Staff and four-legged residents at Dogs Trust Basildon are appealing for the public and local businesses to donate prizes for their Christmas Fair. Dogs Trust Basildon are hoping that generous members of the public and local businesses will help to make this year’s Christmas Fair a huge success by donating...

A hero Police Dog (PD) is being honoured by PDSA after he sustained life-threatening injuries whilst on duty with Derbyshire Police. PD Axle, a seven-year old German Shepherd, attended a presentation in his honour at Derbyshire Police Headquarters in Ripley with his handler, PC Dean Allen. PD Axle and PC Allen...

Sofa and carpet specialist, SCS is inviting animal lovers across the country to get into the Christmas spirit with their pets. The search is on to find the UK’s most festive pet and SCS are calling on pet owners to submit their photos pf their pets getting into the Christmas...

The RSPCA launches its festive appeal Stock the Sleigh to help needy animals this winter as it reveals last Christmas Day was the busiest for 5 years. On 25 December 2018, the charity received 934 calls to its cruelty line – the highest number for five years and almost a...

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home has renewed its call for tougher cruelty sentences after rescuing a kitten tied up in a plastic bag and left to die on a busy road. Staff at the charity’s Old Windsor centre were shocked when they were asked to take in Bryn, who had...

The RSPCA is looking for a home for two Northern Innuit dogs who came into the charity’s care through its Home for Life scheme. Majika and Moisheka, a mother and son duo, came into the RSPCA’s West Hatch Animal Centre in Taunton, Somerset in August this year. Their owner had registered...

The RSPCA is appealing for information after a rabbit was abandoned by the side of a road with nothing but a teddy bear for comfort. The young adult lop eared rabbit, named Nigel by the RSPCA, was found in Turnham Road in Lewisham in a cardboard box with a grey...

A community has pulled together to rescue 70 hedgehogs from a flooded sanctuary in Nottinghamshire. RSPCA inspector Dan Bradshaw was called to a hedgehog rescue centre in Retford on Friday morning (8 November) to help evacuate 70 hedgehogs from the flooding. Dan commented: “The rescue takes in sick and injured hedgehogs...

On 16 November, Battersea’s Old Windsor centre will be inviting all good boys and girls of Berkshire and beyond to meet a very special guest. From 10:30am to 4pm, Santa Claus will be visiting the Old Windsor rehoming centre to meet members of the public and their pet dogs and...

A woman from Morecambe has received a suspended sentence after admitting causing unnecessary suffering and failing to meet the needs of her dogs. Kilmany Jane O’Connor – of Mardale Avenue appeared before Lancaster Magistrates’ Court on Monday 4 November and was handed a suspended prison sentence and disqualified from keeping...