Cat dragged himself home after losing eye and fracturing skull in hit and run
A cat managed to drag himself home after suffering a fractured skull, split jaw, torn lips and a lost eye in a hit and run. Maximus was so badly injured in June last year that vets feared he would have...
View ArticleDog rescued from streets becomes one of UK’s first police Staffies
One of the UK’s first ever staffie police dogs has joined the force. Two-year-old rescue Staffordshire Bull Terrier Cooper, who is specially-trained to find drugs, cash and firearms, is the first of...
View ArticleHorse looking for new home after being dumped in a pensioner’s garden
A horse who was dumped in a pensioner’s back garden is now ready to go to a new home. The one-year-old colt, named Mr Melvin Andrews, was discovered in an grandmother’s small garden in Stoke-on-Trent...
View ArticleHunt for cruel person who left dog chained to lamppost in freezing temperatures
Someone very cruel left this frightened dog chained to a lamppost in freezing temperatures. The dog was found dumped in Esher Road, Kingstanding, at around 10.20pm last Friday. Residents gave the dog a...
View ArticleStarving dog dumped on road ‘hours from death’
An investigation has been launched after an emaciated dog was dumped by the side of the road ‘less than a day from death’. American bulldog Oscar was tied up and abandoned at a busy junction in...
View ArticleTiny puppy dies after being abandoned outside block of flats
A tiny puppy has died after being dumped outside in the freezing temperatures. The little Akita pup, who was no more than two months old, was found by a member of the public suffering from a number of...
View ArticleMan who forced cockerels into ‘horrific and abhorrent’ fights is jailed
A man has been jailed for causing ‘horrific and abhorrent’ abuse to animals by forcing cockerels to fight each other. William Henry Welch, of Darlington, County Durham, was found by officers from North...
View Article‘Overbred’ bulldog so thin its ribs were visible is found tied to fence
A severely emaciated dog has been rescued after it was discovered abandoned and tied to metal railings. It’s not known how long the female bulldog cross was left alone for, but she was so thin all her...
View ArticleFamily of swans shot dead ‘because they belong to the Queen’
A family of swans that were shot dead in Kent may have been killed due to their association with the Queen. Two swans and five cygnets were found wrapped in plastic bags after they were thrown down the...
View ArticleFour-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 ArticleHero cat saves kitten’s life by donating blood
This cute little ginger kitten was close to death after being found in squalid conditions. The five-week-old cat was anaemic, weak and fighting for his life when RSPCA officers discovered him at a...
View ArticleSnoop the dog finds new home after Snoop Dogg offered to adopt him
An abandoned Staffie filmed chasing after his owner’s car is now happily living in his new home, after Snoop Dogg took up his cause. Millions of people watched CCTV footage of Snoop being driven to the...
View Article‘Animal hoarder’ kept over 50 Siamese cats in one house
Over 50 Siamese cats were rescued from a single home after their breeding became ‘out of control’. The RSPCA were called in to deal with the 55 cats, who had taken over the home. Staff are now looking...
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