Travellers ride horses through the river as Appleby Horse Fair 2019 kicks off
Travellers have been filmed riding their horses through the river (Picure: SWNS/Getty Images) Thousands of people have flocked to a small town in Cumbria for the first day of Europe’s largest traveller...
View ArticleAnger over video of horse being whipped and manhandled during Appleby Horse Fair
Sorry, this video isn't available any more. ‘Heartbreaking’ footage of a horse being manhandled in the street and beaten during the Appleby Horse Fair has led to calls for the event to be cancelled. A...
View ArticleElderly couple held hostage by seagulls in their own home for six days
Caption: Couple held hostage by seagulls in their own home for six days SWNS A pensioner ended up in hospital after he and his wife were held captive in their coastal home by a couple of angry...
View ArticleFrench bulldog tied to vehicle and dragged to her death
Skin missing on her legs suggests she tried to run until she was no longer able to (Picture: Liverpool Echo) A French bulldog believed to have just given birth to puppies was apparently tied to a...
View ArticleMystery as cat staggers home impaled on wooden spike
Kensi’s shocked owners rushed her to a vet immediately where she underwent emergency life-saving surgery (Picture: Triangle News) The RSPCA has launched an investigation, after a cat returned to her...
View ArticleCat with diabetes is desperately looking for a loving home
Fonzy was returned to the shelter by his owners after he fell sick (Picture: RSPCA) Could you give Fonzy the loving home he deserves? Fonzy is an eight-year-old moggy who’s in need of a permanent home...
View ArticleLatitude Festival’s bright pink sheep slammed as ‘abuse’ by animal rights...
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Latitude festival has upset social media users and animal rights activists with their...
View ArticleMan behind worst dog abuse RSPCA rescuers had ever seen is spared jail
Daisy suffering from a chronic skin condition but her owner failed to bring her to the vet (Picture: SWNS) A dog owner of a pet who lost her fur in one of the worst cases of animal neglect the RSPCA...
View ArticleRSPCA asks people to keep an eye on their tortoises
The giant Sulcata tortoise (Picture: RSPCA /SWNS.COM) The RSPCA is warning people to keep a careful eye on all their pets because they keep being called out to rescue tortoises that have made a...
View ArticleDefenceless puppy dies after being ‘repeatedly kicked in the head’ by thugs
Joanna Tufts made a makeshift bed for Asher after finding him serious injured outside a Co-Op (Picture: Triangle News) A 16-week-old puppy has died after allegedly being kicked in the head by a group...
View ArticleHeartbreak as dog dies after eating chewing gum with artificial sweetener
Four-year-old Amelia keeps asking why her ‘brother’ went to ‘heaven’ (Picture: Deadline News) A family has opened up about the horror of losing their dog after he ate a chewing gum containing an...
View ArticleJilted boyfriend kills ex’s fish by pouring fabric conditioner in tank
Fish killer Benjamin Avill (36) grabbed a nearby bottle of Comfort fabric conditioner and emptied it into the large tank (Picture:BNPS) A crazed ex-boyfriend who laughed as he poisoned 50 of his ex...
View ArticleCouple spared jail for risking return of rabies in puppy-smuggling scandal
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A couple who risked spreading rabies in Britain by importing thousands of potentially...
View Article‘Hoarder’ who left 100 dogs to suffer in squalid home fined £50,000
Lynn Stoker acted ‘evasively’ towards RSPCA investigators (Picture: RSPCA/SWNS) A woman who left more than 100 dogs to suffer in crowded cages and no fresh drinking water has been ordered to pay...
View ArticleSix foot Python found dumped in Tesco carpark
The RSPCA belive the snake may be a newly-purchased pet that was abandoned by its owner (Picture: RSPCA / SWNS) A shocked shopper dialled 999 after finding a six-foot Burmese Python dumped in Tesco...
View ArticleSecond dead whale found in Thames in a month
The dead whale was seen near Gravesend today and removed from the water at about 10am the Port of London Authority said (Picture: The Liquid Highway) A second dead whale has been found in the Thames...
View ArticleCCTV captures moment man tied up dog and abandoned him
Panda was dumped by the roadside (Picture: PA) Video footage captured the heartrending moment a dog looks around for his owner after he was tied to a post and left behind. The Staffordshire terrier...
View ArticleOwner of farm branded ‘total animal welfare disaster’ is jailed
Susan Smith was convicted of 27 charges including animal cruelty (Pictures: PA/RSPCA) The owner of a ‘hell farm’ where dozens of animals died in squalor has been jailed. Susan Smith, 61, oversaw what a...
View ArticleHorse impaled itself on a fence after being ‘spooked by fireworks’
It tooks hours for his owner and a vet to free him with the help of two RSPCA officers (Picture: Mercury Press) A horse became so frightened by rockets going off that it skewered itself with a fence...
View ArticleMan filmed urging his dog to maul cat to death
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video This is the horrifying moment a dog owner appears to deliberately set his pet on a cat...
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