{"id":310340,"date":"2026-02-21T19:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/310340\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T19:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:44:08","slug":"six-week-old-puppy-discovered-by-galway-gardai-in-filthy-boiler-house-she-deserved-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/310340\/","title":{"rendered":"Six-week-old puppy discovered by Galway garda\u00ed in \u2018filthy\u2019 boiler house \u2013 \u2018She deserved better\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The six-week-old Lurcher was discovered in the back garden of a \u201cfilthy\u201d boiler house that was being searched by garda\u00ed on Thursday, February 19.<\/p>\n

The abandoned pup was found in less than healthy condition \u2013 cold, starved and barely able to stand.<\/p>\n

The garda\u00ed contacted the kennel manager at Galway SPCA, who leapt into action and went to collect her and bring her to the sanctuary.<\/p>\n

She was then seen by t<\/p>\n

Galway SPCA shared the devastating details of the rescue as they highlighted the concerning rise in cases of abused and abandoned dogs in Ireland.<\/p>\n

They said: \u201cToday we were contacted by the Gardai who were at a premises when they came across a tiny, frail and sickly lurcher puppy in the back garden, locked away in a filthy boiler house.<\/p>\n

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The shelter have taken her in PIC CREDIT: GSPCA<\/p>\n

\u201cThey contacted our kennel manager who immediately set off to collect her. This tiny baby of approximately six weeks old should be full of puppy joy but instead she can barely stand or barely see \u2013 cold, miserable and starved.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to amazing teamwork from our kennel crew, she was soon back at our sanctuary and swapped over to one of our volunteers Lorna, who was there waiting to get her straight on to our wonderful vets at A Country Practice Vet Clinic who are always on hand, no matter how busy their schedules to help our dogs.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce again, a lurcher. Once again, suffering in silence in a back yard. Once again neglected and ignored.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomewhere out there is a mum and other siblings who won’t be as lucky (we hope) as this little girl.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The sweet little six week old pup has been treated for her ailments PIC CREDIT: GSPCA<\/p>\n

\u201cOur thanks today to the compassionate and caring garda who took the time to get this little one help and who will be following up on this case.<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight baby Naji is warm, fed and in safe hands at our vets receiving the treatment she needs for her infected eyes, mange, chest infection and overall health.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is, we hope, a little fighter who will not become another victim to the daily abuse and neglect of animals we see far too often.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe deserved better – now we will ensure she gets it. Please keep her in your thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The six-week-old Lurcher was discovered in the back garden of a \u201cfilthy\u201d boiler house that was being searched…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,13131,43],"class_list":["post-310340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jessica-mercer","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}