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RSPCA WA is reminding pet owners that while Christmas is a time of celebration, it can also bring hidden hazards for dogs and cats — from festive foods and decorations to heat and holiday stress.
RSPCA WA is urging South West communities to think twice before attending upcoming rodeos that include calf roping – a practice most Australians want banned for good.
With temperatures set to soar across much of the state in the coming days, RSPCA WA is urging pet owners to take extra care to protect their animals from dangerous – and potentially fatal – heat stress.
RSPCA WA has welcomed the State Government’s comments in parliament committing to the mandatory use of effective pain relief during mulesing, calling it an important welfare improvement for WA lambs.
A 44-year-old Girrawheen woman has been fined $1,750 and ordered to pay $20,238 in costs for trying to insert a bag of methylamphetamine into her miniature Dachshund’s anus.
A 24-year-old Yangebup man has been fined $5,000 and prohibited from owning an animal for three years for maliciously beating his partner’s 5-month-old puppy. He was also ordered to pay a total of $2,477.77 in costs and reimbursements.
To a neglected dog like Nutloaf, a human hand means pain. Will you change this, and be the kind hand neglected animals like Nutloaf need? Please be a Guardian Angel and give a gift so that a dog can feel kindness this Christmas.
A 58-year-old man and 53-year-old woman from Eden Hill were sentenced on Thursday after being found guilty of failing to seek vet treatment for their senior Maltese cross Shih Tzu dog named Jack.
A 51-year-old Port Kennedy man has been fined $3,500 for failing to seek vet care for his 11-year-old Labrador named Alethea who was suffering from multiple painful conditions.
