They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But that’s not the case for border collie Peggy. Her life as a sheepdog appeared to be over when, at the age of nine, her hearing became so bad that she could no longer hear her owner. But now, in a remarkable twist, Peggy is … Read more
RSPCA slams schools for egg-hatching projects as teachers don’t think about what happens to the chicks when they get bigger Charity said schools and nurseries are too noisy for chicks to be brought up in and they are often not looked after properly out of school hours Dave Allen, of the RSPCA, said: ‘It’s often … Read more
Now RSPCA backs Spring Clean: Charity supports drive to freshen up Britain after reports of animals trapped in lockdown litter RSPCA said it took 4,000 calls about creatures stuck in discarded waste in a year These include a gull tangled in a face mask and hedgehog with head stuck in can It is now urging … Read more
Now RSPCA backs Spring Clean: Charity supports drive to freshen up Britain after reports of animals trapped in lockdown litter RSPCA said it took 4,000 calls about creatures stuck in discarded waste in a year These include a gull tangled in a face mask and hedgehog with head stuck in can It is now urging … Read more
Police today said they would not take any action against an Oxford-educated QC whose dog fatally savaged Freddie the seal – as the owner said she was ‘heartbroken’ at the ‘terrible incident’. The Met said it had ended its investigation into Sunday’s attack, which saw the top barrister’s brown cross-breed Toby attack the local celebrity … Read more
The RSPCA today said they cannot investigate the Oxford-educated barrister who was in charge of the dog that fatally injured Freddie the seal because the incident did not involve deliberate cruelty, while the barrister said police had also told her she is ‘in the clear’. Lawyers for Rebecca Sabben-Clare QC, 49, said yesterday that she made contact … Read more
Britons are keeping their eye out for a walrus that has twice been spotted in the British Isles after ‘falling asleep on a drifting iceberg’. The Arctic beast has not been seen since yesterday morning – when it was relaxing on a rock in Wales – six days after it was first seen in Ireland. Experts … Read more
The RSPCA is on the look out for the next sighting of a walrus spotted in South Wales just six days after being seen in Ireland – as experts fear it fell asleep on an iceberg and drifted across the ocean. The walrus is described as ‘about the size of a cow’ and was first spotted … Read more
Horror as badly injured swan is rescued by the RSPCA after almost being decapitated when it crashed into pier while trying to land on a lake during gust of wind WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT RSPCA contacted after bird’s neck was almost ripped off by force of the collision Boat was sent to rescue injured swan from Alvaston … Read more
RSPCA is set to hand over its role in bringing animal cruelty cases to court to the CPS so it can focus on ‘frontline work’ after criticism over its private prosecutions The RSPCA said today that it has paved the way for the CPS to take over cases But this would only continue as long … Read more