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RSPCA celebrates 200th birthday during its 'busiest week'
Public urged to do their bit amid 'new' challenges for animal welfare
14 Jun 2024
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RSPCA calls for halt to plans for world's first octopus farm
8 May 2024
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RSPCA and fire crew rescue dog from 15ft deep shaft after ‘stroke of luck’ find
Badger the dog ‘lucky to be alive’ after struggling to keep his head above water.
23 Apr 2024
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RSPCA launches ‘For Every Kind’ campaign to ‘rethink animals’ in 200th year
Nine in 10 people think dogs experience happiness - but this falls to three in 10 for rats and four in 10 for chickens
11 Apr 2024
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RSPCA appeals for information after matted cat with ruptured eye is dumped
Poor Freya had to have her eye removed and her fur shaved
6 Mar 2024
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RSPCA appeal after dead kitten found in abandoned sandbag in West Yorkshire
The charity has been made aware of other incidents at the same location
16 Feb 2024
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Three snakes abandoned in a box in freezing conditions lucky to have survived
The RSPCA has taken the snakes into care and are investigating
12 Feb 2024
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Keeping pet monkeys in homes set to be curtailed in England
But the new law won't kick in until 2026, amid worry for thousands of kept monkeys
1 Feb 2024
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Eight swans cleaned up after getting covered in oil in Southampton river
Joint rescue mission between RSPCA, Swan Support and Maritime Volunteer Service.
29 Jan 2024
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Coronation Street puppy farm story highlights reality of backstreet breeders
RSPCA teamed up with the soap and hopes the storyline will promote responsibility
10 Jan 2024