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BBC News
6 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Guernsey animal charity appeals for lost cat traps
A Guernsey animal charity is appealing to the public to help locate and replace cat traps. The Guernsey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) said the traps helped catch lost cats, as well as assisting in catching feral or semi-feral cats which needed trapping and Steve Bryne said a number of traps had gone missing or have been said: "The traps go out into the community and are placed in strategic positions. But sometimes they get moved and sometimes, quite innocently, are forgotten about." "We are appealing for information for anyone that knows where any might have been taken, as well as funding for new traps," Mr Bryne said the traps were about 4ft (121cm) in length and between 12in and 18in sq (75cm to 115cm sq)."They're quite large devices, probably twice the size of your traditional cat transporting cage," said Mr also said people could help by funding new ones which cost about £120 each. "We have helped cats and kittens from Sark, as well as all over Guernsey this year, and, with your help, we can continue to do so - find the traps and, with your kindness, replace those that are sadly unable to be repaired," Mr Bryne asked anyone who knew where a cat trap was, or had information, to take it to the GSPCA or contact added: "We just hope that the community can help us find these traps to help the cats that need them."
BBC News
6 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Guernsey wildlife hospital build begins but £2.2m still needed
Work to build a new wildlife hospital to care for injured animals across the Bailiwick has begun but more money is needed to complete it, an animal charity has said. Guernsey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) said the laying of foundations for the new state-of-the-art centre was a "major milestone" in the project which will include a new wildlife hospital, welfare kennels and ferret charity said the facility would treat local species such as hedgehogs, birds and marine manager Steve Byrne said: "We're incredibly grateful to everyone who has supported the big build so far but we still need help to raise the remaining £2.2m to bring this vision to life." He added: "Every year we help thousands of wild animals and this facility will give them the best chance of recovery and release back into the wild."Mr Byrne said the welfare kennel unit would house cruelty cases and strays and would help re-home dogs. There would also be an isolation kennel area and a laundry section for the added: "The ferret unit will help house the many stray and unwanted ferrets we help each year and the wildlife hospital will provide facilities for the 3,000-plus wildlife we help every year."The GSPCA continues to appeal for donations to help bring the wildlife hospital and "much-needed" dog kennel improvements one step closer to completion.
BBC News
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Torteval Scarecrow Festival returns with 48 entries
Nearly 50 scarecrows are taking over a Guernsey parish this weekend for an annual Torteval Scarecrow Festival 2025 raised about £16,000 for local charities last year, organisers from the church, attendees will walk a scarecrow trail through the said there would be 48 scarecrows in the competition this year. Organisers said food and drink would be available as well as a variety of other GSPCA, Parkinson's Guernsey and the RNLI Guernsey Branch have all entered a scarecrow in the festival in previous years.
BBC News
15-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Elvis the stowaway squirrel in Guernsey thought captured or dead
An animal charity has said it is "highly likely that something has happened" to a squirrel thought to have arrived in Guernsey via a vehicle in Byrne, manager of the Guernsey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA), said he thought it likely the animal, dubbed Elvis, had been captured or March the States of Guernsey had tried to trap the invasive non-native mammal but this week said it "couldn't justify the use of taxpayers' money to continue looking for our stowaway visitor".Mr Byrne asked anyone with any information about the squirrel to share it with the GSPCA. 'Very few predators' The States Veterinary Officers said they were "not actively seeking to catch the squirrel".The Sarnian squirrel, colloquially named Elvis, was first spotted near Bluchip in St Sampsons on 24 Byrne said there had been a number of sightings near and around Delancy Park between the areas of St Peter Port and St Sampsons until early said: "We have very few predators in Guernsey that would kill or eat a squirrel other than birds of prey, certain pets or human beings - whether accidental or intentional - which we hope hasn't happened."We continue to appeal for sightings of Elvis, but with the months of no reports it is highly likely that something has happened to the Sarnian squirrel from being captured to sadly no longer alive."
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Yahoo
Calls to make drivers report hitting a cat law
More than 550 people have signed a petition calling to make it a legal requirement to report hitting a cat with a car. Currently, drivers only have to report hitting dogs, horses, cows, asses, mules, sheep, pigs or goats. Dr Nichola Lloyd, who lost two cats after being hit by cars, said it was "completely bonkers" that collisions with cats did not need to be reported. Jersey became the first place in the British Isles to make it law to report a collision with a cat, carrying a fine of £10,000. Dr Lloyd lost her cat Freddie in 2024 after he was hit by a vehicle outside her home. "It was awful, we'd only had Freddie around a year. We'd just got married about two weeks before and we were settling into a new house. "I wasn't lucky enough to have children so my cats are my children, it was like losing a member of the family. I still really miss him." Dr Lloyd has joined in the calls to update the law to make reporting a collision with a cat a legal responsibility. "I was looking up and a cat doesn't come under the definition of an animal under the Road Traffic [Ordinance]," she said. "You've got to stop for a lot of things, I appreciate that cats being cats are possibly more likely to be run over than other animals, but that doesn't make them any less an animal." More news stories for Guernsey Listen to the latest news for Guernsey Steve Byrne, manager at animal charity GSPCA, said volunteers saw around 200 - 300 incidents of cats being run over every year. "If they aren't reported quickly then obviously you've got a potentially suffering animal in the road and you'll have a very worried owner not knowing where the animal is," he said Mr Byrne said one of the challenges the charity faces is reuniting injured and dead cats with their owner. "Sadly, only about 80% of cats are microchipped so there is a good portion of these cats that sometimes you've got no identification to try and find the owner. Kayleigh Mills started an online petition after she witnessed a cat get hit by a car on her road in St Peter Port. "There are constantly posts on social media saying, 'my cat has been hit in this road, my cat's been hit in that road', and I just think that it is about time people reported it," she said. "If you hit a horse or a pig or a goat, you have to report it, but for cats it doesn't feel like a priority." Follow BBC Guernsey on X and Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to Drivers urged to 'have a heart' and obey cat law GSPCA
