All news on the topic: RSPCA

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Teacher sacked over kicking and slapping horse video weeps at not guilty verdict
Sarah Moulds was filmed kicking and hitting the horse, called Bruce Almighty, in 2021 while taking part in the Cottesmore Hunt, one of Britain's oldest foxhound packs
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'My neighbour accused me of animal abuse - my cat just likes to sleep outside'
A cat owner is concerned their neighbours will call the RSPCA due to their cat wanting to sleep outside - and they'll be accused of neglect despite the cat being happy
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UK's loneliest dog still searching for forever home after 500 days at shelter
Brodie the bulldog was subject to an animal cruelty case which meant he had to wait for his case to go through the courts before he could legally become available for adoption
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Matted blind dog who was dumped by owners looks unrecognisable after haircut
Morris was presumed dead when he was found and rescued by a walker. Thankfully, he's been given a new lease of life after the RSPCA helped the blind pooch to find a new home
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Disturbing 'zombie salmon' seen at UK fish farm as welfare probe launched
Lifelong activist Don Staniford says the video he captured 'was like something out of a horror film', while the Scottish Government has been forced to launch an investigation
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Green charities warn Rishi Sunak after he's slammed for flying 200 miles
The under-fire PM - who has been criticised for taking a 200 mile journey by helicopter - has been warned by dozens of environmental charities not to use green policies as a "political football" amid Net Zero pressure
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Police appeal for sightings of 'puppy hitter' as manhunt continues
Doorbell camera footage captured the pet being suddenly pulled by its leash and then struck around the head during the horrifying incident in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
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'We adopted Britain's loneliest dog - and he even gave us a new lease of life'
Sam and Lorraine, from Hampshire, adopted nine-year-old Charlie after he had spent more than 500 days in an RSPCA rescue centre in Somerset waiting for his forever home
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'Loneliest dog' in UK is a 'lovely boy' but nobody visit him
The RSPCA is appealing for people to adopt two lonely dogs who they say would make great and loving pets. Riot and Rose have 'lots of love to give' and would make loyal companions
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Cruel dog owner caught cropping sweet puppy's ears after visit to the vet
A cruel dog owner has been fined and banned from owning animals for two years after vets realised he had illegally cropped his 11-week-old puppy's ears during a routine vaccine appointment
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Woman hits cockerel in head and tries to throttle it after its crows woke her
Caroline Smith, who lives in Adlington, admitted unnecessary suffering to Eddy, a black Araucana cross cockerel who she allegedly tried to throttle and then hit with a boat fender
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Woman avoids jail after throwing dog from flat window during row with boyfriend
Kayleigh Smee threw the eight-year-old pet Chihuahua to his death from a second-storey flat during a “terrible” row with her boyfriend
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Shake-up laws to protect foxes from 'bloodthirsty' hunters, campaigners warn
Charities and organisations have formed a coalition to press for an overhaul of the 2004 Hunting Act, which was meant to ban fox hunting with packs of hounds
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Distressing moment man caught on doorbell camera dragging and hitting puppy
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A doorbell camera has captured a man repeatedly hitting a bulldog-type puppy in Hanley, Staffordshire after it refused to walk on its lead, with the RSPCA confirming it is investigating
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More misery for families as another important household staple soars in price
A survey by the RSPCA found that 23% of pet owners were worried about feeding their animals amid the cost of living crisis
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Sick online videos fuelling trend for pitting dogs in savage fights to the death
RSPCA runs stings to take down the violent and disturbing groups who organise the fights, some reported to be worth up to £50,000
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Rescued baby owls get very apt nicknames after being rescued from Glastonbury
Two baby owls rescued from Guns N' Roses' Glastonbury performance have been given appropriate names after two of the band's most prominent members
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Family devastated as cat pinned down by gang and brutally kicked in cruel attack
Tosca was rushed to a vet by a kind stranger who stepped in to intervene, and he has since been given strong painkillers
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Rescue pooch who found fame on TV sadly dies - but lives on with final wish
In this week's Pet Club, we remember Honey the Battersea pooch on Pet Remembrance Day, pay thanks to RSPCA rescue staff and shine light on a donkey named after a footballing star
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Angry seagull 'terrorises' community with 'dive-bomb' attacks on people and pets
Residents have complained of an aggressive seagulls attacking people as they leave their homes in Crouch End, north London, divebombing people as they go about their days
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50,000 dogs dumped in three years - see list of top 20 abandoned breeds
Pugs, French bulldogs and litters of Cockapoo puppies are among the designer breeds dumped at Many Tears Animal Rescue and waiting to be rehomed
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No one has applied to adopt 'sad-eyed' dog since rescue from house of horrors
Izzy, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier/Shar Pei cross, arrived at RSPCA Derby severely underweight after being the victim of animal cruelty - now she's recovered and desperate for a new home
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Man neglected dogs so badly one ate another as neighbours reported foul smell
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Paul Wynne left the remains of three dogs in his Liverpool flat with the horrors only discovered when neighbours upstairs begin to complain of maggots and the smells of decay
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Woman banned from keeping pets after kittens killed by severe flea infestation
Kerri Dunstan, 35, of Anderson Street, Grimsby indicated a plea of guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to three kittens by a failure to act, namely by failing to provide adequate or any parasitic control
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Snake warning for UK as heatwave makes reptiles 'escape a lot more'
The exotic pets are "excellent escape artists" during hot weather, according to the RSPCA, which received over 100 calls a month relating to escaped snakes last year