The Briarfield Animal Sanctuary * Irish dogs for adoption

Well, Briarfields Sanctuary has finally permanently closed.

For the past 8 years Patricia & I have devoted our whole lives 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year to helping unwanted, abandoned, ill treated & injured dogs. Literally thousands have been helped & successfully placed in loving caring homes.

Unfortunately due to a few unenlightened local people, anxious to build yet more houses near us who do not want a dog sanctuary in their backyard, the council have issued a closure notice due to lack of planning permission.

Planning permission to save lives ???? !!!!!

Despite over 5,000 petition signatures in our support, hundreds of letters of thanks from grateful new owners of rescued dogs & well wishes literally from all over the world & following a personal letter to more than 30 members of Roscommon County Council asking for help or advice, it became obvious that no help would be forthcoming when not a single reply or even an acknowledgement was received !

When we started we had no idea just what a huge problem there was out there and just how many poor creatures needed help & sanctuary. At that time official figures showed over 25,000 otherwise healthy dogs needlessly put down in local pounds generally for no other reason than that their callous ignorant owners simply no longer wanted them. The official solution to the problem is simply to give the dogs 5 days in the local pounds before euthanising.

Last years figure was about 16,500 & so it seems that some progress has been made but obviously this is still nothing less than a scandal & doesn’t take into account countless others who are still dumped & abandoned every single day.

Take a look at the pictures on the following ages. Each & everyone of these came for sanctuary at Briarfields, were cared for, loved given veterinary treatment where required & subsequently rehomed & these are just a small sample. We have hundreds more on file.

Unfortunately this wanton destruction still continues apace. Yet more beautiful, loyal, loving creatures, literally thousands of which will be put to sleep in the coming year. No Happy 2008 for them !

There is no longer sanctuary here but many many caring animal welfare organisations work tirelessly & generally unpaid to bring about a solution to this wanton, cruel destruction.

Hopefully, organisations such as Anvil (Animals Voice In Legislation) and The Dogs Trust who are now firmly established in Ireland will be able to bring about real change.

For our part, Patricia & I would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all those who helped Briarfields in any way during its existence. We will of course still be very involved & totally committed to the cause.

Meantime, the sanctuary premises have been placed on the market for sale. We hope to move as soon as possible to an alternative location & take with us the few dogs which remain & which we now consider to be our “forever friends”

Our e mail address will still be briarfieldsanctuary(at)eircom.net

(05/12/2007)


	Well, Briarfields Sanctuary has finally permanently closed. For the past 8 years Patricia & I have devoted our whole lives 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year to helping unwanted, abandoned, ill treated & injured dogs. Literally thousands have been helped & successfully placed in loving caring homes. Unfortunately due to a few unenlightened local people, anxious to build yet more houses near us who do not want a dog sanctuary in their backyard, the council have issued a closure notice due to lack of planning permission. Planning permission to save lives ???? !!!!! Despite over 5,000 petition signatures in our support, hundreds of letters of thanks from grateful new owners of rescued dogs & well wishes literally from all over the world & following a personal letter to more than 30 members of Roscommon County Council asking for help or advice, it became obvious that no help would be forthcoming when not a single reply or even an acknowledgement was received ! When we started we had no idea just what a huge problem there was out there and just how many poor creatures needed help & sanctuary. At that time official figures showed over 25,000 otherwise healthy dogs needlessly put down in local pounds generally for no other reason than that their callous ignorant owners simply no longer wanted them. The official solution to the problem is simply to give the dogs 5 days in the local pounds before euthanising. Last years figure was about 16,500 & so it seems that some progress has been made but obviously this is still nothing less than a scandal & doesn’t take into account countless others who are still dumped & abandoned every single day. Take a look at the pictures on the following ages. Each & everyone of these came for sanctuary at Briarfields, were cared for, loved given veterinary treatment where required & subsequently rehomed & these are just a small sample. We have hundreds more on file. Unfortunately this wanton destruction still continues apace. Yet more beautiful, loyal, loving creatures, literally thousands of which will be put to sleep in the coming year. No Happy 2008 for them ! There is no longer sanctuary here but many many caring animal welfare organisations work tirelessly & generally unpaid to bring about a solution to this wanton, cruel destruction. Hopefully, organisations such as Anvil (Animals Voice In Legislation) and The Dogs Trust who are now firmly established in Ireland will be able to bring about real change. For our part, Patricia & I would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all those who helped Briarfields in any way during its existence. We will of course still be very involved & totally committed to the cause. Meantime, the sanctuary premises have been placed on the market for sale. We hope to move as soon as possible to an alternative location & take with us the few dogs which remain & which we now consider to be our “forever friends” Our e mail address will still be briarfieldsanctuary(at)eircom.net (05/12/2007)










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