Purina has announced the long awaited winner of the BetterwithPets Prize, which has been awarded to OOPOEH Foundation. The other four finalists, Canine Hope (UK), Dutch Cell Dogs (Netherlands), Medical Detection Dogs (UK) and K9 Hundekunde: Happy Kids With Happy School Dogs (Germany) – have each been awarded CHF 15,000. The...

This Diabetes Awareness Week, the UK’s leading welfare charity is urging cat owners not to overfeed their pets, following a steady rise in pet obesity. Cats Protection is warning that overweight cats are at significant risk of diabetes so there is a danger that owners are making a bad situation...

The RSPCA is appealing for information to find those responsible for abandoning tiny puppies in a box in a field in Tyne & Wear. The animal welfare charity has launched an investigation after the German Shepherd crosses – thought to be only one to two-weeks old – were found by...

Next week is World Diabetes Week and PDSA are raising awareness about how obesity can increase the risk of diabetes in pets. According to the PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report, obesity in pets has been consistently identified as one of the main concerns of the veterinary profession. Being overweight not...

This week is Volunteers’ Week and Battersea Dogs & Cats Home is celebrating two of its dedicated volunteers who have made a real difference to the charity. Animal lovers Sally Curren and John Sullivan from Walton on Thames have provided a temporary home for over 75 homeless animals since 2009. The...

nutravet is emphasising the need for pet owners to be aware that the summertime can be especially stressful for pets when environmental and routine changes are commonplace. For pets, the holiday season often results in increased travel, vacations in unfamiliar places and separated from their owners for stays in kennels...

A kitten had to be rescued by the RSPCA after falling off a Rotherham pub roof and became trapped between two buildings. The little black and white kitten was discovered after pub staff heard frightened meowing coming from a dark, narrow gap down the side of the Mail Coach pub...

Two UK organisations have been shortlisted for the £75,000 Purina BetterWithPets Prize. Medical Detection Dogs and Canine Hope are among a shortlist of five finalists who have a chance to win a prize of £75,000 – designed to support and accelerate innovative initiatives that harness the positive power of the...

A doggy trio prove that three really is the magic number as they help each other in different ways, from guiding their blind best friend to helping with the confidence of a fearful pup. Storm, a four-year old Collie Cross, Ellie a three-year old Whippet Cross and Jetstream a one-year...

Hundreds of kids up and down the UK are set to learn how to stay safe around dogs during the second annual ‘Be Dog Smart Week’. Dogs Trust will be delivering dog safety workshops to children across the UK during Be Dog Smart awareness week (11- 17 June). During the course...