Just like vampires and ghosts, the black cat is a traditional image at Halloween. In UK folklore they are a symbol of bad luck but despite common myths there is nothing superstitious about black cats.
At the RSPCA’s Stapeley Grange cattery, in Nantwich, Cheshire, there are black cats waiting to find a new home at this spooky time of year.
The cattery has gotten into the spirit of Halloween in an effort to encourage people to rehome their black cats…. Continue reading…
A gannet who was spotted trapped 150ft down Bempton Cliffs, in Bridlington, when the rest of the seabirds left the breeding ground at the weekend has been rescued by the RSPCA.
Specialist officers from the charity’s rope rescue team travelled from across the country to help the juvenile bird who was ‘flapping around and clearly distressed’ on the 300ft cliffs at the reserve, run by the RSPB.
The rescue operation, which involved one of the four officers abseiling … Continue reading…
A jackdaw which was rescued by the RSPCA was found to have been suffering for two weeks after being shot in his windpipe.
A member of the public contacted the animal welfare charity after spotting the bird struggling to fly in No Mans Heath, Cheshire.
An RSPCA officer collected the bird and as there were no obvious injuries, the bird was taken to the charity’s Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre in Nantwich.
Vet Teresa Vicens-Prohens x-rayed the bird and found a … Continue reading…
The RSPCA is investigating and urgently appealing for witnesses after a puppy was dumped in a kennel with the decomposing bodies of her two siblings, in a case which has been described by an RSPCA inspector as one of the “most distressing” she has seen.
The terrified and poorly dog was found by a member of the public in Grange Road North, Runcorn, on Tuesday (9 October).
Inspector Lisa Lupson, who is investigating for the animal welfare charity and described … Continue reading…
The RSPCA is appealing for information after an extremely emaciated staffie was found abandoned in North Shields.
The white Staffordshire Bull Terrier, named Ayma by the veterinary staff, is so thin all of her ribs are visible and she is unable to stand or walk.
She was discovered by a member of the public at about 6am this morning (Friday, 12 October) on a grassy embankment near Howden Road, close to the A187 in North Shields.
RSPCA inspector Cathy Maddison, … Continue reading…