CCDR Calls on the Executive to include a Strategy for Animal Welfare in the PfG

Causeway Coast Dog Rescue has been continually calling for a ‘Strategy for Animal Welfare’ in Northern Ireland, to be included in the forthcoming ‘Programme for Government’ (PfG) which the Executive announced today is being drafted and will be out for consultation. Chairman, Margaret Dimsdale-Bobby states…  This is crucial if we are spending public money on […]

Aligning Stormont with Westminster to Improve and Reform Animal Welfare in Northern Ireland

Caption: Dr Marc Abraham OBE, Vet and Founder of Lucy’s Law, Tara Cunningham Animal Welfare Lobbyist CCDR and Brian Gryzmek CCDR at Stormont today meeting with MLAs to take forward Lucy’s Law in N.Ireland. info@causewaycoastdogrescue.org   Causeway Coast Dog Rescue charity has teamed up with published vet Dr Marc Abraham OBE who successfully brought forward […]

CCDR Announce Date of NI Animal Welfare Conference

Causeway Coast Dog Rescue confirms the date and focus of this year’s Animal Welfare Conference, Wednesday 2nd October 2024 This year’s theme will be “Collaboration”,  ‘WHAT DOES COLLABORATION LOOK LIKE TO IMPROVE ANIMAL WELFARE? We have listened to delegates and charities attending Northern Ireland’s first conference held in 2023 and at their request and as […]

CCDR Respond To Ministers Announcement

New safeguarding measures for XL Bully breed type dogs to be introduced | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (daera-ni.gov.uk) Following Today’s announcement by minister Andrew Muir we are deeply disappointed that Northern Ireland is taking this direction however handing the responsibility over to local government to enforce this XL bully type ban is […]

North coast charity ‘CCDR’ welcomes Battersea and delegates from UK and Ireland to first Animal welfare Conference in Northern Ireland

Causeway Coast Dog Rescue charity, welcomed over sixty delegates, 21 charities, members of ROI central and local government and local political representatives of Northern Ireland to their first ever Animal Welfare Conference focusing on improving the health and well-being of dogs. The event was held at Stormont Hotel on Wednesday 25th October 2023, with speakers […]

Charities and shelters struggle as NI faces five-year high in levels of unwanted dogs

An animal charity has warned that increasing numbers of unwanted but  healthy dogs will be needlessly put down because they can’t be rehomed. Causeway Coast Dog Rescue (CCDR) says that charities are “in crisis with nowhere to go” as the number of unwanted dogs in Northern Ireland has risen by 75%. https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2023-07-20/three-legged-penny-finds-a-forever-home-but-ni-has-100s-of-unwanted-pups