Animal Welfare

Responsibility for animal cruelty prosecutions in England and Wales may be transferred from the RSPCA to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) ahead of the introduction of stricter sentences for offenders. The move, included in the RSPCA's new ten-year strategy, would bring England and Wales into line

A Donegal solicitor gave CPR to one of his dying brown bears in an attempt to save her life, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

New legislation improving governance and tightening regulation in the greyhound racing sector has come into effect. Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue has commenced certain sections of the Greyhound Racing Act 2019, relating to the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 and the Animal Health and Welfa

A pet owner is set to be prosecuted for allegedly abandoning guinea pigs and a goldfish in the first case of its kind. Until now, animal welfare legislation introduced five years ago has only been used in prosecutions linked to cats, dogs and horses, the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty t