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...

Mayhew are raising awareness of ‘High-rise syndrome’ a phenomenon which sees hundreds of cats per year injured after falling from tall structures. The London based animal welfare centre is raising awareness of the common phenomenon familiar to vets, cat owners and animal rescue centres across the world. Usually when a...

Dog lovers have been offered advice on how to spot the sins in depression in their four-legged friends. The animal experts at Pure Pet Food have teamed up with their resident vet, Dr Andrew Miller to look at the signs and symptoms of depression in dogs. They believe that just like...

The six miracle pets who are in the running for the PDSA’s Pet Survivor of the Year award have been announced. In the running is a duck who survived a foc attack that ripped her throat open, and a tiny puppy farm victim who went blind and was nearly paralysed. The...