Animal welfare charity Battersea Dogs & Cats Home has today warned that cats are needlessly suffering by being bred to look a certain way. The charity’s warning comes after six flat-faced cats arrived at the London rescue centre in the same week, with all but the youngest two, a pair...

June is National Microchip Month and PDSA reveal that over five million pets in the UK are not microchipped, despite it being a legal requirement for dogs. Microchipping is the best way of permanently identifying your pet and can increase the chances of you being reunited should the worst ever...

A group of dedicated volunteers at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home have been named as recipient of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. Volunteers from the leading animal welfare charity are to receive the prestigious award in recognition of the outstanding work they do in the local community by regularly...

The RSPCA is highlighting the plight of the UK’s third most popular – and widely misunderstood - pet. The animal welfare charity rescued more than 11,000 rabbits over the last three years, 3,678 in 2018 and 4,000 each in 2016 and 2017. Many of these rabbits are rescued as a result...

Two kittens at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home are looking for a new home after they were orphaned earlier this month. Tragically, the kitten’s mother was killed in a road traffic accident and they were found by a member of the public in Slough. Having such a tragic start to life,...

Dogs Trust Merseyside is celebrating this month as Manager Georgina celebrates 20 years of finding dogs new homes. Georgina Lowery, who was a Lance Corporal in the army working as a dog trainer for seven years before joining Dogs Trust in 1999, joined the charity even before the Huyton-based...

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home are encouraging people not to overlook disabled dogs after a blind French Bulldog came into their care. Pirate, a one-eyed blind French Bulldog is about to start an adventurous life after finding a new family at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home. Before coming into the charity’s...

Three defenceless kittens found abandoned in a cardboard box are on the road to recovery at Battersea's Old Windsor Centre. The tiny brood were only a week old when they were found last month and would have died within hours had they not been found and rescued. Despite their ordeal, the...

The RSPCA is in need of volunteers to organise, cheer and take snaps at the Great North Run 2019. Runners for Team Animal will be taking on the challenge alongside the 57,000 people pounding the streets of this popular half-marathon course. The run will take place on Sunday 8 September in...

National pet charity, Blue Cross has produced ‘Puppy Knowhow’, an essential tool for owners or prospective owners of new puppies. The free subscription service offers in-depth, vet-approved puppy advice and training tips based on the age of the dog up to one-year old. Advice is emailed directly to the owner every...