Cats Protection has launched a new Hands-Free Homing scheme to allow potential owners to adopt a cat online while centres remain closed to the public. Prospective owners keen to share their homes with a furry companion can browse the cats on offer via the charity’s website at www.cats.org.uk/hands-free-homing. Photos, videos and...

Animal welfare charities warn hundreds more unwanted kittens could be born during coronavirus lockdown. Each year animal welfare charities see an influx of kittens coming into their care between the months of May and September, known as ‘kitten season’. The UK has been facing a cat overpopulation crisis for many years...

A diabetic Shih Tzu from Dogs Trust Shoreham has finally found his forever home in Guildford after finding fame in the local media to help find his ‘pawfect match’. Dogs Trust Shoreham appealed for a new home for six-year old Alfie earlier this year, after he had been waiting...

The RSPCA has received more than 1,600 reports of abandoned animals across England & Wales since lockdown began – that’s 40 a day. The charity has released the figures as part of its emergency appeal, launched to keep its rescue teams out on the road during the Coronavirus crisis and...

A 12-year old Shar-Pei cross who came into RSPCA care underweight with scars on his face is loving life after being rehomed just before the UK went into lockdown. Wallace went into RSPCA care in Chobham, Surrey in September last year and was very underweight and was suffering from...

The RSPCA has raised £20,000 so far thanks to generous supporters who have taken part in the 2.6 challenge. The week-long challenge kicked off on Sunday 26 April, when the London Marathon would have held its 40th annual even and asked participants to do a challenge around the number...

Dogs Trust is helping to support the national effort in the fight against coronavirus by donating vital medical equipment to the NHS. The charity’s rehoming centres rallied together in support of our incredible health service – with Dogs Trust Loughborough donating 120 surgical gowns to nearby Lings Bar Hospital (pictured). Meanwhile....

A litter of five rescue puppies born at Dogs Trust’s Rehoming Centre in Glasgow during the Coronavirus pandemic are looking for help from the public to name them. The team at Glasgow is launching an online poll to name the puppies and are calling on the public to get involved...

A team of RSPCA animal rescuers worked together to free a fox cub stuck down a manhole in Birmingham. RSPCA animal collection officers Cara Gibbon and Vic Hurr, and inspector Nichola Geraghty went to a hostel in Grange Road, Birmingham on Monday 27 April after locals heard a fox crying. Vic...

Two of the UK’s biggest animal charities have joined force to welcome a House of Lords debate recognising the challenges faced by rehoming organisations during the Covid-19 pandemic. Cats Protection and Dogs Trust say that together with other animal charities, they are facing significant fundraising and operational difficulties as a...