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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RSPCA celebrates non-cage eggs over 50 per cent for first time
Thursday, 02 February 2012
The RSPCA is celebrating news that more than half the eggs produced in the UK are from non-caged hens for the first time.
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Preyed upon
Wednesday, 01 February 2012
A wildlife centre is caring for nine birds of prey which were bred and raised as pets and then thought to have been dumped.
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2011 - Another awful year for animal abandonments
Monday, 09 January 2012
RSPCA received 28,000 calls about dumped pets.
The RSPCA is urging people to think before they act after the number of calls to the charity about abandoned animals rose for the fifth year running.
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Stormy waters - seal pups suffering following severe weather
Friday, 06 January 2012
An influx of storm-blown young seals have been taken to RSPCA wildlife centres for help after bad weather hit just as they had been weaned.
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What the shell - terrapins dumped inside soggy cardboard box in a field
Wednesday, 04 January 2012
The RSPCA is warning people against buying exotic pets on impulse after two terrapins were dumped in a field just after Christmas.
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Just the ticket - traffic warden rescues bird of prey from storm
Tuesday, 03 January 2012
A bird of prey was given a new lease of life on New Year’s Day after it was released back to the wild by the unlikely hero who rescued it – a traffic warden.
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Eight little pigs need new 'digs'
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Four pairs of Kunekune pigs are looking for new homes after being left without shelter in a field in Paddock Wood near Tonbridge in Kent.
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Tuesday, 27 December 2011
A quarter of people (26 per cent) wrongly guessed that all battery cages will be banned in the New Year, research by the RSPCA has revealed.
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Monday, 26 December 2011
A new report has revealed that the Hunting Act is working well and actually has been more successful than some other laws aimed at tackling wildlife crime.
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Monday, 19 December 2011
New research carried out by the RSPCA reveals that many people still think pedigree dogs and puppies are healthy, quality animals that come from good breeding stock.
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