CDPA are a registered charity since 1988 and became a limited company in 1989, originally known as the Feline Club since 1946. Our affiliation with the ISPCA enables us to broaden our work and ensure that we can care for as many cats and dogs as we can.

The Cat and Dog Protection Association of Ireland has four main objectives

(i) Our mission is to promote, provide for and improve the welfare of cats and dogs through education, intervention, and rehabilitation.

(ii) To prevent cruelty to all animals.

(iii) To reduce the number of stray and unwanted cats, kittens, and other animals by advocating and encouraging spaying and neutering of healthy adult animals to prevent unwanted young being born.

(iv) To provide education regarding, and to improve people's understanding of cats and proper care of cats and other animals amongst the public in general, and the young in particular.