for inclusion within the calendar by way of the devoted Christmas web site the place calendars and raffle tickets are additionally available to pre-order instantly from The Big Bark (santapaws.thebigbark.ie).
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