‘The Shelter: Animal SOS’ – Series Three – 6 x 30 min.
Airing Tuesday May 30th 2023 at 19:00.
Since 1840 the DSPCA has been dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and re-homing of Dublin’s abused and abandoned animals.
Today the organisation’s headquarters in the Dublin mountains is a sanctuary for the care of all creatures great and small. There’s never a dull moment for the team of dedicated staff and volunteers who take everything in their stride.
RTÉ cameras are returning behind the scenes to explore the lives of the animals and the people who rescue them, in a third season of this popular fly-on-the-wall documentary series.
Episode 1
In the first episode, the shelter sees the arrival of two new Vets, Lauren O’Sullivan from Cork and Oonagh Hynes from Tipperary, who joined the shelter just three months ago. They’re loving the pace and variety and in this episode we follow Oonagh treating a Lurcher named Lucy who has a badly broken leg.
Over in the cattery we meet new recruit Christina Cullen, who is looking after an elderly cat with a serious weight issue. Angel arrived in weighing over 10 kilos and needs to go on a serious diet to save her life.
Meanwhile Vet Lauren and Nurse Mandy are looking after Biscoff, a bulldog who has arrived to the shelter in a totally shut down state. Over in the rehabilitation unit, dog carer Lynda Viscardi and her team work their magic in bringing her out of her shell.
