The Kennel Club urges owners to check before they travel as many garden centres and destinations no longer dog-friendly due to coronavirus. With warm weather and sunshine set to sweep the UK ahead of the bank holiday weekend, a new warning from dog welfare experts has been issued to owners...

Love is an open door for Leo, as star from the West End Production of Frozen offers him a furry-tail ending. After a tough start in life, a five-month old smuggled Maltese puppy, Leo, has found his ‘furever’ home with South West London based actress Stephanie McKeon and her husband. Stephanie...

During Mental Health Awareness Week, PDSA is offering tips on reducing the chances of your four-legged friends suffering from the blues. The bond between animals and owners is really powerful and, at times like these, many of us would be lost without the mood boosting power of our pets. PDSA Vet...

Hill’s Pet Nutrition has introduced three new products to its existing Vet Essentials range, including adult dry and wet foods, as well as no grain foods. Each Hill’s Vet Essentials food comes with five essential health benefits for every life stage to give pets a step ahead to live their...

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, Barking Heads is partnering with Pets As Therapy and James Middleton to help raise awareness and support the charity’s fundraising efforts. The national charity, Pets As Therapy (PAT), sends trusted volunteers and their behaviourally assessed animals out on therapeutic visits to hospitals, hospices, nursing...

Animal welfare charities are urging the public not to risk their dogs’ lives as the weather warms up and the government lifts some of the lockdown restrictions in England. The Dogs Die in Hot Cars coalition group is launching this year’s campaign just a week after the Government eased lockdown...

Cats Protection has launched a new Hands-Free Homing scheme to allow potential owners to adopt a cat online while centres remain closed to the public. Prospective owners keen to share their homes with a furry companion can browse the cats on offer via the charity’s website at www.cats.org.uk/hands-free-homing. Photos, videos and...

A fox cub found himself outfoxed by a vase after getting his head stuck inside a ceramic pot. RSPCA animal collection officer, Joe White was called to Dengayne, Basildon on Tuesday (12 May) after a resident found the distressed cub stuck fast in a ceramic vase. Joe said: “The woman found...

Staffordshire Bull Terriers are most likely to be abandoned during lockdown, as RSPCA sees an average of 19 dog abandonments daily. The RSPCA has received more than 1,600 reports of abandonment animals across England and Wales since lockdown began and more than 800 of these were about dogs. The charity has...

Over half of pet owners say that despite the Covid-19 situation, their mental wellbeing is surprisingly positive, according to research. The research, which is released to mark Mental Health Awareness Week (18th-24th May) reveals that 43% of pet owners put their positive mental wellbeing down to spending time with their...