A four-year old rescue dog is looking forward to spending her first Christmas in her new home after waiting seven months for someone to fall in love with her. This time last year Ruby was spending Christmas at Dogs Trust Snetterton and had waited more than 219 days for her...

RSPCA Stapeley Grange Cattery in Nantwich, Cheshire is set for another busy Christmas after caring for 32 animals last Christmas Day. The animal centre staff work round-the-clock, 365 days a year to care for animals in need and Christmas Day is no exception for Stapeley Grange Cattery. Throughout the festive period...

Cats Protection shares their 12 top tips to avoid sending your cat crackers this Christmas Curiosity can have a notorious effect on cats, so the advent of tinsel, baubles and seasonal plants can turn a cosy Christmas home into a tempting playground of hazards for our furry friends. To help keep...

Battersea welcomed its Royal Patron, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall on what is the charity’s 160th Anniversary year. Her Royal Highness heard how Battersea has continued to care for dogs and cats in need throughout lockdown, and thanks to generous support from its donors has built world-class facilities...

Millions of people in the UK may be completely reliant on their pets for companionship this Christmas, according to research from vet charity PDSA. Off the back of findings from the annual PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report, PDSA is warning that the financial impact of the Covid-19 crisis in the...

Discover Dogs is set to return to the ExCeL London on 20 - 21 November 2021 to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The event, which was first held in 1996, didn’t take place this year due to Covid-19, but it is hoped by the end of next year the event will be...

YuMOVE today is launching #ThankYouDogs to celebrate the vital role that dogs have played in 2020. One of the ways that YuMOVE is “thanking” dogs is by supporting StreetVet – a charity that provides vital veterinary care to the nation’s street dogs. Lockdowns and social restrictions have made canine companionship more...

Dogs Trust is once more bringing some festive cheer to dogs and their owners who are experiencing homelessness or living in housing crisis this Christmas. The UK’s largest dog welfare charity, which has two rehoming centres in Scotland, and has been running its unique Hope Project across the UK for...

London-based animal rescue centre, Mayhew are hoping to raise £10,000 to deliver 100 emergency care packages for animals in need this winter. For the vast majority of us, this will be a festive period like no other, as various Coronavirus restrictions remain and temperatures drop. Due to this, many people will...

New research from Dogs Trust reveals that almost a third of people would be willing to buy a puppy even if they thought there was a chance it had been illegally smuggled into the UK. Every year thousands of puppies are smuggled across Central and Eastern Europe to be mis-sold...