Our press releases
Our press releases provide quick access to key information on the latest RSPCA campaigns and animal welfare news and issues.
You can find our press releases from the past six months here, with the latest listed first.
If you have any further questions please contact our press office.
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Multiple horse case finally ends in success for RSPCA
Friday, 15 March 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.
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Friday, 15 March 2013
Rehabilitation of wild animals does really work, according to research gathered from RSPCA wildlife centres over the past nine years.
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Wild About Britain winners announced
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Stories about a fox cub chased by hounds and a baby red squirrel whose hazelnuts were stolen by a grey have won a wildlife-themed short story competition launched by the RSPCA.
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How to help animals this March
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
While severe weather can sometimes leave people with little time to prepare, there are some things which people can do to try and reduce the risk to their pets and help wildlife.
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Monday, 11 March 2013
The RSPCA is celebrating as the sale of cosmetics tested on animals is banned within the European Union today – 30 years since the charity began campaigning for ‘cruelty-free’ cosmetics.
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Help needed for silent sufferers
Friday, 8 March 2013
The RSPCA is 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.
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Wednesday, 6 March 2013
The RSPCA has welcomed the inclusion of a category for cross-breeds at this year’s Crufts – but insists all dogs should be judged on their health and welfare rather than their appearance.
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Wednesday, 6 March 2013
RSPCA inspector Steve Wickham was called after the young female animal was spotted at the bottom of a cliff near Brighton, East Sussex this morning (Thursday 6 March) by a member of the public, who feared she had fallen down the cliff and broken her leg.
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Friday, 1 March 2013
Three men have been jailed after capturing themselves on camera committing sustained and horrific levels of animal cruelty in a case the RSPCA’s investigating officer described as “the most disturbing” he has handled in 23 years.
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Oiled birds released back into the wild by RSPCA
Friday, 1 March 2013
Twenty-one of the guillemots taken into RSPCA care after being contaminated by a sticky substance were released back to the wild over cliffs above the Dorset beach where they were found.
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Friday, 1 March 2013
They say it’s the thought that counts and sending an RSPCA Mother’s Day gift card will both bring a smile to your mum’s face and help animals in need.
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Thursday, 28 February 2013
In the wake of the horse meat scandal and ongoing welfare concerns for horses, the RSPCA is again expressing its deep concern about the usefulness of the horse passport system, which aims to keep track of horses for disease control.
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Thursday, 28 February 2013
Some of the oiled sea birds cared for by the RSPCA will be released back into the wild on Thursday (February 28).
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RSPCA outraged after badger cull announced for summer 2013
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
The RSPCA are outraged that the Government have ignored public, parliamentary, EU Commission and scientific opinion and announced that it will be going ahead with plans for badger cull this summer.
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End export of wild baby elephants to zoos says RSPCA
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Concerns are growing for baby elephants snatched from the wild in Africa then flown to Chinese zoos after one died and footage seen by the RSPCA shows another very sick.
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Oiled birds released following care in RSPCA wildlife centre
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Some of the oiled sea birds that have been cared for at an RSPCA wildlife centre in Sussex have been released back into the wild.
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Friday, 15 February 2013
The RSPCA has backed criticism of the Government’s failure to properly tackle irresponsible dog ownership, made in a new House of Commons committee report.
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Rabbits looking for forever homes!
Thursday, 14 February 2013
The animal welfare charity is asking for people to find a little space in their hearts for pairs of bunnies desperately looking for a new home.
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Loughton woman given life ban on animals after abandoning dogs
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
A Loughton woman has been banned from keeping animals for life after leaving her three dogs for months in a house crammed with waist high waste.
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RSPCA seeks hearing over live exports judicial review decision
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
The RSPCA is to seek an oral hearing in the High Court to determine whether the charity can take its live animal exports judicial review application to a full hearing.
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Tuesday, 12 February 2013
The RSPCA has commissioned an independent, expert review of its farmed animal welfare assurance scheme, Freedom Food.
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Share the love this Valentine's Day and help animals in need
Thursday, 07 February 2013
The RSPCA is hopeful that this Valentine’s Day will be full of love and kindness for animals as 65 per cent of people said they send greetings cards ‘from’ their pet to close family and friends.
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RSPCA gives cautious welcome to Government dog proposals
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
The RSPCA today welcomed the Government’s long-awaited announcement to make microchipping compulsory for all dogs as a step in the right direction – but warned preventative measures are needed to improve dog welfare.
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More than 300 contaminated birds in RSPCA care
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
An RSPCA wildlife centre is working hard to help get hundreds of rescued birds contaminated with a mystery paraffin oil back to wild, while more calls are coming in about oiled birds turning up in Sussex.
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Think duck this Chinese New Year!
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
As Chinese comes out on top as favourite cooking style for duck, the RSPCA and celebrity chef Ching-He Huang asks people to consider animal welfare this Chinese New Year.
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Friday, 1 February 2013
RSPCA welcomes news of progress of the badger vaccination programme in Wales and calls on the English Government to follow suit.
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Friday, 1 February 2013
The RSPCA is continuing to rescue and care for more than a hundred sea birds found washed ashore along the Devon/Dorset coast covered in an unidentified sticky substance.
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Thursday, 31 January 2013
The RSPCA has been called to the rescue of more than 100 sea birds being found covered in an unidentified sticky substance.
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Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Stories about a squirrel who returns a stolen necklace to Princess Kate, a mouse who saves a spider from a fire and a frightened fox cub who has lost his mum are all on the shortlist of RSPCA competition Wild About Britain.
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More sheep sail from Ramsgate in freezing conditions
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
More than 1200 sheep sailed from the port of Ramsgate in sub zero conditions and despite a force five to seven gale warning on Friday morning as RSPCA inspectors again attended the port.
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Tuesday, 22 January 2013
The RSPCA has started the formal process of making a complaint against the Daily Telegraph newspaper to the Press Complaints Commission after it failed to print an apology or offer a right to reply after printing a series of potentially defamatory articles.
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How to help animals this winter
Monday, 21 January 2013
While severe weather can sometimes leave people with little time to prepare, there are some things which people can do to try and reduce the risk to their pets and help wildlife.
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Monday, 14 January 2012
The RSPCA is reminding dog owners to keep their pets on a lead around wildlife after three attacks on swans in quick succession.
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Puppies thrown from moving car
Friday, 11 January 2013
RSPCA is appealing for information after two young puppies were thrown from a Land Rover.
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New law for lab animals
Wednesday, 2 January 2013
New regulations on the use of animals in experiments in the UK took effect yesterday (1 January).
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