Welcome to the CDPA
The Cat and Dog Protection Association of Ireland
We are a no-kill charity that supports pets, owners and community animals across Ireland.
From here you can find out about fostering cats or dogs, volunteering, adopting cats or dogs, the services we offer (such as Low-Cost-Spay/Neuter for your pet, or Trap-Neuter-Return for community cats), and more!
Please note: CDPA is a foster-based organisation and does not have a physical shelter or public premises.
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Donate
Every donation helps us rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome cats and dogs across Ireland. Your support provides food, veterinary care, foster support, and a second chance for animals.
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Cat Adoptions
We work closely with families to match them with a cat or dog that suits their home and lifestyle.
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Low-Cost Spay and Neuter
We offer a low-cost spay or neuter for families who may be struggling financially to neuter their cats with offered reduced costs for male and female cats.
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Adopt A Dog
Our adoptable dogs are spending time with their foster families and can’t wait to bound into their forever home!
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Dog fosters wanted
Our dog team supports you throughout fostering and helps find the right match. We’re looking for temporary homes to get dogs out of the pound.
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Trap-Neuter-Return
Are you supporting a group of cats in your local area? Are you a property owner worried about the local strays? We help keep unwanted “wild” cat numbers down through our TNR program!
Current Fundraisers
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Help Save 70 Stray Cats Across 2 Colonies
Right now, we've been asked to help spay and neuter almost 70 cats in Cork and Galway.
They are a mix of older cats, young kittens, pregnant, nursing mothers - their carers are completely overwhelmed and we cannot ignore their plea for help.
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He's been overlooked too long - Help Rocky fight on!
He spent years being overlooked.
No one stopped to help while his ear worsened, his teeth rotted, and infection took over. But now he finally has a chance at comfort, safety, and dignity in his senior years.
If you can donate, share, or even leave a kind comment to help boost this post, it truly helps.
This cat survived long enough to be rescued. Now we want to make sure he finally knows what care feels like.
Thank you for helping us fight for him.
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Amazon Wish List
Every gift goes to cats and kittens who didn’t have a great start at life but are now in our care.
Our foster carers help socialise them and make sure they get the vet care they need before they move on to their forever homes when they are ready for adoption.