A campaign to raise money for animal rescues across Ireland has been launched on Go Fund Me. The Christmas fundraiser was launched by advocates called The Dog H.
Fiona Gammell strides out into the yard beside her farmhouse home and bellows: “Quiet!” Remarkably, the one word has the desired effect. A dozen or so assorted dogs give up their yelping and howling, reduced to obedient silence by the commanding presence of a woman well versed in all things canine. Most of them have been here for a few days, yet they clearly recognise that they are in the presence of someone special at the animal shelter near Rathdrum.