Floods

As you will have seen there was flooding at the Rescue on Monday, it was worse than last time and it was shown on the BBC and ITV News that evening. This time things were worse with over 20 dogs having to be fostered out over a period of 24 to 48 hours due to their kennel being flooded.
We asked via the media and Facebook for temporary foster homes and were completely overwhelmed by the response, the phone never stopped, as soon as we hung up from one call it rang immediately, a fantastic response. It is at times of crisis that you really find out how kind and helpful people can be.
The car park was under 1ft (30cm) of water with only our 4x4 being able to carry people and animals in and out of the rescue. Following an appeal on the television we had a fantastic response with companies offering to help solve the problem on a permanent basis, help we desperately need and hopefully now future problems will be avoided, depending of course on costs.

To help with the flooded car park we had pumps offered and a team of Marine Biologists from Anglesey, some 60 miles away, battled the weather to bring pumps to clear the car park and allow access.

We are very grateful to everyone that responded to the appeal and offered help in one way or another, it was an absolutely fantastic response, even people that had not seen the news or were on Facebook contacted us because a husband, wife, daughter or whatever had seen it there and rang them to offer help.


So a massive thank you to everyone, we were amazed at the response, diolch yn fawr i bawb.

Flooded - Again!!!!

 For the second time this year the Rescue has been flooded with water running through the kennels in New Barns. About 8am this morning we saw the waters rise until the car park flooded and the water started pouring through New Barns once again, this time we had to evacuate some of the dogs whilst we put others on pallets to keep them off the floor. The situation has not improved ands following a fantastic response we are fostering some 20 to 25 dogs out to temporary foster homes until the kennels are useable again.

BBC Wales News

NCAR Merchandise Arrives

Exciting news!!!!!

NCAR has taken delivery of its new range of merchandise to help raise some much needed cash for the rescue.  All the new merchandise will be available at the Dog Show and Pet Pamper Day on Sunday (23/9/12) these items include:

NCAR Rafa Mug
NCAR Doggy Shampoo
NCAR Pens
NCAR 2013 Calendar.

We published a Calendar for the first time this year and sold out very quickly, this new Calendar is even better than the last one and demand is already high with several pre orders, so hurry to get yours they are a limited edition.

We have our own doggy shampoo, NCAR Pens and of course Rafa Mugs.

Look out for all these items at the Dog Show on Sunday

How Welsh Councils deal with dog mess

How Welsh councils are tackling dog fouling

 BBC Wales asked councils in Wales how they dealt with the issue of dog fouling.

Council	Penalties issued to 2011/12	How dog fouling is tackled	Complaints
Anglesey	2007/8 - 5 2008/9 - 0 2009/10 - 3 2010/11 - 1 2011/12 - 0	Dog warden patrols to identify offenders	2007/8 - 136 2008/9 - 124 2009-10 - 148 2010/11 - 167 2011/12 - 156
Blaenau Gwent	2007/8 - 3 2008/9 - 1 2009/10 - 8 2010/11 - 10 2011/12 - 1099	Enforcement officers patrol areas of the borough with a high level of dog fouling complaint and areas which have been identified as a priority through the PACT process to witness offences and to serve fixed penalty notices	2007/8 - 0 2008/9 - 0 2009/10 - 187 2010/11 - 315 2011/12 - 540
Bridgend	2007/8 - 5 2008/9 - 7 2009/10 - 3 2010/11 - 4 2011/12 - 2	The offence must be witnessed by an enforcement officer	2007/08 - 191 2008/09 - 163 2009/10 - 304 2010/11 - 243 2011/12 - 317
Caerphilly	2007/8 - 91 2008/09 - 98 2009/10 - 62 2010/11 - 46 2011/12 - 63	High profile campaigns encouraging people to provide information on areas we can target. High visibility zero tolerance patrols, Early morning/evening/weekend patrols. Dog impounding. Information via our Caerphilly newsline /website	2007/8 - 624 2008/9 - 748 2009/10 - 753 2010/11 - 1805 2011/12 - 1287
Cardiff	Nineteen fixed penalty notices have been issued for dog fouling in the last five years.	The local authority responds to complaints received from the public. Signs are placed on lampposts within areas and patrols are undertaken to apprehend offenders. Partnership working within the community has seen a number of proactive "dog" events to raise awareness.	471 since May 2008
Carmarthenshire	2007/08 - 245 2008/09 - 290 2009/10 - 201 2010/11 - 200 2011/12 - 258	Our procedures comprise officers patrolling areas (intelligence led) where dog fouling problems occur. The council also relies on the general public to supply information regarding offenders, etc.	2007/08 - 22 2008/09 - 29 2009/10 - 34 2010/11 - 24 2011/12 - 24
Ceredigion	2007/8 - 1 2008/9 - 5 2009/10 - 4 2010/11 - 3 2011-12 - 3	The environmental control team works in partnership with street scene officers. Street patrols are arranged from time to time depending on resources. Two dozen officers have been authorised to issue fixed penalty notices for non-compliance with dog fouling orders. We also arrange specific campaigns every year.	2011/12 - 48 2010/11 - 41 2009/10 - 32 2008/09 - 27 2007/08 - 21
Conwy	2007/08 - 76 2008/09 - 66 2009/10 - 31 2010/11 - 73 2011/12 - 42	Survey and officer observation	2007/8 - 365 2008/9 - 462 200910 - 511 2010/11 - 571 2011/12 - 667
Denbighshire	2007/08 - 26 2008/09 - 31 2009/10 - 45 2010/11 - 55 2011/12 - 18	Train council officers from all departments to issue Fixed Penalty Notices for Dog Fouling. Task a dedicated team to engaging with the community to identify offenders. Proactive and reactive action patrols of identified areas. The use of public space overt CCTV cameras.	2008/09 - 110 (Only from November 2008) 2009/10 - 251 2010/11 - 255 2011/12 - 325
Flintshire	The council introduced its Fouling of Land by Dogs order in 2009. Since this date, eight fixed penalty notices have been issued for dog fouling offences.	Enforcement via an intelligence-led approach. Having officers around at the times that offences are likely to occur. Education and enforcement are needed hand in hand in order to change behaviour in the long term. As a result, a media and education programme is under way across the county.	2008 - 183 2009 - 128 2010 - 126
Gwynedd	2007/8 - 116 2008/09 - 0 (new street enforcement team did not become operational until late March 2009) 2009/10 - 62 2010-/1 - 57 2011/12 - 60	Patrols (reactive, routine, plain clothes, out of hours, etc) acting on information supplied by the public. In all the above examples "hotspot" areas are given priority. We also place a great emphasis on changing public behaviour by use of more positive marketing techniques - e.g. dog fouling action days, free poop clean up kits, warning signs, new dog bins, working with the community & schools on local campaigns, etc.	2007/8 - 366 2008/9 - 314 2009/10 - 483* 2010/11 - 540* 2011/12 - 565* * Call centre complains and inquiries for poop scoops
Merthyr	Forty six fixed penalties over last five years	Via a complaint generated by a member of the public, officers carrying out daily patrols, information received from a third party and observations by officers.	The council has received 668 complaints relating to dog fouling.
Monmouthshire	Twenty eight fixed penalty notices for dog fouling in last five years.	Fixed penalty notice issued if an authorised officer of environmental health witnesses the offence. In the last 12 months or so we have also developed a memorandum of understanding with Gwent Police for their support officers to issue fixed penalty notices if they witness an offence, with the system being administered by environmental health.	2007 - 174 2008 - 176 2009 - 156 2010 - 155 2011 - 182
Neath Port Talbot	251	Visual sightings by authorised officers and visual sightings by members of the public who are prepared to give witness statements	2006/07 -261 2007/08 - 330 2008/09 - 372 2009/10 -345 2010/11 346
Newport	2007/8 - 1 2008/9 - 0 2009/10 - 0 2010/11 - 3 2011/12 - 8	Patrolling and identify.	2007/8 - 10 2008/9 - 10 2009/10 - 14 2010/11 - 31 2011/12 - 21
Pembrokeshire	2007/08 - 4 2008/09 - 8 2009/10 - 6 2010/11 - 3 2011/12 - 3	The council uses targeted patrols, information from the public and community councils to identify individuals who fail to clean up after their dogs. The local police community support officers are also authorised to enforce fouling controls	2007/08 - 331 2008/09 - 321 2009/10 - 276 2010/11 - 288 2011/12 - 263
Powys	2005/6 - 3 2006/7 - 10 2007/8 - 4 2008/9 - 5 2009/10 - 2 2010/11 - 0 2011/12 - 0	The working arrangements for identifying offenders that allowed their dogs to foul were documented in council's dog control procedures, the latest version of which was issued in 2008. However, as of December 2011, the council no longer employs dog wardens and therefore these arrangements are no longer in place.	2006/7 - 276 2007/8 - 253 2008/9 - 316 2009/10 - 332 2010/11 - 289 2011/12 - 157
Rhondda Cynon Taf	2007/08 - 12 2008/09 - 6 2009/10 - 18 2010/11 - 6 2011/12 - 52	We work in partnership with community groups and use intelligence from our customer complaints to identify hot spot areas for dog fouling across the county borough. We install dog fouling bins in these areas and carry out surveillance exercises and issue fixed penalty notices to people who do not pick up up their dog fouling.	2007/08 - 428 2008/09 - 981 2009/10 - 1098 2010/11 - 1317 2011/12 - 604
Swansea	35	The authority specifically targets areas where problems exist and responds to complaints from the public. This can result in a fixed penalty notices being issued to pet owners allowing their animals to foul public places.	2006 - 333 2007 - 575 2008 - 656 2009 - 752 2010 - 800 2011 - 371
Torfaen	Eighty nine from the 1 April 2007 to 15 March 2012	Details of our enforcement procedure for this team can be found on our website. Very occasionally, a person allowing their dog to foul may be identified via their car registration details.	2007/08 - 150 2008/09 - 283 2009/10 - 252 2010/11 - 291 2011/12 - 221 (to 15 March 2012)
Vale of Glamorgan	2009 - 6 2010 - 9 2011 - 13 2012 - 3 2008 - 11	Three compliance /enforcement 0fficers. Dog bags are also available at all local authority outlets such as libraries, Civic Offices etc, to assistant dog owners pick up their dog's faeces	No date prior to 2008 2008/9 - 315 2009/10 - 301 2010/11 -320 2011/12 - 377
Wrexham	Total in five years is 537	Members of the poccasionally provide names and/or addresses of persons responsible in which case an environmental enforcement officer will visit the alleged responsible persons and give an informal warning or issue a fixed penalty notice if there is sufficient evidence. Officers also routinely monitor known hot spot areas.	20078 - 486 2008/9 - 290 2009/10 - 276 2010/11 - 325 2011/12 - 346
Source: Freedom of Information/BBC Wales request