The RSPCA is announcing a change in the way that reports of lost and found animals are logged.
From 1 December, anyone who wishes to report a missing pet or tell us about an uninjured stray they have found will be asked to go to www.petslocated.com to register the animal’s details.
The service already exists to register reports of lost and found animals, but this is the first...
The RSPCA is relieved to hear the Government has put a stop to the badger cull in Gloucestershire three weeks early.
Sources say the cull will end at noon on Saturday rather than the 18 December date planned after those carrying out the cull did not meet even their reduced target.
The initial six-week pilot cull ended in October, but was then extended for another eight weeks...
The company which ran the pilot badger cull in Somerset have applied for an extension of two to three weeks to complete their work.
Natural England, the national executive responsible for protecting and improving England's natural enviroment is currently considering the application.
Gloucestershire is expected to also apply for an extension.
On the eve of a potentially devastating badger cull, Team Badger has published a report exposing the myths which underpin these misguided plans.
Team Badger’s ‘Mythbusters Report’ has been published to correct inaccuracies and misconceptions being used to justify the killing of thousands of badgers. The group, made up of the RSPCA, IFAW, the Humane Society International (UK), Born Free...
The RSPCA launched its annual competition for budding young snappers to showcase their best images of animals yesterday.
The Young Photographer Awards 2013 (YPA13) welcomes all kinds of pictures from cheeky portraits of family pets to imaginative photos of wildlife and even close-ups of insects in a mix of categories open to young people under 19.
UK nature is in trouble – that is the conclusion of a groundbreaking report published today by a coalition of leading conservation and research organisations.
Scientists working side-by-side from 25 wildlife organisations have compiled a stock take of our native species – the first of its kind in the UK. The report reveals that 60% of the species studied have declined over recent...
We may think we are a nation of animal lovers, however a new RSPCA report has revealed that convictions for animal neglect and cruelty rose by nearly 34 per cent in 2012.
Launched during RSPCA Week, the RSPCA Prosecutions Annual Report also shows there was a 15.7 per cent increase in the number of defendants convicted last year in England and Wales.