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Sup-paw-ort your local RSPCA branch today with #EveryoneForEveryAnimal

Crowdfunder and the RSPCA have teamed up to launch #EveryoneForEveryAnimal, a new campaign to create a better world for every animal.

Nearly 60 RSPCA branches across England and Wales have launched their own fundraisers to raise money for their own animal welfare projects in their own communities. Many of the branches have also included unique rewards for their supporters as part of...

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Almost 7,000 animals rehomed by the RSPCA in Devon in last decade

The RSPCA has revealed that it has found loving new homes for almost 7,000 animals in a decade in Devon, with the remarkable rehoming feat revealed to mark its 200th birthday in 2024.

The charity has come a long way since 1824 - when founding members of the charity met in a coffee shop in London determined to change animals’ lives, creating the then SPCA and sparking an animal...

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Oh nuts! RSPCA rescues wheelie stuck squirrel from bus shelter

The RSPCA and local firefighters have rescued a trapped squirrel from inside the panel of a bus shelter in Plymouth.

The charity was called on Tuesday (3 October), to Paradise Road in Plymouth, where a grey squirrel’s tail could be seen poking out of the bottom of the metal panel of the bus shelter.

RSPCA inspector Ellie Burt attended the bus stop near Stoke Damerel Church...

Fox cub strangled by garden football net triggers renewed RSPCA warning 

Charity reveals top five English counties with most netted animal reports

The RSPCA is renewing its warning about the dangers to wildlife of netting , after a little fox cub was strangled to death in a back garden football net.

The animal charity attended the tragic scene in a South London garden after receiving a call from the worried homeowners about three netting-...

RSPB appeal for volunteers in Devon to help with vital pin badge collections

The UK’s largest nature conservation charity, the RSPB, is looking for volunteers across Devon, especially in the Plymouth area, that have a few hours to spare each month to help their cause.

As a vital fundraiser for the charity, pin badge collection volunteers play an important role in placing and checking on charity pin badge boxes in places like cafés, garden centres and shops in...

RSPCA braced for a hectic hedgehog season as calls spike in the summer

This summer looks set to be a hectic season for hedgehogs for the RSPCA after calls about the prickly creatures peaked at this time last year.

A total of 6,200 calls about sick, injured and orphaned hedgehogs were made to the RSPCA’s national helpline in 2020, 1855 of which were made in July and August alone compared to just 199 calls taken in January and February.

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Soaring numbers of animals risk entanglement in Euros-inspired footie nets this year, warns RSPCA

Number of animals caught up in netting is already higher this year than 2020, as more foxes, deer, hedgehogs and birds fall foul of unmonitored netting

The RSPCA is warning of the dangers of netting to wildlife and is bracing itself to deal with hundreds of entanglement incidents this summer as fans get inspired by Euro 2020.

As footie-mad sports fans put up football nets in the back...

RSPCA received more than 60 abandonment reports in Devon last winter

The charity saw more than 50 animals a day reported abandoned last Christmas and is braced for more this winter after pet ownership surged this year

The RSPCA received more than 4,600 reports of abandoned animals across England and Wales last winter* and is worried a surge in pet ownership could result in more unwanted animals this year.

Last winter, the charity received 4,...

497 incidents in Devon last Christmas, as RSPCA braces for toughest year yet

Charity launches new Christmas campaign - Join the Christmas Rescue - as it reveals it took in more than 7000 animals last winter and received more than 2000 calls about cruelty and neglect a day

The RSPCA is bracing itself for the toughest Christmas yet as the charity fears the financial strain from the Coronavirus pandemic could mean a rise in pets being abandoned and neglected....

RSPCA and fire services rescue deer caught in netting near Dartmoor Zoo

The RSPCA and fire services rescued a wild deer which was stuck in electrical fencing near Dartmoor Zoo in Devon on Saturday 10 October.

Inspector Becky Wadey and Animal Rescue Officer (ARO) Simon Kite along with the Camelshead technical rescue team from Devon and Cornwall Fire Service attended to help rescue the poor deer.

Inspector Beccy Wadey said: “The deer had become...

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