West Gwynedd BranchCangen Gorllewin Gwynedd

  National Cruelty Hotline (NCC):

0300 1234 999

for reporting cruelty.

Please note that all information is treated as confidential and your details will not be revealed to any third parties.

The number is currently receiving a great many calls, and unfortunate delays. Please help by reading the following:

• For animals trapped in hot cars call 999. The RSPCA don't have any legal powers to break into cars, so would need police there anyway.

• For injured wildlife, if it is safe and practical, please take them to a vet - they won’t charge for treating wildlife.

• Be aware that if an RSPCA officer is unable to get to the animal quickly, the NCC will ask callers to contact a local vet, rather than leave an animal in distress.

• If the situation is urgent, please dial 0300 1234 999, remain patient and hang on until we can answer the call.

• If you cannot wait to speak to one of our NCC advisors or it isn’t an immediate animal emergency, you should report cruelty online at the 'My RSPCA' section of the RSPCA website.  The reporting cruelty checklist on the website is a useful resource if anyone wants to find out the type of information that they’ll need.

• For general advice, you should visit the national RSPCA website, which contains essential advice in many areas of animal care – www.rspca.org.uk – this can be found by pressing the ‘Need some help & advice’ button at the top of each page. You can also use the Virtual Assistant to ask questions.

• For stray dogs, please contact your local council dog warden. Local Authorities are legally required to have a dog warden to deal with stray dogs in their area, but they may only be available during office hours.

• For horses on highways, please contact the police.

Gwynedd man jailed for 10 weeks after multiple animal welfare cases against horses (Nov2013)

Coverage also in the Daily Post

RSPCA Special Operations Unit and North Wales Police crack down on dog cruelty gang in North Wales (Aug 2013)

Pwllheli branch of the The Original Factory Shop chooses RSPCA West Gwynedd as charity of the year 2013

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LOST & FOUND:

Kittens & cats in need of good homes - 

phone 01758 750356

for details

Looking for a Home

The West Gwynedd Branch of the RSPCA covers the area marked dark green in the map below, and is roughly equivalent to the local authority area of Cyngor Gwynedd Council. Click on the thumbnail for a larger view of the map and postcodes covered.

Branch Areas by Postcode District

It is a largely rural area with a relatively sparse population outside the urban towns, and the University City of Bangor. The main employment is based on public administration, health and education, plus tourism. Much of the Branch area lies within the Snowdonia National Park, and includes Wales' highest mountain - Snowdon, at 1085m. For more information on the background of the area, visit the Gwynedd Council website.

With such an extensive coastline (88Km of the Llŷn Peninsula designated a Heritage Coastline), many of our wildlife problems are marine-related with abandoned seal-pups during autumn/winter and fledgling seagulls during spring/summer. As with most other areas we also have the constant problem of unwanted or neglected pets requiring rehoming, the need for assisted payment for neutering and other veterinary treatment, and the health-monitoring of the ever-expanding feral cat populations. All this requires MONEY & VOLUNTEERS.

3 things you may not know about the RSPCA:

1. West Gwynedd is one of  160 RSPCA Branches in England and Wales - Scotland,   Northern Ireland and  Eire have their own Societies.
2. An RSPCA Branch has existed in this area for many years - Bangor Branch was established in 1877. This Branch then amalgamated with Beaumaris, Menai Bridge and Conwy Branches in the 1880s to jointly finance the appointment of a full-time Inspector. The Caernarfonshire West and Anglesey Branch was divided on 20 November 1970, and was renamed West Gwynedd soon after local government reorganisation in 1973. RSPCA West Gwynedd Branch took over RSPCA Meirionnydd Branch in 2011 but retained the name to ensure donated funds go to helping animals and not on administrative costs associated with reprinting of stationery, registration of internet domain names etc.
3. Each Branch is a separately registered charity. As such we are each responsible for raising and controlling our own funds. This means that:

ALL MONEY SPENT LOCALLY

HAS TO BE RAISED LOCALLY

How is the Money Raised ?

THE RSPCA ONLY EXISTS BECAUSE OF PUBLIC DONATIONS.

For each national RSPCA member living in a Branch's area, the local Branch receives £3.00 (less per person for joint members). Some benefactors very kindly leave us a legacy in their will. The rest of the money is raised by unpaid volunteers running fund-raising events such as stalls, boot sales, charity shops, flag-days, house-to-house collections, sponsored events, collecting boxes etc. If you have original (feasible !) ideas for fund-raising, please let us know.

Can you help at these events in 2014 ?

Total paid so far in 2014 on vet bills for almoning and subsidised neutering:     £33,118.53

Total paid so far in 2014 on boarding of animals:                            £2,034.78

Total paid in 2013 on vet bills for almoning and subsidised neutering:         £43,037.05

Total paid in 2013 on boarding of animals:                                                       £8,442.66

If you are able to help, please contact us via e-mail or phone - details below.

Rhif Elusen Gofrestredig 226126 Registered Charity Number

Please contact via:  or  answering machine: 01248 671304 (

This page was prepared by Alun T Rees, Hon Treasurer, RSPCA West Gwynedd Branch   Last updated: October 26, 2014

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