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Tomorrow around Guernsey we will be celebrating Liberation Day on Thursday 9th May and as part of the many celebrations the GSPCA will be out with our stalls in town and in St Andrews.
GSPCA Manager Steve Byrne will be manning a stall on Castle Emplacement in town and setting up from 7am and Michelle Champion will be at the Last Post from 10am setting up with both stalls packing up around 530pm.
This week a number of the GSPCA team were lucky enough to attend the Association of Dog and Cat Homes Conference in Birmingham which was an amazing experience meeting over 500 animal charity professionals and volunteers learning from leading charity and animal welfare experts.
On Wednesday 1st May as part of the conference the ADCH and Petplan Awards took place with one of the finalists being our very own GSPCA Animal care Assistant Beckie Bailey.
Tonight the Petplan and the Association of Dogs and Cats Homes (ADCH) hold their seventh Animal Charity Awards. The awards celebrate the outstanding work of staff and volunteers in animal charities and not-for-profit organisations across the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands.
The team at the GSPCA are very excited that Beckie Bailey GSPCA Animal Care Assistant and all round star for the Shelter from nearly 5000 nominations is one of three finalists for the Animal Charity Employee of the Year.
Thanks to Guernsey Post, Donkey Logic and Colour Monster leaflets were dropped around Guernsey yesterday to promote our fund raising appeal to help raise funds for a new Wildlife Hospital here in Guernsey.
With over 2000 wild animals through our doors every year we help more wild animals than domestic every year and with the current facilities decades old and in desperate need of repairs and updating the GSPCA are appealing for your support to build a better future for the wildlife of Guernsey.
There are a number of ways you can help donate to this much needed project –
Once again we will be holding a Giant Animal Mascot event during our Animal Welfare Seafront Sunday.
This is open to mascots and individuals prepared to dress as an animal and play a fun football game with a rather over sized ball.
We are asking businesses, pubs, individuals or anyone as a team of 5 or an individual and we can make extra teams on the day.
Don't worry about what to wear we will provide the Giant Animal Mascot suit and have over 70 available, although can bring your own.
Earlier this year the GSPCA Manager Steve Byrne celebrated his 40th year and helped raise funds for the GSPCA instead of cards and gifts.
Steve at the time decided that he had put on a little weight in recent years so made the decision to get fit and run the Guernsey Dairy Milk Run Half Marathon.
To sponsor Steve and donate online please visit - https://bit.ly/2vqrmFE
Sunday night 28th April Charity Bingo at Cafe Amiti, Nouvelle Marataine in aid of Clic Sargent and the GSPCA
Eyes down sharp 7pm, 10 games of bingo, 2 flyers, bonus ball and a strip of raffle tickets, 6’s £16, 3’s £12.
Plus last man standing bingo and football cards during the interval, pop down and join us.
Cafe open for hot food, drinks & snacks.
For details call Mim Sarre on 07889 431888 for more info and she promises to behave calling the numbers
The GSPCA has recently seen a huge rise in the numbers of rabbits coming into our care.
With 25 rabbits looking for new homes and many more coming in over the next few days Easter was certainly a busy time at the GSPCA for those that care for the rabbits.
Many of the GSPCA rabbits looking for homes are now outside on our Bunny Hop Hill and we are not only appealing for new homes for those in our care but we are also appealing for funds to help build new enclosures for the rabbits at the GSPCA.
With Spring well underway the GSPCA are asking Islanders to please be mindful of the many fledglings popping up around the Bailiwick.
The GSPCA would like to remind that as a general rule, it is best to leave baby birds alone.
A baby bird has a greater chance of survival in the wild than it has being hand-reared by man as they learn to fend for themselves and how to forage for food by their parents.
Around 2 weeks after hatching young birds in your Bailiwick garden usually leave the nest, just before they learn how to fly.
Last Wednesday the GSPCA had a very special visit from Baroness Fookes DBE DL.
Baroness Janet Eveyln Fookes, DBE DL is a member of the House of Lords as well as an honorary Vice President of the RSPCA.
Baroness Fookes had a behind the scenes tour at the GSPCA meeting many of the team, animals and with an entourage from the media.
Baroness Fookes was accompanied by her good friend Madeline Dawson and they both thoroughly enjoyed their visit with their guide Steve Byrne the GSPCA Manager.