Every year the RSPCA is called out to rescue hundreds of animals across England and Wales after their owners abandon them and in many cases leave them for dead.
In 2015 2,751 animals were rescued by the animal welfare charity with a peak in admissions in July, 534 of those were in Devon.
Now the RSPCA is bracing itself for another summertime influx of dumped animals this year too.
It is thought one contributing factor of people dumping their animals in the summer months is down to some owners heading off on holiday and not finding anyone to look after their pet...
Shaldon Wildlife Trust in Devon is delighted to announce the birth of a very rare Owston’s civet.
One of the most endangered species of civet, the Owston’s is a curious creature native to Asia. With its long nose, cat-like whiskers and slender mongoose body, it would be well suited to the pages of a Roald Dahl storybook!
This is an exceptionally special birth as the population in the world’s conservation breeding programme currently totals less than 20 animals.
Mum and Dad, Hoi Dau and Lam, are very important genetically, therefore successful reproduction has been...
The culmination of this year's "Go Vegan" campaign - a celebration of cruelty-free living with stalls, recipes, cakes and bakes galore plus delicious hot and cold food from Fairfoods.
Goods on sale include cruelty-free cosmetics, chocolates, vegan and gluten-free groceries, etc. Health and nutrition advice also available from registered dietician Sandra Hood.
All proceeds from the bake sale go to animal causes.
Organised by Exeter Friends For Animals in association with Fairfoods. For more info, see our website www.effa-uk.org or facebook page: https://www.facebook....
Speciesism: The Movie is a new species of documentary. It takes viewers on a sometimes funny, sometimes frightening adventure across North America, exposing the biggest secrets about modern factory farms, and asking the biggest questions about the belief that our species is more important than the rest.
You’ll never look at animals the same way again. Especially humans.
Organised by Exeter Friends For Animals (EFFA). Admission free – donations welcome. Please feel free to join us for a drink and a chat in the bar afterwards!
Figures released today (23 March) by the RSPCA reveal that people being convicted for cruelty in many areas of the South West is on the rise, whilst the number of animals being rescued is also increasing across the region.
Courts in the South West have seen an increase in the number of people convicted for crimes relating to animal welfare, particularly in some of the larger counties. In seven out of 13 counties in the RSPCA’s South West region there was an increase in the number of people being convicted in prosecutions taken by the RSPCA. In both Hampshire and Somerset, there was...
Pets living in Honiton now have a better chance of surviving household fires – thanks to new oxygen masks for animals being carried on the town’s fire engines.
The funding for the set of specially-designed masks to Honiton has been provided by Honiton's Fortescue Lodge.
Honiton's Fortescue Lodge donated the money for a set of masks to Smokey Paws, the not-for-profit organisation trying to help family pets in the event of a fire. Honiton is the first fire station in Devon to receive the life-saving devices.
Watch Manager Wayne Broom said: “As a dog owner myself, I...
The RSPCA is appealing for information after 14 hamsters found themselves left in the cold outside a block of flats in Exeter at Christmas.
A member of the public was going out shopping on the afternoon of 21 December when they spotted four cages filled with Syrian hamsters on King Street, next to a block of flats.
At first they thought someone must have been moving out and had perched the cages there as a temporary measure, but when they returned several hours later and saw that the cages were still there they realised nobody was coming back for them.
“In the High and Far Off Times...” Rudyard Kipling’s animals, directed by Alistair Ganley
“In the High and Far off Times …” brings favourite tales from Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book and Just So Stories to vibrant life in a playful new production.
Alistair Ganley Cygnet Theatre’s Artistic Director, whose devised productions (More Grimms Tales, Trolls, Memories of Childhood / Trinity (exe-treme imagination festivals 2013 & 2014) have enthralled audiences at Cygnet Theatre and beyond for nearly thirty years, has selected and devised this production to delight and entertain...
Marine litter can undermine the psychological benefits of coastal environments, a study has shown.
The beneficial effects of the blue environment to human health and well-being are well documented, but there has been little research into how the growing global issue of marine litter might negate them.
To measure this, Plymouth University secured funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to assess public reaction to the differing conditions of coastlines.
