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Back-to-back shipments of animals leave from Dover today 23 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
23.08.13 Four lorries of sheep and calves arrived at the Dover Docks this morning and sailed to Calais, with a further shipment expected later today. Today marks the biggest shipment of animals from...
Woman given life ban after Shetland found collapsed in emaciated state 21 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
21.08.13 A woman has been banned from keeping horses for life after three of her Shetland ponies were found in such an emaciated state that they struggled to stand up and had to be supported by passe...
Stoke Mandeville couple left fallen sheep to die 20 Aug 2013 | 03:52 pm
20.08.13 A couple from Stoke Mandeville have been ordered to pay more than two thousand pounds costs and disqualified from keeping all animals for two years. Milton Keynes magistrates heard that the ...
Many pedigree dogs still suffering needlessly 19 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
19.08.13 Five years on from the documentary highlighting the suffering endured by many pedigree dogs not enough has been done and many dogs are still suffering needlessly. Today marks the five year ...
Final call for our competition to find the best young photographer 16 Aug 2013 | 06:56 pm
16.08.13 Budding young snappers keen to be crowned the winner of this year’s Young Photographer Awards (YPA 2013) need to hurry up – the deadline for the prestigious competition is just over a week a...
Saddened by death of Compassion in World Farming co-founder 15 Aug 2013 | 04:22 pm
15.08.13 On Friday, 9 August Anna Roberts, co-founder of Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), sadly passed away. Anna and her husband Peter founded CIWF in 1967 to protest the issue of factory farmi...
Joan the guide dog shows value of legacies 15 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
15.08.13 A trainee guide dog has been named Joan in honour of a lady who left money to us to be used to train a guide dog. As we don’t train guide dogs, we gave the money to the charity Guide Dogs i...
RSPCA Brighton has thousands of chickens to rehome 14 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
14.08.13 RSPCA Brighton has agreed to save ten thousand free-range chickens from slaughter. The 18-month-old egg-laying chickens have come to the end of their usefulness for a commercial egg produce...
Rescue Horse/Pony of the Year promises to be bigger and better 12 Aug 2013 | 04:12 pm
12.08.13 The second RSPCA and PRP Rescue Services Rescue Horse/Pony of the Year is set to be even bigger and better than last year’s competition when the event takes place at Equifest this Saturday, ...
Cats abandoned by police station 10 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
10.08.13 We are appealing for information on how a cat and her kittens came to be dumped in Gloucester. A shivering mother cat and her two kittens were found abandoned on a bench in Berkeley Street,...