Almost three quarters of WA pet owners celebrate their pet’s birthday, RSPCA WA’s annual pet census found, with over half saying their pet’s biggest impact in life is providing love and companionship. Read more
RSPCA WA recently published a Facebook post to attract much-needed foster carers for about 30 Burmese cats who were all named after drag queens. The response was overwhelming, with many of the cats now in homes. Read more
In Midland Magistrates Court today a 54-year-old Eden Hill man was sentenced to six-months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, for failing to seek medical care for his 18-year-old Labrador-cross named Bear. He was also prohibited from owning animals for five years. Read more
West Australian pet owners continue to feel the bite of the cost-of-living and housing crises, with both issues major contributors to a more than 40 percent jump in surrender requests. Read more
A speech by Army veteran Owen about how his assistance dog, Fenn, has transformed his life was the centrepiece of a special ANZAC Day ceremony hosted by RSPCA WA today. Read more
A 31-year-old Champion Lakes woman will have to pay $7,500 in fines and costs for slapping, forcefully throwing and otherwise roughly handling a dog during a grooming session. Read more
A 54-year-old Midland man has been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly failing to seek medical care for his 18-year-old Labrador-cross dog. Read more
A 40-year-old woman from Champion Lakes has been fined a total of $6,000 for starving her two horses until they were ‘skin and bone’. Read more
RSPCA WA is urging pet owners to keep a close eye on their animals around chocolate this Easter following a shocking rise in calls to the Animal Poisons Helpline last year. Read more
RSPCA WA has made the heartbreaking decision to cancel this year’s Million Paws Walk amid increasing cost-of-living pressures and mounting demands for the organisation’s services. Read more
A 46-year-old man has been charged with animal cruelty after he allegedly failed to seek appropriate veterinary care for his puppy who had been hit by a car. It is also alleged he then tried to hide the puppy from RSPCA WA. Read more
Million Paws Walk is an iconic event and a strong brand for the RSPCA with many staff, volunteers, supporters and donors having enjoyed it over the last 25 years in WA. However, the simple fact is that although it is RSPCA WA’s biggest annual fundraising event, ever increasing costs mean it is now prohibitive to stage such a large-scale activity. Read more
A 56-year-old Cloverdale man has been sentenced to a 12-month community-based order and permanently prohibited from owning animals for kicking, dragging and punching his Staffordshire terrier during three separate incidents in Kewdale and Belmont. Read more
RSPCA WA is hoping the luck of the Irish will rub off on more than 55 animals looking for homes during a special St Paw-trick’s Day adoption drive this weekend. Read more
A 70-year-old Bullsbrook man has been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly keeping his mature kelpie in an enclosure filled with dog faeces, rotting animal bones, and contaminated water. Read more
Two men aged 45 and 32, and a 32-year-old woman have each been charged in relation to a dog found suffering from untreated cancer and skin disease. All three were responsible for the welfare of the dog in question. Read more
RSPCA WA is seeking information about a kangaroo which was shot with an arrow and found deceased in a rural suburb near Mandurah. Read more
RSPCA WA is seeking information after two stray kittens appear to have been deliberately shot in the head with homemade darts outside a Bunbury pub. Read more
RSPCA WA has labelled the application by the exporter and approval by DAFF to re-load around 16,000 sheep and cattle onto the MV Bahijah and re-export them to the Middle East a disgrace. Read more
With a whopping nine days over 40°C in the Perth metro area alone in the first two months of 2024, RSPCA WA, along with the rest of the state, has felt the heat. Read more
A 62-year-old Yokine man who hit his Chihuahua puppy in the head with a paving mallet, fracturing the dog’s skull, has received a suspended prison sentence, and been banned from ever owning an animal again. Read more
A 47-year-old Gosnells woman has been fined $2000 and prohibited from being in charge of an animal after leaving her five-month-old puppy alone in her backyard for long periods of time, without adequate food and water. Read more
A 71-year-old Bullsbrook woman has been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly leaving a black German Shepherd tethered under a homemade tin shelter on a property in Hines Hill. Read more
RSPCA WA is calling for information after a greyhound was found wrapped in four blood-soaked blankets and buried in a shallow grave with wire around his neck near Bampton Road, Orelia. Read more