Cat who had ears removed due to skin cancer needs a home
Kitkat is thought to have spent a lot of time outside, which led to skin cancer on both of her ears (Picture: Grant Archer/RSPCA) An RSPCA animal centre in the West Midlands is urgently looking for a...
View ArticleCan you give 17-year-old cats Thelma and Louise a retirement home?
What a pair of sweeties (Picture: RSPCA) Meet Thelma and Louise, the bonded senior citizen cats who are looking for a home in which to enjoy their twilight years. Described as ‘sweet and playful’ on...
View ArticleFamily calls 999 after 5ft snake enters house and slithers across their...
West Midlands Police officers arrived armed with a pillow case and a grabber (Picture: SWNS) A family has been left shaken after they spotted a five-foot snake slithering across their living room...
View ArticlePregnant hedgehog badly hurt after it was kicked and hit with stones
The poor hog had to have a cast put on her broken leg (Picture: Herts Police) A pregnant hedgehog was seriously injured after a group of boys kicked her and pelted her with stones. Two passersby...
View ArticleNewborn puppies found abandoned in woods with umbilical cords still attached
Who could do such a thing? (Picture: RSPCA) Nearly a dozen newborn puppies have been found abandoned in a rubbish bag in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The extremely vulnerable litter were so new to...
View ArticlePregnant hedgehog dies along with three babies after boys attacked her
Vets initially treated the hedgehog but she was too unwell to save (Picture: Herts Police) A pregnant hedgehog who was kicked and hit with stones has died along with all her babies several days after...
View ArticleNo, goldfish don’t make good fairground prizes
They need more than a little plastic bag (Picture: Getty Images) We’ve all seen goldfish lined up in little plastic bags at the fairground, ready to be given out as prizes to excited fairground...
View ArticleRSPCA no longer taking in injured seabirds due to bird flu risk
The RSPCA said officers will continue to attend reports of sick and injured birds, but will not be able to take them back to their centres (Picture: Getty/RSPCA/PA) The RSPCA said it has had to make...
View ArticleCan you help the RSPCA save the lives of these sick cockapoo puppies?
Oh, no (Picture: RSPCA) Three cockapoo pups who needed emergency RSPCA care for parvovirus need your help. These sickly eight-week-old puppies are called Huey, Louie and Chloe, and they’ve racked up...
View ArticleDog was so hungry it ‘started eating itself’– and its owner was fined just £600
Kyla Martin let Poppy become so emaciated she could barely stand (Picture: RSPCA/SWNS) A dog was neglected so badly that is thought to have eaten part of its own tail in desperation. Whippet-lurcher...
View ArticleDozens of dog-sized rabbits being bred for meat rescued from tiny cages
One of the Flemish Giant Rabbits weighed 8kg – the same as a medium sized dog – and had ears measuring 7 inches long (Picture: SWNS/RSPCA) Forty-seven giant rabbits have been saved from the chop after...
View ArticleThree dogs scarred from cruel badger baiting looking for loving new homes
‘They are currently three of the longest-staying dogs in our care’ (Picture: Wales News Service) Patterdale terriers Bert, Ernie and Popeye are looking for forever homes after being rescued from the...
View ArticleWhat to do if you find a stray dog – tips from the RSPCA
Remember, your safety needs to come first (Picture: Getty Images) If you come across a dog alone, there are right and wrong ways to go about helping them. No, you can’t just decide to keep them – and,...
View ArticleDog abandoned for days in garden full of rubbish during 36°C heat
The Boxer type dog was left along in the filthy garden (Picture: RSPCA) A dog was left abandoned without food in a garden filled with rubbish on the hottest day on record in the UK. Concerned...
View ArticleShar Pei rescue gets a facelift to remove extra skin so he can see
He’s recovered and ready to find a forever home (Picture: RSPCA) This is Reggie, the sweet dog who desperately needed a facelift. No, it wasn’t to make him look younger – don’t be fooled by his...
View ArticleTippy the puppy is the last surviving member of her abandoned litter of 11
She and her siblings were left in a woodland with their umbilical cords still attached (Picture: RSPCA) This is Tippy, the last surviving member of her litter after she and the other pups were left in...
View ArticleFive-foot boa constrictor found snaking around outside McDonald’s
This boa constrictor was discovered outside a McDonald’s branch in Bognor Regis (Picture: RSPCA) McDonald’s workers got a bit of a fright when an extremely unexpected customer turned up outside their...
View ArticlePolice smash window to free dog left in boiling car at tram station
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Video footage captured the moment police officers smashed a window to rescue a Shih Tzu...
View ArticleSomeone abandoned 20 poodle cross puppies in a crate on a lay-by
Heartless (Picture: RSPCA) A cruel owner has abandoned a crate full of 20 puppies on a lay-by in Essex. Thankfully, the pups were spotted by someone who was walking in the Blackmore area and called...
View ArticleRescue centre seeks loving retirement home for 18-year-old senior cat
Could you be the one to help Squeek enjoy his twilight years (Picture: RSPCA) A rescue shelter is seeking a new owner for a ‘senior kittizen’ cat, 18, recently brought into their care. The RSPCA’s...
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