1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (698+ words) The number of places licensed under animal welfare laws have quadrupled in Stockton over the last eight years. Licensing officer Polly Edwards told how a team of three qualified officers dealt with a 300% increase in licensed premises, a rise from…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (184+ words) Hundreds of families and their four-legged friends turned out in force for a charity dog show in aid of Alice House Hospice in Hartlepool. Despite a last-minute change in venue, Ward Jackson Bark was a huge success with canines and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (313+ words) John Young was sentenced at Teesside Crown Court(Image: Evening Gazette) The owner of a Staffordshire Bull Terrier who bit a man on the lip has been locked up for 20 weeks. John Young, 47, was also handed a pet banning order....

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (664+ words) The RSPCA responded to a call from police and rescued 31 animals, including dogs and birds, from a property in Whitby Four dogs are looking for their forever homes after dozens of animals were rescued from a squalid house in North…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (416+ words) With a heatwave forecast for the UK this Bank Holiday weekend, experts at pet insurer Many Pets are urging owners to think carefully about their dog's safety as temperatures climb, warning that some of the most common mistakes owners make…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (646+ words) Animal welfare officers who look after and rehome stray dogs are using more and more pressure with rising costs and "ever-growing demand", councillors have heard. The number of stray dogs lulled during the Covid-19 pandemic but soared from 164 in 2021-2 to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (421+ words) A vet has revealed one of the "best-kept secrets" in the industry that could be quietly driving up pet owners" bills by hundreds of pounds a year. Dr Charlotte Inness, a vet and founder of online veterinary pharmacy Vet Medi,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (316+ words) A pet dog trapped 21ft underground was rescued after volunteers used chisels and hammers to dig down and reach her. Staffordshire bull terrier Maisy plummeted down a narrow crevice while running across moorland near Scarborough, North Yorkshire. The frightened dog became…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (511+ words) A dog owner has described his terror after his beloved pet was attacked on a North East beach, saying: "I thought he was dead". Scott Mc Allister was walking his 11-year-old German Shepherd and Collie cross Rocky on Cocklawburn Beach…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (670+ words) Two of the 14 dogs found in squalid conditions(Image: RSPCA) Fourteen dogs were discovered living in squalid conditions at a property in Whitby after the owner passed away. Police alerted RSPCA officers to the property where the animals were found…...