Not being able to breathe is scary - this is the message from the RSPCA this Halloween as the charity highlights the issues ‘flat-faced’ cats suffer from every day. New figures reveal that there has been a whopping 92% increase in Persian cats coming into the charity’s care from 2018 to 2022,...

The RSPCA has launched a special appeal for an overlooked dog who has spent nearly a year in rescue waiting to be adopted. Zeus, a loveable four-year-old Staffie cross, has been at the charity’s Leeds, Wakefield & District Branch animal centre in East Ardsley since November 2022 and is currently...

As National Cat Day approaches this weekend (Sunday 29 October) Dogs Trust Manchester is celebrating coming to the rescue of a furry friend of the feline kind. The six-month-old kitten was brought to the Denton-based rehoming centre by an elderly local animal lover who had spotted the tiny cat roaming...

The RSPCA is appealing for information after a badly-injured cat was abandoned with her kittens in a layby in Humberside. The felines were spotted by member of the public Shane Maddison, and were huddled together in undergrowth in the layby on the A1079 Hull Road, Dunswell, on the outskirts of...

Ahead of Diabetes Awareness Month in November, PDSA is issuing advice to owners on how to recognise and manage this disease in pets. The vet charity for pets in need is offering guidance after saving seven-year-old Dachshund, Roma. Owner Sonny White (66), from Brighton, first noticed something was wrong with his...

A couple from County Durham have been disqualified from keeping animals for five years after neglecting an underweight pony who was found in a bare, snow-covered field with mouldy hay and frozen water. Andrew Allen and Siobhan Barker were handed the sentence at Peterlee Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday (11 October)...

More than three tonnes of pet food has already been donated to pet owners who are struggling to cope with spiralling living costs, thanks to a partnership between Amazon.co.uk and the RSPCA this ‘Adoptober’. Shoppers are being invited to make an extra pet-related purchase on Amazon.co.uk during October - which...

Three ferrets left in a cage down an alleyway in Hertfordshire are looking for kind and expert new owners. The trio were spotted behind Macrae Close in Stevenage on the morning of September 29 by a member of the public who contacted the RSPCA. All three were skinny but otherwise in...

Dogs Trust Loughborough is calling on local residents to consider giving a forever home to Major, an 11-year-old Anatolian Shepherd who weighs an astonishing 81 kilograms. Major was taken in by the team at Dogs Trust Loughborough following the death of his owner. Now, Dogs Trust Loughborough’s mission is to...

Dogs Trust is celebrating a major milestone in welcoming its 8,000th dog to their innovative Generation Pup study. The 8,000th dog to enrol in the study is an adorable 12-week-old Shih Tzu named Daphne Rose based in Darlington. Generation Pup is believed to be the first longitudinal study to include...