These will expand on the protections in the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Legislation to restrict the use of glue traps, designed to capture rats and mice, will also be supported. Reacting to the news ...

A Tipton woman who left five dogs in such squalor and neglect that one died and another left with an undiagnosed heart ...

Back in 2008, a miniature mystery unfolded at Sea Star Aquarium in Coburg, Germany. Staff turned up for work in the morning ...

A woman from Harrogate has been banned from keeping animals after a eight-month-old puppy was found starved to death in her ...

Wayne Grogan 'deliberately' shut his pet dog Buster in a door and caused him to suffer fractured ribs and a dislocated tail ...

He previously pleaded guilty to offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Rafferty was also sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay £151,241.50 under the Proceeds of Crime Act ...

Please note the images within this news item may be upsetting. Joey was found dead in a back garden in a crate full of faeces. ‘Severe suffering’ was ...

They should be counted as “animals” for the purposes of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and included in the scope of any future legislation relating to animal sentience. Read here about how this report ...

Tina Shortell, 67, from Peterborough, is listed to attend in court over 32 charges related to animal cruelty involving specialist dog and cat breeds.

THE Spanish government has launched a public consultation on a law which would classify primates - including gorillas, ...

A woman has been banned from keeping animals after a puppy that belonged to her was found starved to death in the garden of her home in North Yorkshire.