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This month we are helping Rainbow Rehoming centre in Derry Northern Ireland.

The Rainbow Rehoming Centre was first established by Helen Davies in 1997 in response to the desperate need to find homes for the hundreds of abandoned and unwanted dogs and cats that are found in the Derry and North West every year.

A note from Rainbow Rehoming

Destruction rates of healthy dogs in Northern Ireland is amongst the highest in the UK and Ireland which is something we should not be proud of. We must recognise the need for responsible pet ownership in order to see a decrease in the destruction rates and improve animal welfare standards here in the North West and in Northern Ireland.

At the Rainbow Centre we take the rehoming of our animals very responsibly by neutering all of the dogs that come through our doors. This responsible rehoming policy over the years will have undoubtedly had an impact in the amount of dogs being destroyed in local pounds and will continue to have in the future.

In more recent times we have been working in partnership with the Dogs Trust in England and the Derry pound (Pennyburn Dog Kennels) which has seen the lives of many more dogs saved and this will continue in the future. 

This month’s event is dedicated to the memory of @frugaldougal’s Grandma who sadly passed away on the 18th January 2012. “May” was taken from us all very suddenly and she loved and cared for many pets and farm animals for all of her life so we think it is very fitting that this month’s charity is based in Northern Ireland where @frugaldougal’s grandma lived all her life. We will see her again across the Rainbow Bridge.