RSPCA warns dog owners to look out for dognappers pretending to be inspectors

RSPCA warns dog owners to look out for dognappers pretending to be inspectors from the animal charity A white van with RSPCA signs has stopped dog owners to ask if pets were stolen Charity has stressed you shoud ask to see official ID and look for RSPCA badge It comes amid a surge in dog … Read more

RSPCA is set to hand over its role in bringing animal cruelty cases to court to the CPS

RSPCA is set to hand over its role in bringing animal cruelty cases to court to the CPS so it can focus on ‘frontline work’ after criticism over its private prosecutions The RSPCA said today that it has paved the way for the CPS to take over cases But this would only continue as long … Read more

The Chase stars are SLAMMED by the RSPCA for swimming with dolphins

The Chase stars are SLAMMED by the RSPCA for swimming with dolphins in spin-off show… as charity brands ITV ‘unacceptable’ for causing animals ‘stress and suffering’ By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 21:50 GMT, 25 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 January 2021 The RSPCA have hit out at ITV show The Chasers Road … Read more

RSPCA reveal their craziest rescues of 2020, including a stuck seal and fox in a watering can

The RSPCA has revealed their weirdest animal rescues of the year, including saving a seal from a running machine and a fox with its head caught in a watering can. These hilarious pictures show hapless pets and wild animals stuck in bizarre places before being freed. Rescuers from the charity have compiled the oddest rescues … Read more

Over 1,500 chickens bought during lockdown abandoned, says RSPCA

Cockerels and hens that were bought during the lockdown are being dumped in large numbers as owners try to tackle a return of bird flu. The RSPCA has dealt with 1,562 abandoned birds in the UK this year as new owners struggle to comply with the Government’s new biosecurity advice following the outbreak of the H5N8 … Read more

RSPCA call for BBC Three show called Will My Puppies Make Me Rich to be scrapped

RSPCA calls for BBC Three show Will My Puppies Make Me Rich to be scrapped claiming it glamorizes dog breeding BBC Three’s Will My Puppies Make Me Rich accused of glamorising animal abuse Show follows young ‘social media savvy’ puppy breeders starting up in ‘business’ RSPCA and other animal rights advocates have called the show ‘dangerous’ … Read more

I’m A Celebrity bosses are criticised by RSPCA over the way animals are treated on the series

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here has been criticised by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals just days into the new series. The RSPCA has said they have ‘serious concerns’ about the use of live animals in the Bushtucker Trials as the series takes place in the UK this year … Read more

Police and RSPCA raid suspected puppy farm on Sussex traveller site before ‘rescuing dogs’

Police and RSPCA raid suspected puppy farm on Sussex traveller site before ‘rescuing dogs’ It is understood that puppies and dogs were removed from the site this morning The traveller site is operated by the Brighton and Hove City Council Puppy farms have been illegal since ‘Lucy’s Law’ came into force in Spring 2020   By … Read more

Terrifying moment thugs launch rockets at RSPCA animal hospital

This is the shocking moment a gang of youths fire explosives at an animal hospital and leave staff trapped inside the building. Terrified animal carers barricaded themselves inside the RSPCA Harmsworth Animal Hospital in Finsbury Park, North London, as the gang pelted fireworks across the street in scenes that have since been described as ‘something … Read more

RSPCA London: Probe launched after chihuahua’s body found in bag

RSPCA launch probe after Chihuahua’s body is found stuffed inside a bread bag in north-east London **GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING**  A Chihuahua, two, was found curled up inside a brown paper bag in London Trainee RSPCA inspector Shahnaz Ahmas said it was ‘very strange and upsetting’ Dog was dumped on the pavement beside a road in … Read more