{"id":271977,"date":"2025-07-18T12:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/271977\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:04:11","slug":"animals-rescued-after-oil-spills-in-laois-and-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/271977\/","title":{"rendered":"Animals rescued after oil spills in Laois and Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Animal rescue efforts have taken place in Laois and Dublin following two oil spills in one week.<\/p>\n

Kildare Wildlife Rescue was alerted to an incident in the Kilminchy area of Portlaoise on 11 July, where severe oil pollution had affected three connected lakes in a residential area.<\/p>\n

The incident impacted a range of wildlife, including a family of swans with four cygnets along with several mallards, moorhens, coots, cormorants and herons.<\/p>\n

KWR had an emergency response team bring the swans to safety.<\/p>\n

Five days later, another spill was reported to the charity in Kilbogget Park near Cabinteely in South Dublin.<\/p>\n

An assessment on 16 July discovered diesel oil on the water, which was emitting strong fumes.<\/p>\n

Another family of swans with four cygnets were rescued at the Dublin location; volunteers continue to try to rescue other water birds from the area.<\/p>\n

\"Moorhen
\nMoorhen chicks were also affected by the spills<\/p>\n

KWR Rescue Coordinator Pearse Stokes, who has attended numerous oil spills, said the fumes were among the strongest he had experienced.<\/p>\n

“The site at Kilbogget Park had the most intense fumes that I have ever encountered in any oiled wildlife response. This is not just concerning for the wildlife affected, but also a public safety concern for people and their pets walking and exercising in the park.<\/p>\n

“This is a beautiful park with rich biodiversity and the impact of the oil will be severe on the wildlife in the area.”<\/p>\n

While the swan family from Laois are washed and stable, the charity said the swans in Kilbogget are still undergoing treatment.<\/p>\n

An adult female is the most affected and is receiving intensive care from the Village Vets Greyabbey.<\/p>\n

\"A
\nA female swan from Kilbogget is receiving intensive care<\/p>\n

KWR Manager Dan Donoher said the rehabilitation of oiled birds can be a difficult process.<\/p>\n

“The birds need to first be stabilised, warmed and given fluid therapy.<\/p>\n

“Washing can never be done on the same day, they need to be strong and pass multiple health checks before the stressful washing process begins.”<\/p>\n

He said that both swam families will remain in their care until their territories are clean and safe again.<\/p>\n

\"Swan
\nBoth swam families will remain with KWR until their territories are clean and safe again.<\/p>\n

KWR currently has over 400 animals in its rehabilitation centre.<\/p>\n

While the source of both spills remains unknown, local county councils have begun clean-up operations and opened investigations into a potential cause.<\/p>\n

KWR thanked D\u00fan Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and Laois County Council for their support with the rescue efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Animal rescue efforts have taken place in Laois and Dublin following two oil spills in one week. Kildare…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[728,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-271977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114874146267080826","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}