Flat-faced animals such as French bulldogs, pugs and English bulldogs are celebrated and normalised across social media and dog shows like Crufts, but they can suffer due to their extreme body shape 😔

Pledge to join the battle against extreme breeding: bit.ly/43aRW4S

On #InternationalWomensDay , Emma Slawinski, our Director of Policy, Prevention and Campaigns reveals what it's like to be a woman in her area of work, and what she believes is the answer to make things better: bit.ly/3Pcn6D2

Today, Parliament debated The Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill. 🐑🐮

This Bill has the power to end the unnecessary suffering of farm animals. It's time to #StopLiveExports for good! ❌

Here's how you can help: bit.ly/48TgZL9

For 200 years, together we have been changing industries, laws, minds and animals' lives 👩‍⚖️🧠🐾

We’ve been creating a better world for animals – but there’s still more to do!

Join our million-strong movement to create a better world for animals: bit.ly/3GGloVG

'While we humanise the animals we share our homes with, we dehumanise - and detach from - the animals we put on our plates'

Professor David Halpern calls for behavioural science to better shape animal welfare policy.

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📣 Today, the UK Government has announced that American Bully XL type dogs have now been added to the banned breeds list, alongside a breed definition.

Find our statement here: bit.ly/3Qn9nco

Read the government's guidance and definition here: bit.ly/3Sn8Zxg

Last week we cohosted with RSPCA Assured a 21-member delegation of 🇨🇳producers and food industry senior managers on a 🇬🇧study tour led by China Animal Health & Food Safety Alliance CAFA, looking at farm assurance standards, auditing and marketing 🐖🦃🐓🐄

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'Animal welfare groups head to Conservative Conference in Manchester in a state of despair'

The RSPCA (England & Wales)'s Emma Slawinski on the Conservatives' abandonment of animal welfare commitment.

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It’s so important that the government keeps its promises on animal welfare. These are protections for animals that that have widespread public support.

📣 Today, we launch our Pets as Prizes campaign to urge local authorities to ban the giving away of live animals as prizes at funfairs 🐠🚫

🤝 We need your support to encourage your local council to stop this practice.
Take action now: 👉 bit.ly/3XlsYga

#NoFunAtTheFair

Delighted to be at the launch of the #TimeForChange coalition, time to end the loopholes in the law and truly end fox hunting @leagueacs @rspca_official

🐕🦊🐇 We are joining forces with League Against Cruel Sports and other concerned organisations who believe that trail hunting is being used to create a smokescreen to allow illegal hunting with dogs to continue.

It's time for change, take action 👇
bit.ly/3r3Ny8O #EndHunting ❌

I love rainy mornings. Perfect for snail spotting. This beauty was making their way across the grass to some shrubs. Snails have good long term memories and problem solving skills - so I am sure they know where they are headed!

This investigation is another devastating case of the internet being used to share animal cruelty, all to entertain people taking pleasure out of their pain.

Our #AnimalKindessIndex found that 1/4 of people in the UK had witnessed animal cruelty online.
👉bit.ly/43VAf8E

Some of the guests on this mornings Good Morning Britain live broadcast were a little troublesome… 🐶

I think it’s thought to be cheating if you helped make the quiz…. But I was pleased with my result: The RSPCA's Animal Kindness quiz, Take the quiz to find out how kind you are to our animal friends. rspca.org.uk/whatwedo/lates…

Ridiculously cute pups this morning at RSPCA Frontline in Brighton - the charity has just released its ‘animal kindness index’ 🐶 🐶 🐶 🐶 🐶

Animal suffering has become so normalised that many people are unaware of the harm their lifestyle choices are causing them, the RSPCA's new Animal Kindness Index has found.

'Are we not the animal lovers we claim to be?' 🐶

🚛🐄🐖🐑 We've campaigned, we've fought, but the UK Government hasn't listened.

🤝 Now is our chance, this #BanLiveExportsDay to make a difference and end live exports!

🗣️ It takes only a few moments, will you speak up for them?

#ActNowForAnimals here: bit.ly/3p1YiUk

It’s one week into June, and I have yet to see a single wasp. Wasps are incredible creatures- and we rely on them for a functioning ecosystem.

Where are they?

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