The RSPCA has launched an appeal after four dead dogs were found dumped on the side of a lane in South Cheshire.
The dogs were found in plastic bags and are thought to be around under six months old. RSPCA think they are rottweiler type dogs.
The manager of the RSPCA wildlife centre in Nantwich says they are now seeing up to 70 airgun incidents every year.
Lee Stewart said he was “appalled” at the scale of airgun injuries suffered by animals who come into his Stapeley Grange centre in London Road.
Volunteering with the RSPCA has offered a Nantwich man a chance to drive his passion for wildlife.
And now the animal charity is looking for more recruits as part of the King’s Big Help Out.
The RSPCA Crewe, Nantwich & District branch are to stage a fashion show in May to raise vital funds.
The event will take place at The Vagrants social sports club in Willaston on May 24, starting at 7.45pm.
RSPCA chiefs say they will take action against people caught deliberately targeting animals with airguns after a male cat was left with appalling injuries in Crewe.
A concerned homeowner took the cat to a vet after he was found in a collapsed state, gasping for breath and unable to walk, in her garden in Fanshawe Walk.
Staff and volunteers at Nantwich’s RSPCA wildlife centre worked against the clock to return 29 birds back to the wild – despite strict avian flu restrictions.
A major exercise swung into action when RSPCA Stapeley Grange had a 48-hour window to release the birds.
The RSPCA Stapeley Grange wildlife centre and cattery in Nantwich is urging local people to come along to their festive family fundraising event.
The centre on London Road will hold its traditional Christmas Fair on Sunday December 4.
These cute otter cubs are undergoing specialist care at RSPCA Stapeley Grange in Nantwich after being orphaned when rivers overflowed in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.
One of the juvenile otters arrived at RSPCA Stapeley Grange along with her sibling last month after they were both rescued near the River Witham at Grantham in Lincolnshire.
Two anxious moggies found under floorboards of a house are seeking new homes after being nursed back to health by staff at RSPCA Stapeley Grange in Nantwich.
Named after Star Wars characters, Luke (left) and Leia have come on leaps and bounds with foster carers and a stay at the Nantwich cattery on London Road.
A hedgehog’s horrific death has prompted a warning from RSPCA in Nantwich about the dangers of carelessly discarding fishing tackle.
The juvenile hedgehog was taken to RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre on London Road after he was found entangled in a fishing line in a Nantwich garden by a member of the public on October 2.
A “morbidly obese” dog taken in by Crewe & Nantwich RSPCA has managed to lose half her body weight – through swimming!
And now the new-look eight-year-old Staffie cross called Roxanne has found her forever home nearby.
RSPCA bosses in Nantwich are urging people to be on their guard after a swan was shot and killed on the River Weaver near Winsford.
The adult female bird was spotted on the river and taken to Stapele Grange wildlife centre where x-rays (pictured) confirmed she had been shot in the head by an air rifle.
The RSPCA says it received 287 reports of cat cruelty in Cheshire in 2021.
National figures reveal seven cats a day suffer at the hands of humans and this is expected to increase during the summer months.
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