Charities
Attlee crowned Purr Minister 2024: Sir Lindsay Hoyle’s cat takes top...
Battersea is thrilled to announce the winner of the charity’s coveted Purr Minister 2024 title: Attlee the cat, representing Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, Speaker of the House of Commons.
This victory is particularly historic as it marks a second win for Sir Lindsay, who previously triumphed in 2020 with his...
Lovely Lurcher spends more than quarter of life in RSPCA care
RSPCA staff are desperate to find the paw-fect home for a lurcher who has spent more than a quarter of his life in kennels.
Four-year old Lurcher, Rex is being cared for by staff at York Animal Home after moving from the RSPCA’s Leeds branch where he’d been for more...
Dogs Trust’s oldest dog looking for a home
Dogs Trust is appealing for a home for a very special OAP (old age pooch) who is the charity’s oldest homeless pooch.
Taking the accolade is Tonks, a 17-year old Jack Russell, who is the human equivalent of 119 years old. He found himself under the care of Dogs Trust...
RSPCA braced for a ‘hectic hedgehog’ month as calls spike in...
July looks set to be ‘hectic hedgehog’ month for the RSCPA after calls about the prickly creatures peaked during this time last year.
A total of 10,644 calls about hedgehogs were made to the RSPCA’s national helpline in 2018, 1867 of which made in July alone. This compares with just...
Dogs Trust celebrates rescue dogs and their owners ahead of one...
Dogs Trust has launched a series of mini-films celebrating rescue dog ownership to encourage people to adopt not shop.
The summer months are often one of the busiest times of year for the charity with almost 33,000 calls being received in July and August over the last two years, from...
RSPCA offer advice for pet owners as heatwave continues
The RSPCA is advising pet owners to keep their animals cool and safe as the heatwave continues this week.
The advice comes as the charity received more than one call an hour during the first week of the heatwave (Monday 24 June – Sunday 30 June).
Over those seven days, the...
Car temperatures can rise to dangerous levels, warns PDSA
PDSA is urging owners to remember that ‘not long’ is too long when it comes to leaving dogs (or any pets) in cars.
The vet charity is also raising awareness of what to do if you come across a distressed dog in a car.
Even a parked car in the shade...
Summer crisis: RSPCA gets call about dumped animal every 6 minutes
The RSPCA is warning of a summer abandonment crisis with an 85% increase in the number of reports about dumped animals in summer months.
The oldest and biggest animal welfare charity in England and Wales is expecting to see a huge rise in calls about abandoned pets, often dumped in...
Doggie due looking for second chance once again
A devoted doggie due who met at Dogs Trust Ilfracombe are looking for love again through no fault of their own.
Four-year-old ex-racing Greyhounds Gina and Frankie originally found themselves at the West Down-based rehoming centre in August 2018 after their racing career had come to an end.
They had never...
The RSPCA is in need of cat and kitten fosterers to...
The RSPCA is appealing for foster carers for the influx of cats and kittens that are admitted into their care during summer months.
From May to September is the time of year when most kittens are born, and every year the RSPCA sees an influx of cats and newborn kittens...
UK animal charities welcome new bill to increase maximum sentences for...
Animal abusers could face up to five years in jail, under a new bill announced by Defra this week.
The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill was introduced to Parliament on 26 June, following years of campaigning from the RSPCA and other animal welfare charities.
Under the new bill, the maximum sentence will...
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Kittens rescued from dirty rabbit hutch
Four kittens who were rescued from a dirty rabbit hutch are now ready for a fresh start and are looking for new homes.
RSPCA officers rescued the four kittens after members of the public raised concern that they’d been abandoned inside a rabbit hutch in the garden of a property in...
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