Giving sanctuary and rehabilitating animals left out in the cold

ANIMAL welfare groups across Ireland have called for micro-chipping, neutering and vaccinating of pets to become mandatory.

Albert Kleyn, co-founder of the Cork Animal Care Society, explains the importance of these procedures, and says they need become a requirement for pet owners, sooner rather than later.

He says: “The recently introduced Protection of Animals Act 2012 [which replaced the century-old Protection of Animals Act 1911] is too weak. Again it missed out on the neutering and micro-chipping requirement.”