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Number of dogs being put down in pounds doubled in a year
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4 Aug 2023
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8 May 2023
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a dog is for life
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Animal Welfare
Oireachtas Committee recommends ban on owning dogs with cropped ears
13 Oct 2022
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surrendered
Dogs Trust charity received 172 requests over Chrismas from people wanting to surrender their pet
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lockdown pets
Numbers of dogs being surrendered rising again with return to work and school
7 Sep 2020
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dognapping
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9 Aug 2020
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foster dogs
Dogs Trust offers temporary foster care scheme for frontline healthcare workers' dogs during pandemic
16 Apr 2020
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dogs trust
Please don't feed your dog Easter eggs, says Dogs Trust
11 Apr 2020
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Animal Welfare
'A step in the right direction': From 1 February it will be illegal to sell a puppy less than 8 weeks old
9 Jan 2020
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paws for thought
Dogs Trust hits 'paws' on adoptions of rescue pets until New Year
16 Dec 2019
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not just for christmas
Almost 2,000 people have surrendered their dogs to Dogs Trust so far this year
6 Nov 2019
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a dog is for life
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hot dogs
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23 Jun 2018
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good stuff
Number of dogs destroyed in Irish pounds down 40%
18 May 2018
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Elsa the dog
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20 Feb 2018
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paws for thought
186 people have asked to surrender their dogs to Dogs Trust since Christmas
31 Jan 2018
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drawings for doggos
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it's the law
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not for xmas
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Puppy Promise
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Puppy Promise
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Puppy
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a new life
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Dogs saved
Nine dogs saved from death
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Death Row
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Rescue
140 dogs saved in biggest canine rescue in State history
12 Feb 2013
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Animal Welfare
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28
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