The team at Dogs Trust, the UK’s leading dog welfare charity, is appealing to dog lovers to join them in their February ‘99k for Canines’ sponsored walking challenge. The days may be extremely cold and crisp or wet and windy, so Dogs Trust is hoping that knowing they are raising...

Christmas may seem to be a long time ago, but a festive fundraiser created by a Dalton-in-Furness dog lover is set to bring joy to dogs for many months to come. Laura Curtis’s Santa Paws grotto was a permanent fixture outside her Market Street home throughout December as she invited...

An animal charity is warning owners not to wash their cats unnecessarily after noticing an uplift in cat bathing videos on social media sites. Cats Protection is concerned that inexperienced cat lovers are being encouraged to bathe their cats which, it says, is rarely needed and often distressing. The welfare charity...

The vet charity for pets in need, PDSA, says the pet obesity crisis needs ‘urgent attention’ as vet teams estimate around half of UK pets are overweight – equating to around 5 million dogs and 4.7 million cats. It comes as the charity launches its annual ‘Big Weigh In’ campaign...

The number of pedigree cats coming into RSPCA rescue centres has soared since 2018 - with more ‘designer’ and ‘purebred’ cats being rescued than ever before. The charity believes this is in large part due to their popularity on social media, in film and TV, and their use in advertising. The...

A dog whose name means ‘lucky’ in Japanese is hoping she will finally live up to her name after waiting for almost two years at Dogs Trust Shrewsbury to find a forever home. Yuki found herself in need of a new home after she continually proved herself to be an...

The UK's largest dog welfare charity, Dogs Trust is partnering with Ruggable, the go-to destination for design-forward rugs on a ‘Dog Trusted, Dog Lover approved’ capsule collection, to help more dogs find their forever home. Launched on Monday, 22nd January, Ruggable are donating 10% of each purchase from the collection...

An elderly cat has been reunited with her family who gave up hope of ever seeing her again after she vanished more than 10 years ago. Whiskas, who is 16 years old, was underweight and in a poor condition when she was found straying in Chilton Moor near Houghton le...

A young dog found straying alone in an alley with an emotional note from her previous owner explaining they could no longer keep her as their landlord no longer allowed pets has since been taken in and rehomed by Battersea.   Nine-month-old Lilo was brought to the charity’s London centre a...

With the arctic blast causing temperatures to dip as low as -14C in the Highlands and -11C in England, PDSA vets have issued advice on spotting the signs of hypothermia in pets. PDSA Vet Nurse Nina Downing explains: “Hypothermia is when a pet’s body temperature drops dangerously low. It can...