Latest news

20.03.2013 - Rehabilitation of wild animals does really work, according to research gathered from our wildlife centres over the past nine years.

18.03.2013 - Fifteen of our inspectors have trekked up Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania - the highest free-standing mountain in the world – to raise money for the RSPCA.

16.03.2013 - Our East Winch wildlife centre is looking after a seal found on Felixstowe beach entangled in fishing line and with a big wound on the back of its head.

15.03.2013 - A case in which more than 100 horses were found in dreadful conditions at a family’s property in Buckinghamshire finally ended this week – more than five years after it began.

14.03.2013 - Stories about a fox cub chased by hounds and a baby red squirrel whose hazelnuts were stolen by a grey have won our wildlife-themed short story competition.

12.03.2013 - We recently rescued a badger after she got stuck in the wheel of a van.

11.03.2013 - We are celebrating as the sale of cosmetics tested on animals is banned within the European Union today – 30 years since we began campaigning for ‘cruelty-free’ cosmetics.

08.03.2013 - We are currently inundated with a record number of pleas for help from families who are escaping domestic abuse and asking for someone to care for their pets.

07.03.2013 - We welcome the inclusion of a category for cross-breeds at this year’s Crufts – but insist all dogs should be judged on their health and welfare rather than their appearance.

04.03.2013 - We are again warning against the dangerous practice of tethering horses after one of our inspectors carried out a heroic rescue of a pony which was dangling by his neck off a cliff in Suffolk.