This summer looks set to be hectic for hedgehogs as the annual summer peak in calls to the RSPCA combines with a potentially devastating heatwave. A total of 6,120 calls about sick, injured and orphaned hedgehogs were made to the RSPCA’s national helpline in 2021, nearly half of which (2,591)...

The RSPCA is appealing for information after a cat was shot in a street in Chester. Luna passed away in the arms of her owner, Sandra Davies, after suffering catastrophic wounds when, it appears, an air pistol was turned on her in Kent Road on the evening of July 18. The...

The UK’s leading animal welfare and veterinary organisations have joined forced to urge the UK government to repeal breed specific legislation (BSL) – that ‘sentences dogs to death’ simply because they look a certain way – and introduce measures to protect the public better. Battersea, Blue Cross, British Veterinary Association...

Tails and tongues are set to wag this August with the return of pawsome annual fundraising event, Wagathon™, initiated by leading fundraising platform, Give as you Live Donate. Dog owners across the UK are being encouraged to put on their walking boots and join their four-legged friends in walking 9K...

The use of specially adapted training methods has helped Darwin, a visually impaired Cockapoo, to graduate from Dog School and find his forever family. Darwin was born at Dogs Trust Basildon in October after his pregnant mother was smuggled into the country. A couple of weeks after Darwin was born,...

Pets at Home Group, which includes Pets at Home, Vets4Pets and The Groom Room, has pledged more than £550,000 to Hearing Dogs for Deaf People – the biggest donation the charity has received from a corporate partner in its 40-year history. The pledge has been made through the Pets at...

Vets and animal welfare organisations have issued an open letter to Warner Bros following the UK release of its animated children’s film, DC League of Super-Pets, which features a dg with ears that look cropped. The full letter can be found below: "Vets and animal welfare organisations in the UK are...

The RSPCA receives a lot of calls every year from neighbours who are concerned about barking dogs. The charity, which focuses on rescuing animals who are sick, injured or being badly treated, is asking people who are worried about barking dogs to follow simple steps to help them. Dogs bark...

The RSPCA is again urging people to seek help if they cannot care for their pets because of the cost-of-living crisis after three kittens were abandoned in Leeds. Two male kittens and a female were discovered in a cardboard box lying in a refuse skip by a resident at Stanks...

The locals of West Lothian have all heard of the iconic historical site, Five Sisters, however Dogs Trust West Calder recently celebrated their own five sisters. Within a month, the West Calder rehoming centre had successfully re-homed five very special sets of sisters. Beautiful Greyhounds Thelma and Louise were first to...