Scottish SPCA celebrates a year of animal welfare progress, launching its 2026 manifesto, boosting rescue efforts, policy ...

Hedgehogs are typically small animals, growing to just 5-12 inches long. Astonishingly, however, one specimen found in Lanarkshire, Scotland last weekend could be compared to the size of a beach ball.

The Scottish SPCA urges a ban on public sale and use of fireworks in Scotland, citing harm to pets, wildlife and farm animals ...

Staff at the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) are to be balloted over strike action in a dispute over pay. Unite the Union said about 140 members at the animal charity ...

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A baby hare hitched a ride from England to Scotland after seemingly hiding in a backpack. The little leveret was discovered within a house in the village of Gartocharn, West Dunbartonshire, on 3 July.

But, with no such rules announced in Scotland, a number of XL Bullies have been brought across the Border - with one man claiming he transported 33 dogs before midnight on Hogmanay. On February 1, the ...

The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Scottish SPCA), Scotland’s leading and longest established animal welfare organisation, has just taken delivery of 19 Citroën Berlingo ...

Jessica's poodle Charlie began to snap and growl at his owner after the traumatic visit. A woman from Renfrewshire says she ...

Workers at the Scottish SPCA are being balloted for strike action in a dispute over pay. Unite the union said members at the animal welfare charity have “emphatically rejected” a two-year pay offer ...