Possible restrictions over the use of fireworks to certain times of the year is due to be debated in Parliament.
Fireworks should only be allowed on ‘traditional dates’ like New Year’s Eve and Guy Fawkes night, according to a petition which has gained more than 104,000 signatures.
An investigation has been launched after three dogs died and up to seven more became ill after drinking from a lake.
Police in Kent have cordoned off parts of Brooklands Lake, near Powder Mill Lane in Dartford, after a dog walker said that three of her pets had become ill and later died.
A daft cat was rescued by the RSPCA after he climbed up… Read the full story
There’s a pop-up bunny cafe due to open next week – and people are very concerned.
More than 6,000 people have expressed an interest in going to the cafe, which opens on June 5 in Islington and is run by a company called Bunny Blossom.
While at first it may sound like just a bit of fun, it’s not so fun for the bunnies – and many people have raised legitimate concerns about the wellbeing of the animals involved.
In particular, rabbits are known for being nervous, and they can suffer quite… Read the full story
A proposed ‘pop up bunny cafe’ which outraged animal lovers and was criticised by the RSPCA will not go ahead.
Organisers Bunny Blossom confirmed to Metro.co.uk that, following the major backlash, they would not be staging the event after all.
‘Regretfully we won’t be opening our cafe as we are worried for the safety of our staff and supporters,’ Bunny Blossom told Metro.co.uk in an email.
This jackdaw bird with a ‘fetish’ for tweezers managed to swallow a pair the length of its entire digestive system.
In a series of X-rays, veterinarians were shocked to discover the metal tongs lodged in its body with the sharp end pierced through its neck.
The small bird was rushed to the RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre in Cheshire where it underwent a painstaking one-hour operation to remove the object through its stomach.
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Henry the French bulldog’s daily walk lasted just 10 minutes on the hottest… Read the full story
This could be the laziest dog walker in the world.
A motorist has been condemned by the RSPCA after he allegedly forced two dogs to walk for miles – by hanging their leads through his car windows.
Horrified witnesses said that the dog owner was in the vehicle with two children who were walking the pets in an ‘extremely dangerous’ way around Gloucester.
One spectator said: ‘I’m still thinking about it – it was horrible. Worst thing… Read the full story
We’ve all been spooked by the odd spider while cleaning cobwebs before, but one mother got the fright of her life after finding this massive tarantula in her home.
At first Lindsay Herlihy thought it was a toy, but got a bit of a shock when she realised that it wasn’t.
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A manhunt is underway to find this dog owner after he was filmed beating his dog who appears petrified.
The dog cowers as he’s punched and kicked by the man who yanks the dog towards him and punches him repeatedly to get him to sit still.
A passer-by also filmed the abuser kick the dog in the stomach as it attempts to greet someone in the street.
The RSPCA is asking the public for information in a bid to track down the abuser spotted outside the Co-Op in Benwell Street, Holloway, on Monday.
MORE: Woman in bikini hurls racist insults at black woman in front of her stunned daughterA pony who was left ‘totally emaciated’ and riddled with lice has made the most amazing recovery.
Dora, a ten hands high young pony, was found roaming alone in an enormous field by animal rescue workers.
She was in a horrific state. Her fur was matted, her mane was overgrown, her tail, belly and legs were all caked in faeces.
Plus, she was so skinny you could see her ribs… Read the full story
Badger culling is under way in England, despite widespread protests from animal welfare organisations.
The government is rolling out the cull to more parts of the country, with the stated aim of tackling tuberculosis in cattle – who can catch the disease from badgers.
Additional licences have been granted for culls in parts of Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Cornwall, Devon and Dorset – and Defra confirmed that operations are ‘now under way’.
The announcement comes after cull schemes in three areas of Gloucestershire, Somerset and Dorset.
The RSPCA has condemned culls as inhumane and ineffective for fighting bovine TB, and accused… Read the full story
A pet was snatched from his owner’s garden and ‘slaughtered’, leaving a trail of blood all over the pavement.
Turbo, a white American bulldog, was last seen by his owner outside in his garden in Liverpool at around 8.30pm on the night of the attack.
He is feared to have been taken from the property, walked to a park just a few metres away and then stabbed three times.
Blood on the pavement left a trail of his last moments as Turbo was brought back home and dumped behind his owner’s fence at around… Read the full story
He cant have been that popular down the sett afterwards, but an adventurous badger needed rescuing after he fell into a septic tank.
Two young kitties were dumped on a live railway track and run over by at least three trains in Kent – and yet miraculously survived.
Someone had bundled the cats, who are both only one year old, into pillowcases and tied them up tightly before dumping them in the railway line to die.
Sophie and Tiggs were both microchipped, and had gone missing days before they were discovered by concerned Network Rail staff in Deal,… Read the full story
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