A 13-year-old dog lover is counting down to a challenge of a lifetime, inspired by her love of our four-legged friends. On the 2 April Leah-Mai Rimmington will begin an eight-day, 82-mile trek to Mount Everest base camp. She will brave ice-cold temperatures and the risk of altitude sickness, frostbite...

Paul O’Grady has adopted another Battersea rescue dog, who he fell in love with during recent filming of the hit TV show Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs. Sausage, a Wire-Haired Dachshund, captured the TV presenter’s heart when she found herself in the care of Battersea’s London centre after...

The Mare and Foal Sanctuary is delighted to share its events schedule for 2022. This year, the charity is able to offer even more opportunities for people to come and visit their rescued horses and ponies and find out why the work they do matters. Covid restrictions over the last two...

Staff at Dogs Trust Penrith are delighted to now be rehoming dogs locally via dedicated foster carers. As 2022 began, so did the new system to rehome dogs in the local area direct from foster homes in Cumbria.  Previously dogs were moved for rehoming from Penrith to one of Dogs...

A retired RAF Police Dog received the prestigious PDSA Dickin Medal for his life-saving devotion to duty, protecting British and Allied troops while serving in Afghanistan, in 2013. A pioneer in his field, Hertz is the first dog in British military history to detect electronic communications equipment such as mobile...

For World Spay Day (Tuesday 22 February) cat welfare organisations came together to urge owners to get their cats spayed as neutering levels dropped significantly during the pandemic. There are an estimated 10 million cats in the UK and on average around 91% of owned cats are neutered year on...

The Kennel Club Charitable Trust (KCCT) has announced two new funds to support vulnerable dogs and owners in desperate situations. A dog is not just for Christmas and neither is the KCCT support, so the trust has opened a new fund for 2022 following on from its successful ‘Double the...

If you recently introduced a new pet to the family, you may be considering having them neutered to prevent unplanned pregnancies or unwanted behaviours. Neutering  offers many benefits for your pet and can improve their overall quality of life.   PDSA Vet Nurse, Nina Downing, said: “Neutering a pet is...

Waggy tails all round as Member of the Senedd meets VIPS (Very Important Pooches) during visit to Dogs Trust Cardiff. Member of the Senedd for South East Wales, Natasha Asghar, visited Dogs Trust Cardiff last week (Thursday 10th February) and was greeted by wagging tails from the pooches looking for new homes. It...

An unlucky in love Mongrel named Luke has celebrated being in the care of Battersea Brands Hatch for over 200 days this Valentine’s Day, but so far hasn’t been able to find ‘The One’. To mark the occasion, staff threw the five-year-old a special Valentine’s Day date in the hope...