Four-month-old kitten’s skull smashed in so badly it looked like car had hit it
A tiny kitten had to be put down after his owner abused him so badly that he eventually smashed his skull in. Archie Spencer, 19, left Wolfie with injuries similar to those caused in a car crash in the...
View ArticlePregnant dog abandoned in alley found carrying dead puppy
An abandoned pregnant dog was found covered in so much of her own poo the RSPCA couldn’t tell what colour she was. The dog, who has been named Florence, had a closed eye when she was discovered and a...
View ArticleMystery as seal washes up four miles from the sea in Norfolk garden
A woman had the shock of her life when she looked outside and saw a seal rummaging around in the bushes of her garden – four miles from the sea. The three-week-old seal is thought to have travelled up...
View ArticleFox sneaks into family’s home and goes to sleep on their microwave
Today in ‘extremely London photos’, we have a young fox cub passed out on top of a microwave. He may have got fed up with sleeping behind bins, so climbed into a family’s home through the cat-flap,...
View ArticleParalysed five-week-old puppy left in alley to die on Christmas Day
Someone left a newborn puppy to die in an alleyway on Christmas Day. The RSPCA has launched an investigation after the paralysed dog was found in Carr Street by a member of the public, who looked after...
View ArticleDog abandoned and tied to tree 50 metres from animal shelter
A terrified dog was tied to a tree and abandoned by its owner just 50 metres away from an RSPCA shelter. Bruce the rottweiler cross was spotted by a dog walker who immediately contacted the animal...
View Article‘Beheaded’ plastic swan and ‘dead’ cuddly toy among RSPCA’s weirdest call-outs
A ‘beheaded swan’ that turned out to be a plastic toy and a ‘dead dog’ on a roof that was really a cuddly toy are among the RSPCA’s most entertaining call-outs. The charity gets a number of calls every...
View ArticleArmed police raid house to rescue gerbil after owner refused to let RSPCA in
Armed police officers forced their way into a prisoner’s home – to rescue his starving gerbil. The hungry pet’s owner had been in jail for a week but had refused to give the RSPCA access to his address...
View ArticleAbused dog found lying next to decomposing bodies of its siblings
Upsetting photos reveal how the RSPCA discovered a badly abused and emaciated dog lying next do the decomposing bodies of its siblings. The one-year-old terrier refused to leave the sides of the two...
View ArticleDog riddled with cancer found collapsed and tied up in park
A dog riddled with cancer collapsed after someone left him tied up to some railings at a park in London. Passers-by at Clissold Park, in Stoke Newington, initially thought the dog had been left...
View ArticleUrine-soaked kitten’s body found stuffed in child’s lunch bag
The RSPCA has launched an investigation after the dead body of a kitten was found soaked in urine and faeces, zipped up in a child’s lunch bag. Police were called on Saturday afternoon after a man made...
View ArticleDog dies after pieces of bone given as a treat blocks bowels
A devastated dog owner whose pet died after eating bones is warning others of the potential dangers of ‘natural raw treats’. Katy Wilson, from Kinmel Bay, lost her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Jilly,...
View ArticleMan who left Labradors in hot car outside hospital is banned from keeping dogs
A man who locked his two Labradors inside a car in 29C heat has been banned from keeping dogs. The RSPCA was called to York Hospital after people spotted the sweltering dogs in Nicholas Foreman’s red...
View ArticleHorses, cats and dogs kept in ’18th century conditions’ by mother and daughter
A mum and daughter have been banned from keeping animals after horses, cats and dogs were found living in ‘18th century conditions’. The RSPCA were called to Cherrywood farm in Gwespyr, Wales,...
View ArticleHere’s why we celebrate National Black Cat Day
Black cats haven’t had the best press over the last few hundred years (Picture: Digital Vision) Black cats haven’t had the best press over the last few hundred years. All the way from Celtic good luck...
View ArticleThree men charged after pigs ‘beaten with forks and kicked in the head’
Three men have been charged after undercover footage showed pigs ‘jabbed with a pitchfork and kicked in the face and head’. Other scenes show workers apparently slamming gates on pigs’ heads and...
View ArticleWoman spared jail after drowning pet cats in the toilet
A woman who caused her cats to drown by pushing their faces down the toilet has been spared jail. Abbi Mann, 36, called police to claim her pets had been poisoned. But when officers and the RSPCA...
View ArticleHand-reared swan reunited with owner after they couldn’t bear to be apart
A hand-reared cygnet has been reunited with the man who nursed him back to health after he was left for dead earlier this year. Sidney the swan was just a day old when he was discovered near Jones...
View ArticleReindeer kept in ‘horrific conditions’ at UK farms ahead of Christmas
This shocking footage shows the ‘horrific’ conditions reindeer are being kept in at UK farms ahead of Christmas. Some reindeer were allegedly found with raw, exposed skin, diarrhoea and skeletal...
View ArticleCat burned to death and dumped next to owner’s house
The charred remains of a missing pet cat have been discovered near its owner’s home. The RSPCA said Bonnie the cat was set on fire before being wrapped in a red jumper and dumped on the street. An...
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