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RSPCA fear swans are being targetted for food after two birds shot with a...
Female swan killed and male found with four-inch bolt in its flesh RSPCA say swans are considered a delicacy in parts of Eastern Europe Hunters who shot at swans may have been unaware of UK laws...
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Concerns over dead birds on Devon and Cornwall beaches
Dead birds have been washed up on beaches in Devon and Cornwall, the RSPCA has said. It said it had received reports of birds being washed up at Port Wrinkle and Whitsand in Cornwall, as well as...
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RSPCA fight to save stricken seabirds
Not all of the birds brought into the RSPCA’s West Hatch centre in Somerset will make it. Of the 172 birds delivered to the site since last Wednesday, 62 have been destroyed – victims of a gooey,...
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PIB chemical pollution kills more birds than MSC Napoli
Nearly 3,000 birds have been killed or injured by the chemical polyisobutene (PIB) off the south and south-west coast this year. The RSPB, RSPCA and local wildlife charities described it as “one of the...
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Samaritans not doing magpies a favour
An influx of fledgling magpies is stretching resources at the RSPCA shelter, with good Samaritans mistakenly ”rescuing” the baby birds as they flounder on the ground. About six birds are being brought...
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