Category Magazine

Tiny puppy dumped on coldest night of the year will be warm and loved this Xmas – with the woman who rescued him! Once Patterdale terrier pup Elfie went home with RSPCA officer Heather Cook it was clear he’d never…

A man has been disqualified from dealing in dogs after 23 were found in poor conditions at a pig farm in North Yorkshire. James Featon (DoB: 19/01/1968) of Roughaw Road, Skipton was due to stand trial this week at York…

Two animal traffickers who imported fashionable breeds of dogs and cats and sold them from their home in Greater Manchester have been sentenced for a number of offences. Laura Kiseliova (DoB: 14/06/79) and Raimondas Titas (DoB: 13/03/81), crammed dozens of…

A couple have been given 14-week prison sentences, suspended for 12-months, and disqualified from keeping dogs for life after abandoning their pets at a house in Doncaster. Frazer Hugh Massey (D.O.B 20.03.93) and Zoe Natasha White (D.O.B 11.03.87) – now…

Earlier this year, in a first for the charity, Battersea Dogs & Cats Home rehomed a one-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier as a working search dog at HMP Six Counties Search Team. Cookie is now training to detect drugs that are…

A man from Hull has been given an 18-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and disqualified from keeping animals for life after admitting causing unnecessary suffering and failing to meet the needs of a West Highland terrier called Charlie.…

A man has been handed a suspended prison sentence and disqualified from keeping animals for his involvement in running a puppy farm in his partner’s backyard in Kent. Glen Hayes (DoB: 11/07/65) of Beatty Avenue, Gillingham, appeared at Bexley Magistrates’…

A Pembrokeshire man has been fined after causing his 13-year-old dog to suffer with hyperthermia after leaving him in a hot car amid sweltering, dangerous June weather conditions. John Foster, aged 66, of Merrion Village, Castlemartin, admitted causing his crossbreed…

Vets are being urged to report suspected dog fighting injuries by a leading animal welfare charity, following evidence eye-witness accounts are going unreported. The appeal from the League Against Cruel Sports follows evidence dog fighting is on the rise, with…