Tag: RSPCA

RSPCA cautiously welcomes first-ever UK Govt strategy to phase out animal testing

Stuart Mitchell

The RSPCA has cautiously welcomed the UK Government’s first-ever strategy for replacing the use of animals in research and testing as a “significant step forward” for science and for animal welfare.  But now the charity has urged Ministers to ensure delivery of the proposed actions in the plan, which, if successful, could help reduce and replace the use of thousands of animals in harmful experiments each year in the UK. The new plan – ‘Replacing animals in science: a strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods’ – includes…

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Tom Grennan backs RSPCA appeal with new ‘tear-jerking’ video using ‘You Are Not Alone’ single

Stuart Mitchell

The “life changing” impact pets can have on people’s mental health has come under the spotlight in a powerful new partnership between the RSPCA and British singer-songwriter Tom Grennan. A tear-jerking new video – starring a dog recently rescued and rehomed by the RSPCA – has been released to Grennan’s single ‘You Are Not Alone’ – and highlights the unique bond pet owners form with their animals.   The 90-second Christmas film shows a man struggling to cope with the loss of his dog. He goes to donate his lost companion’s old toys to…

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RSPCA & Matt Johnson join forces to tackle pet grief crisis

Stuart Mitchell

People need more support to deal with “heartbreaking” pet bereavement, as the RSPCA and TV’s Matt Johnson join forces to help those suffering from the pain of losing a pet. It comes as a new survey from the charity reveals fewer than one in 14 (6.9%) respondents believe pet grief is taken seriously enough by society. A majority of respondents (57.8%) feel a stigma exists around pet grief, while most of those affected admit to hiding their grief (57.1%), or being unable to find support (56.7%). But the RSPCA hopes its…

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Dr Mya-Rose Craig named new RSPCA Ambassador as Black2Nature team act for wildlife

Stuart Mitchell

The RSPCA has unveiled British-Bangladeshi ornithologist, author and campaigner Dr Mya-Rose Craig as a new Ambassador – at a special event in Bristol, which saw a team of Visible Minority Ethnic children come together to protect the city’s wildlife from litter. Fourteen children, aged between 8 and 14, from the Black2Nature charity were at Brandon Hill in Bristol yesterday (20 August) for a litter pick aimed at improving the local environment and keeping animals safe from the “menace” of rubbish. They took part alongside teams from the RSPCA, in a great…

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Animal impact ‘still felt on huge scale’ as nation remembers five years since first lockdown

Stuart Mitchell

On the fifth anniversary of UK nations being plunged into unprecedented lockdown restrictions, the RSPCA says the impact for animals is “still being felt on a huge scale”. The charity fears impulse pet purchasing to ease lockdown “boredom”, a lack of socialisation opportunities for many young dogs, and the cost of living crisis arguably precipitated by the pandemic have all placed “enormous challenges” on pets, their owners, and the animal welfare sector. Animal abandonment rising The charity took reports about 22,503 animal abandonment incidents last year – more than in…

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