Animal Rights Kinship

09/01/2025

❣️❣️❣️ Urgent Foster Required ❣️❣️❣️

Our boy Jax is in having his entropion surgery today and we have had zero interest in him 💔 we cannot understand why cause this boy has been great with us since coming into our care. We really do not want him to have to recover in kennels 😢😢

We are urgently looking a dog free foster for him to recouperate in. If you can offer Jax a warm cosy corner and we will supply everything else! Please PM the page if you can help Jax 🙏🏻🙏🏻

09/01/2025

Are a landowner across the greater Belfast Hills area? Are you hoping to improve the quality of biodiversity on your land in 2025? Would you like to take a more environmentally friendly approach to farming and don't know where to start?

Why not plant more trees?! The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Small Woodland Grant Scheme is currently open for application. Funding is available for new native woodland planting of 0.2ha or more on agricultural and non-agricultural land. The establishment grant can cover costs including prep, trees, labour, maintenance & some stock fencing. Land converted from agricultural use to woodland can also be eligible for annual premia, an area-based payment of up to £350/ha per year.

Get in contact with our Woodland Officer, Laura, who can visit your site to provide advice on the grant, planting plans & other queries around woodland creation.
Message us, email [email protected] or call 028 9060 3466 (Monday - Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm). Further information on the BHP Woodland Project, which is delivered in partnership with The Woodland Trust Northern Ireland, can be found here:
https://belfasthills.org/projects/woodland-project/

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09/01/2025

Help Tara Loughlin raise money to support Husky Rescue Ireland

09/01/2025

It feels like “Groundhog Day”, nothing changes, we just get older and more disillusioned.

09/01/2025

❗️SORTED! Thank you Stephen!❗️

❄️🕊️ HELP NEEDED 🕊️❄️

Is there anyone who has a decent car and would be able to travel to Greenmount and pick up some wild bird seed and chicken feed for us today?

The wild birds depend on us for food in this cold weather. Our chickens have generously shared some of their food, but are now running out too.

Can you help? Please let us know.

08/01/2025

🌟 Volunteers Needed! 🌟

Are you passionate about helping animals in need? Looking for a way to make a real impact in your community? Join our wonderful team and be part of something truly special!

We are seeking dedicated volunteers for two distinctive roles, both of which come with full kit, training, and ongoing support.

🏥 Hospital Unit Partner: Care for and support rehabilitating foxes at our hospital in Paddock Wood, TN12. Choose a weekly morning (9am-12pm) or evening (5pm-8pm) shift that suits you best and make a difference in the lives of our foxy patients!

🚨 Rescuer: Be the hero in the field, aiding us in swiftly reaching injured, trapped, or orphaned foxes to ensure they receive urgent medical care. This home-based role requires access to your own vehicle. When a rescue mission arises in your area, we'll reach out to you. If you're available, fantastic! If not, no worries—there's always the next opportunity! (Currently seeking rescuers with some availability during weekdays 9am-5pm in: Croydon, Dartford/Gravesend, SE London, Bromley, and East Grinstead areas.)

If you'd like to get involved, please e-mail [email protected] for more information. 🦊

08/01/2025

The Hunting Act was implemented to curb fox hunting, it left behind loopholes that hunts exploit to continue their barbaric activities under the guise of secrecy. But there's hope on the horizon! The May Amendments offer a chance to close these loopholes and put an end to fox hunting once and for all. These amendments are straightforward and can be put into action immediately. Join us in our fight against this outdated and inhumane practice. Sign our petition and urge your MP to support the May Amendments. Together, we can make a difference and protect our precious wildlife.
https://savemetrust.co.uk/2021/01/02/proposal-of-amendments-to-the-hunting-act-2004/

08/01/2025

07/01/2025

At least three foxes were terrorised by a pack of dogs during a recent hunt in County Antrim.

A 20 December 2024 report in the Irish Field outlined that the first fox was found in a bog. The East Antrim hunt's dogs "screamed away" after the unfortunate animal who was eventually "marked to ground beside the motorway".

In fox hunting terminology, “marked to ground” refers to the point when the pack of hounds chase the fox into an earth or drain. This is typically followed by the arrival of the hunt’s terriermen who cruelly catch the fox using shovels, spades and terriers before the doomed animal is pulled out and brutally killed.

Later, a fox was chased "on a wide circle" before he ran for cover and, according to the Irish Field report, was "left for another day".

Another fox was targeted "near Laurel View Equestrian Centre, owned by Robert Davis who was following on a quad".

Running for his life, this fox "brought them on a spin through Edmund Arthur’s - who breeds thoroughbreds - then over Brian and Jayne McConnell’s, who won the 2024 Randox Ulster National with Jumping Jet, trained by Gordon Elliot..."

This fox was also marked to ground.

DID YOU KNOW? Irish taxpayer-funded Horse Racing Ireland has handed out over €12 million to hunts since 2014 (in the form of point to point racing grants). The East Antrim hunt has received €317,900 including €49,500 for 2023.

SEE ALSO

HRI’s shameful €12 million in funding to cruel fox hunts
https://banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2024/06/04/hris-shameful-e12-million-in-funding-to-cruel-fox-hunts/

ACTION ALERT

It's time for a ban on fox hunting in Northern Ireland. Opinion polls have shown that most people support a ban.

Please respond to the Public Consultation on the Private Members' Bill to Ban Hunting of Wild Mammals with Dogs in Northern Ireland (Deadline: 13 January 2025)
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JBHuntingPMB

Ban hunting with dogs in Northern Ireland - sign and share the petition
https://www.change.org/p/the-northern-ireland-assembly-ban-hunting-with-dogs-in-northern-ireland

Join us in urging political party leaders to back a ban on fox hunting in the Republic of Ireland.

Simon Harris TD
Leader, Fine Gael
Telephone: +353 (0)1 618 3805 or +353 (0)1 889 2442
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
X: http://www.twitter.com/SimonHarrisTD
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DeputySimonHarris

Micheál Martin TD
Leader, Fianna Fail
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Phone: +353 (0)1–618 4350 or +353 (0)21-432 0088
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michealmartintd/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/

Mary Lou McDonald TD
Leader, Sinn Fein
Tel: (01) 727 7102
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaryLouMcDonald
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MaryLouMcDonaldTD

Ivana Bacik TD
Leader, The Labour Party
Tel: (01) 6183136
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ivanabacik
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bacikivana/

If you are a landowner, make your land off-limits to hunters. Find out more about how to do this on our Farmers/Landowners Page – http://www.banbloodsports.com/farmers.htm

Witness the cruelty of fox hunting at
http://www.banbloodsports.com/videos.htm

Please support our campaign with a donation
https://www.paypal.me/banbloodsports

07/01/2025

Victoria Square
Profiting from animal abuse.

07/01/2025

Commerz Real AG is the German company that owns Victoria Square shopping centre in Belfast. For several days, a Black-Headed Gull has been trapped within the dome of the complex.

The centre is refusing rescue.
They are contacting an exterminator.

Our natural wildlife is in dire need of protection, and faceless conglomerates such as Victoria Square Shopping Centre, Belfast need to realise that situations such as this will only serve to have the facilities boycotted.

Find an overview of all contact options for us and our experts

06/01/2025