A man has been jailed for 18 weeks after causing unnecessary suffering to 36 dogs, who were found in a filthy property in Eastbourne in June last year. RSPCA Inspector Cora Peeters visited the address in June 2021 along with police. She found “several Yorkshire Terrier and Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dogs who were skinny with matted fur”. […]
Archives for March 2024
Adoptober: dogs seeking homes after years in kennels
The RSPCA’s 11 longest-stay dogs, who have spent combined 15.5 years in kennels, are looking for a new home this Adoptober. Could it be yours? Gloucestershire, in May 2021 and has been patiently waiting for her forever home for a very long 19 months. He’s a cheeky chap with a big personality but he has […]
Keeping your dogs safe this Halloween
With Halloween just around the corner, planning outfits and stocking up on sweets for trick-or-treaters are not the only things you need to be planning ahead for. Veternary surgeon Dr Linda Simon and behaviourist Dr Emma Scales-Theobald, from have shared six pieces of advice for keeping your dogs and trick-or-treaters safe this Halloween. Ensure all […]
Organisations pen open letter concerning the Dangerous Dogs Act
The Dangerous Dogs Act does not work. Over 30 years after it was introduced, banning the ownership of four breeds and types deemed ‘dangerous’, for no reason other than their looks and the public is no safer. Experts across the board have long cast doubt over the effectiveness of Breed Specific Legislation, including a recent report which […]
Kent man receives animal ban for neglecting dogs and pups –
A man from Ditton, Aylesford, Kent, has been sentenced to a lifetime ban from keeping animals and a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to Animal Welfare Act offences relating to eight dogs and puppies. In an RSPCA prosecution, them man was found to have caused unnecessary suffering to an emaciated lurcher as well as […]