In what turned out to be a rehoming first for Animals In Need (AIN), two rescued kittens referred to as Fi and Lexie arrived at their new home by way of helicopter.
The kittens had been booked to go to a home on Tory Island, however on account of stormy climate final week, all ferry crossings had been cancelled.
However, Fi and Lexi took off on the weekend and even had a neighborhood canine as a flight companion, and so they quickly arrived safely at their home.
Not many cats can say they’ve flown in a helicopter and AIN want them lengthy and comfortable lives with their new household.
There can be excellent news for a ginger kitten referred to as Sprite, who was rescued earlier than Christmas with a badly injured entrance leg.
Unfortunately, his leg was past restore and needed to be surgically eliminated by a vet.
Sprite has since made restoration and rapidly adjusted to life on three legs, and he has now been adopted.
A stunning cat referred to as Daisy has additionally discovered home and might be going to stay in Limerick this week.
Sadly, there may be not at all times a cheerful ending when an animal is rescued.
ABOVE: Little Kiwi couldn’t be saved
A young, ginger kitten referred to as Kiwi was amongst a colony of round twenty-five cats that have been rescued by AIN when their proprietor grew to become unwell and needed to go abroad for remedy.
Kiwi was the smallest kitten within the colony and was emaciated when he arrived at his foster home because the bigger cats had been pushing him out of the way in which at feeding instances.
He was given loads of good meals by his fosterer and initially he began to placed on weight however sadly he out of the blue started to lose it once more and his respiratory grew to become laboured.
Kiwi was taken to the vets the place x-rays revealed that his lungs have been completely broken, and nothing could possibly be achieved to assist him.
Tragically, Kiwi needed to be put to sleep, a heartbreaking determination for his fosterer, but it surely was the kindest factor to do, following veterinary recommendation.
In higher information, all the opposite cats from the colony have now been rehomed.
Another six semi-feral cats are searching for properties from a separate colony.
Their proprietor had moved right into a nursing home and the cats have been left behind.
These cats are used to residing exterior however are snug interacting with folks, and subsequently would swimsuit an out of doors home with shelter and meals supplied, though they could settle sufficient to come back indoors in time.
All six cats have been neutered, handled for parasites and vet checked.
AIN are rehoming the cats in pairs in order that they’ve firm.
If you’ll be able to supply any of the cats a home, please contact the cat helpline or ship a message to AIN by way of Facebook for additional info.
The volunteers at AIN have rescued and reunited a number of stray dogs through the week and would as soon as once more attraction to folks to maintain their dogs below management always, particularly right now of 12 months with the arrival of lambing season.
This contains holding your canine on a lead in case you are going for a walk within the countryside.
It solely takes a minute for a canine to run right into a discipline stuffed with sheep and trigger injury.
Even if the canine doesn’t attack the sheep, the trauma of being chased could cause sheep to abort their lambs.
In city areas, roads are nonetheless being gritted and it’s value remembering that the salt used to soften snow and ice is extraordinarily poisonous to dogs and likewise to cats.
If you have got walked your canine in a gritted space, at all times wash their paws once you get home as ingesting even a small quantity of the salt could cause vomiting, lethargy, and in extreme circumstances, kidney injury.
ABOVE: Outdoor properties wanted for semi-feral cats
Finally, ‘Kitten Season 2024’ will quickly be upon us, and AIN are interesting to folks to neuter their pet cats and to get entangled in Trap/Neuter/Return (TNR) of any stray and feral cats of their neighborhood.
AIN has humane cat traps that may be borrowed, and additional recommendation is available by contacting the charity.
To assist AIN’s animals, please donate €2 to AIN’s ‘Help Us To Help Them’ fundraising attraction by way of your cellphone by texting the phrase ‘KITTEN’ to 50300. Every cent goes on to the rescued animals for his or her meals, bedding, vet payments, worming remedy and vaccinations.
For additional info on adoption, fostering, volunteering and so on, please contact the primary helpline on 087 1356188. For cat/kitten enquiries please name 087 7644420. Animals In Need Donegal can be on Facebook and has a web site at
