Wildlife Success Stories

Badger Recovers at the USPCA

This year we felt very privileged to celebrate World Wildlife Day with a very special guest.After falling off a wall at ...

Bats Receive Treatment at the USPCA

Recently, not one but two bats entered the care of the USPCA after being brought in by two separate members of the publi...

Heron Treated by Veterinary Team

This grey heron was recently brought into us by a member of the public after being found with a fishing tackle around it...

Buzzard Rings in the New Year with the USPCA

As 2020 came to an end, the USPCA team found themselves with an unexpected New Years Eve guest as a very weak and dehydr...

Hedgehog Rescued from Drain

Our Animal Rescue Officer recently saved this hedgehog from nearly drowning in a drain.The poor little hedgehog was in a...

Swan Safely Retrieved and Released in Belfast

Recently a member of the public in the Belfast area found an unexpected pre-Christmasguest in their garden.Thankfully th...

Two Hedgehogs Rescued

After seeing the post about the hedgehog infested with ticks, a member of the public got in touch to say there were two ...

Hedgehog Rescued and Spending Hibernation at the USPCA

We received a call from a member of the public regarding a hedgehod that was found wandering around in the daylight in a...

Swan Rescued From Rooftop

This week our Animal Rescue Officer received a call out to Belfast where a swan seemed to have found itself out of its f...

Cygnets Rescued and Released

It has been a busy few weeks for our Animal Rescue Team, especially in helping several cygnets who had gotten injured or...

Cornsnake Found in Compost Bag

The USPCA received a call from a member of the public who had discovered a rather unsual guest who had taken up residenc...

Trapped Hedgehog Rescued

It has been a very busy week for our Animal Rescue team!We received a call regarding a hedgehog which had managed to get...

Cygnet Rescued from Fencing

This young cygnet had gotten caught in a member of the publics fence but having freed itself, was incredibly weak.The US...

Geese Rescued in Newcastle

Storm Francis certainly caused havoc across the region at the end of August. Due to the storm, one of our Animal Rescue ...

Hedgehogs Rescued From Cattle Grid

Over the summer months our Animal Rescue Officers had many calls to rescue hedgehogs that had found themselves in a spot...

Fox Nursed Back to Health

A member of the public came across a poor injured fox cub in the Magherafelt area and brought him into Collins Vets to b...

Baby Otter Rescued

One of our Animal Rescue Officers received a call from a man who had been fishing on the River Bann and had noticed a yo...

Young seagulls rescued after falling into a Drain.

USPCA called to the rescue of the young seagulls.The USPCA were called after a member of the public heard distressed cal...

Badger Rescued at Portaferry

A young Badger had got itself into difficulty along Portaferry beach, Co. Down and was minutes from drowning. The USPCA ...

Hedgehogs Suffer during Summer Heatwave

With scorching temperatures during the months of June and July in Northern Ireland, the USPCA saw a significant increase...