Our Vision
All animals are loved, respected, protected and treated with kindness.
We work to prevent cruelty and abuse to animals by educating the public on responsible pet ownership.
We investigate reports of animal cruelty, work hard to protect vulnerable animals and relieve animal suffering.
We can seize animals and prepare case files that may result in legal proceedings.
The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals believes the following freedoms should be afforded to all animals:
Our principal ambition is to ensure that all animals in Ireland can live their best life, always. We do this by upholding our Vision, Mission and Values.
All animals are loved, respected, protected and treated with kindness.
Deliver a good life for animals by rescuing and treating those animals in need, advocating on behalf of all animals and guiding everyone to love, respect and be kind to animals.
The values that the Trustees, the Management team, our staff and our volunteers live by every day are to be: trustworthy, transformative, committed, professional, inspirational, compassionate, loving, innovative, dedicated and passionate
ISPCA and An Cumann Éireannach um Fhoirithint ar Ainmhite are the registered business names of The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a company limited by guarantee, registered in Ireland with company number 460571, Registered Charity Number 20008734 and Charity Number CHY 5619.
The ISPCA operates a network of animal rescue centres throughout Ireland, providing care and support for animals in need.
The ISPCA is calling on the public to become responsible pet owners and to be ambassadors for helpless animals by reporting any cases of animal cruelty they come across online here or by calling the National Animal Cruelty Helpline 0818 515 515 in confidence.
Our Strategic Framework 2023 – 2027, available for download below, highlights our vision for the next five years.
We believe that man has a responsibility to care for the earth and all creatures on it, and that each creature has an intrinsic value, entirely independent of its value to man, and should be respected and protected.
We believe that animals have the right to live their lives free from avoidable suffering at the hands of man and that man has a duty to provide for their welfare.
We believe that all animals kept by, or under the control of humans must be kept in circumstances appropriate to their species and where the physiological and behavioural needs of a species cannot be met, the species must not be kept by man.
We believe that the different purposes for which animals are used must be regularly re-evaluated.