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Animal welfare concern reports soar by 175% in a year

CEO Heather Weir with Baroness Sue Gray, right, who has been appointed as chairwoman of the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Picture: Press Eye/Darren Kidd/PA Wire

Sue Gray ‘honoured’ to be appointed chairwoman of USPCA

The Ulster Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) of Kittens Junior, Alan and Jasper. The animal charity is celebrating after receiving funding to expand a service which supports pet owners experiencing poverty. USPCA supplies almost 8,000 pet parcels to food banks across Northern Ireland every year. Issue date: Saturday December 20, 2025. PA Photo. Photo : USPCA /PA Wire

USPCA expands support for pet owners experiencing poverty

The dead wallaby discovered in the Lisburn area. Picture: Lambeg Dog Walking.

Dead wallaby found by roadside raises public safety and animal welfare concerns

Max the dog

Court date is set to decide the fate of Max the death row dog

Campaigners continue the fight to save Max the dog. Pic credit: LDRS

Council to go to court over the future of Max the dog

Max the dog

Max the dog set to be saved after new assessment says pup is not a pit bull

Max the dog.

Max the dog could be saved from death row after council u-turn

Campaigners are trying to save Max the dog. Pic credit: LDRS

Power to the people causes council u-turn for Max the dog

Council officials say puppy Max has been judged to be a banned breed.

Death Row dog: Campaign raises £10k in fight to save Max the puppy

The opening of the USPCA Lisburn charity shop last year. Pic credit: Matt Mackey

USPCA celebrates one year anniversary of Lisburn charity store opening

Hunting with dogs could be banned in Northern Ireland

New bid to ban hunting with dogs in Northern Ireland

Lucky escape for a swan who collided with a car on a busy Northern Ireland road

Dashcam footage shows swan colliding with a car trying to cross busy NI road

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Over 100 employers in NI now accredited as Living Wage Employers

Dodge, one of the kittens in the care of the USPCA, who have said that they are experiencing their busiest year ever and currently have 100 cats and kittens in its care. Pic: USPCA/PA Wire

Animal charity USPCA grappling with 'kitten crisis'

File photo dated 02/11/13 of huntsmen and hounds.

Animal welfare charities join forces in bid to end hunting with dogs
A campaign has been launched for legislation to ban hunting with dogs in Northern Ireland.
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Asha had to undergo lifesaving surgery which resulted in a leg amputation

USPCA highlights issue of animal cruelty: rescued dogs hailed as 'warriors'

Animal welfare charity opens new store in the heart of Lisburn. Pictured are chair of the USPCA, Dr John Farrell, Skye the dog, chief executive of the USPCA, Nora Smith, Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council mayor, Andrew Gowan. Pic credit: Matt Mackey

Animal welfare charity opens third store in Northern Ireland

Badgers culls are promoted by some as a way of tackling bovine TB. The Randomised Badger Culling Trial (RBCT) in England, the largest and most robust badger culling trial ever, culled around 10,000 badgers at a cost of £49 million

Letter: A badger cull will be ineffective, expensive and inhumane

While the total proportion of badger to cattle transmission events may be small this does not imply that badgers are not playing an important role, writes Sean T Hogan

Letter: Badgers play an important role in spread of bovine TB

USPCA Chief Executive Nora Smith

USPCA chief warns of ‘biggest animal welfare tragedy’ if badger cull goes ahead

Seven chihuahua pups and their mum who were found in a box with no ventilation in Newry. The brood was brought to the USPCA Animal Hospital in Newry were they were found to be just one week old. Photo credit: USPCA/PA Wire

Litter of puppies found in distressed state in cardboard box beside a bin

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This is what to expect from the weather forecast this week in Northern Ireland

Enjoying the weather at Lough Shore Park in Antrim on Bank Holiday Monday, with warm weather expected for the week ahead.
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This is what we did over the Bank Holiday weekend as the sun rose to 22 °C

Abandoned dog at USPCA

USPCA warns of 'alarming increase in animal abandonment and cruelty incidents'

Images showing the extent of injuries caused to dogs and badgers by badger baiting.

USPCA calls for action on barbaric practice of badger baiting in new report

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Shocking that NI is only part of UK that still allows hunting with dogs
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The USPCA has rescued a young female fox, pictured, from a water containment tank in Dunmurry. The charity’s Wildlife Rescue Officer was made aware of the fox in distress after receiving a call from concerned staff at the water treatment plant in Dunmurry.

Young fox saved from certain death at treatment plant

The USPCA said the male cat was found hanging by its back legs from a fence, with a snare caught around its abdomen

USPCA chief appeals for information over cat caught in snare

Dr Tamara Bronckaers with her solicitor John McShane from the firm McCartan Turkington Breen.

USPCA joins calls for Daera ‘accountability’ over vet’s concerns

Brendan Mullan said the incoming Assembly ‘needs to do better’ on animal welfare issues

USPCA wants voters to challenge candidates on animal welfare issues

Under no circumstances should a pet be taken in on a whim or as a surprise, says the USPCA

Please do not get pets as Christmas gifts, says USPCA

Pictured at the launch of the report is USPCA Chief Executive Brendan Mullan, MLA Robin Newton, Dr Marc Abraham OBE, and MLA John Blair

Illegal puppy traders netting £11.7m a year

What to do if you hit an animal with your car

The three Labrador-cross puppies who were found in a ditch

Puppies ‘heartlessly abandoned’ by NI roadside

USPCA backs Antrim and Newtownabbey’s call for animal cruelty offenders’ registe...

The buzzard was found in the Larne area.

Watch: Dehydrated buzzard recovers after being found in Larne

The operation to rescue the swan...just yards from my front door

Jonny McCambridge: Lessons in my trade from the flipping, flapping swan

USPCA chief executive Brendan Mullan

Head of USPCA says NI has fallen behind rest of UK in animal welfare laws

USPCA gets into gear for charity cycle

Dunmurry Manor.

Picture: Freddie Parkinson / PressEye

‘Long overdue’ legal protection for elderly in NI welcomed by watchdog

A sign erected by Lisburn and Castlereagh Borough Council in Hillsborough

Pet owners’ fears over council laying rat poison in forest park

Different rules apply to different animals (Photo: Shutterstock)

Collisions with animals are rising - here's what to do if you hit an animal with...

The kittens abandoned in the wind and rain

Newborn kittens callously dumped ‘to die’ in plastic bag in NI bus shelter

One of the rescued pups.

Puppies taken into care after rescue near Larne Port

Some of the puppies that were rescued and rehomed.

'˜Smuggled' puppies rescued in Larne

Guards have complained about being alone in PSNI sangars for up to 16 hours

Many PSNI stations still manned by single unarmed guard

Leaving a gift in your will to charity means that charities like USPCA can continue to make a difference now and in the future

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Stephen Philpott leaves Newry Court on Monday. Photo: Pacemaker Press

Former USPCA boss Stephen Philpott admits defrauding animal charity

Dunmurry Manor care home.

Dunmurry Manor scandal: Council seeks answers over '˜dreadful catalogue of event...

Dunmurry Manor

Dunmurry Manor care home: No evidence of institutional abuse - watchdog

Jordanstown Loughshore Park. Pic by Google.

Councillors defend circus decision

The kittens which were dumped at a Co Down roadside

Kittens dumped on roadside on Valentines Day

A generic image of a dog being captured by authorities in England

Single council accounted for 39% of dogs destroyed by local authorities

Horse care course for new horse owners

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