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A specially built equine shelter has been opened in India to honour Galway woman Caitriona O’Leary, who died in a horse-riding accident in England two years ago.

Local dog rescue charity MADRA will hold a Puppy Adoption Day at its charity shop in An Fiontarlann, Westside this Sunday, June 8 from 12 noon to 4pm.

A volunteer with the Mayo SPCA is warning people not to advertise dogs or puppies as ‘free to a good home’ on websites such as DoneDeal or Gumtree because they could end up being used in the barbaric practice of dog baiting.

A dog adoption day will take place at Trusty Pet Pals dog day care centre in Briarhill Business Park on Saturday, April 12, from 12 to 4pm.

Athlone Animal Welfare (AAW) have announced a fundraising bowling night for Saturday April 12. The proceeds from the event will be used to support the charity’s spay and neuter scheme, and their public assistance programme. Both initiatives have been very successful over the past year but funding pools are now exhausted.

Not a single fine was issued to a dog owner last year on foot of a dog fouling detection.  

Children of non-migrant parents have a significant advantage over children of migrant parents when it comes to educational achoievement and ambition, a major study undertaken at NUI Galway has revealed. In the study, the Population and Migration research cluster at the Whitaker Institute at NUI Galway has identified an emerging achievement gap between young migrants and their non-migrant peers, which will result in a significant under-representation in third-level institutions.

The GSPCA has appealed to the public to report illegal traps following the discovery this week of a domestic cat which was seriously injured by a trap.

Legislation providing for compulsory microchipping of dogs is expected to be published shortly.

A cat resue charity is calling on people in Mayo to spay and neuter cats, even strays on their property, because there is a “cat population crisis” in the county.