The RSPCA is reminding dog owners and walkers of the importance of keeping pets on the lead to avoid attacks on livestock. As spring approaches, dog owners and walkers look forward to exploring new places on foot and enjoying relaxing countryside walks, but it’s likely they will meet grazing livestock...

A Bichon Frise who supports ex-servicemen to cope with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has been named the HiLife, Pets As Therapy (PAT) Dog of the Year at Crufts 2019. Four-year old Bella and her owner Barry Coase are PAT volunteers who provide animal assisted therapy in Eastbourne and were nominated...

Two very skinny and elderly cats were dumped in a cat carrier outside vets in Kent with a note to say they could no longer be cared for. The cats, named Rosemary and Basil by RSPCA staff, were found dumped in a cat carrier on St Peters Road, in Broadstairs...

A plump pair of cats who are now on a diet to shed some pounds before Christmas are looking for their forever home. Pepe and Penelope were taken to RSPCA South Godstone in Surrey in October after being found living in a back garden and their owner could not be...

The RSPCA is bracing itself for the busiest day this Christmas period: 11 December. The animal welfare charity is expecting thousands of calls this week as their 24-hour emergency hotline received 55,821 calls from members of the public in December last year (2017). Of those call, 2,640 of them were received...

To mark a centenary of the First World War, the RSPCA paid its respects at the Animals in War memorial site in London to remember the animals and soldiers who lost their lives. As the charity marks 100 years since WW1 it also reflects in the 2.5 million animals helped...

A young dog dumped cowering and terrified by the roadside now has a second chance of happiness – all thanks for her doggy pal. Peggy was found in June this year by a member of the public after she was dumped by the A38 near the village Alrewas, in Lichfield...

The RSPCA is urging families not to waste their Halloween pumpkins and to recycle and use them as animal food instead. All sorts of pets can eat pumpkin, so the RSPCA is encouraging anyone who carved a pumpkin not to throw the remnants away. An RSPCA spokesperson said: “Halloween is over...

Thousands of people have backed the RSPCA calls to restrict fireworks use. As a quarter of a million people have added their voices to a campaign to restrict private firework use, the RSPCA is repeating its call for the government to act. As pet owners prepare to keep their animals safe...

The staff at Dogs Trust Kenilworth are appealing for a home for their oldest resident who is the human equivalent of 98 years old. Taking the accolade is Jamie who is 14-years old and found himself under the care of the Kenilworth rehoming centre after his owners were no longer...