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A brindle Dutch Herder police dog runs out of a training tunnel across grass, tongue out.
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HERO HOUND: Police dog Hera retires after eight years catching criminals and even saving a life

PD Hera, one of the first female Dutch Herders to serve with South Wales Police, has retired after a distinguished…

A small ginger and white dog resting on a leather armchair beside an electric fan.
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HEATWAVE: RSPCA Cymru urges Wales dog owners to call a 48-hour ‘lockdown’ as red warning peaks

Animal welfare experts say walks should be axed for a day or two, with the heat posing a potentially fatal…

Several young puppies huddled together in a metal crate lined with a blanket
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PUPPY BREEDING: Carmarthenshire still Wales’ biggest hot spot — but investigations fall as RSPCA urges new law review

Carmarthenshire recorded more dog breeding investigations than any other Welsh council in 2025, though its own figures fell — as…

Carole Stevens holding a black and white cat up to her face at the Llys Nini animal centre
BEM

PENLLERGAER: 50 years, 20,000 animals — BEM for the woman at the heart of Llys Nini

Carole Stevens joined Swansea's animal rescue world as a teenager and never left. Half a century on — and 20,000…

Two cats sitting on the arm of a sofa in a rubbish-strewn living room, with a black kitten on the dirty bare floor nearby
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BRITON FERRY: Man banned from keeping animals for seven years after cats found living among rubbish

Jordan Saunders admitted failing to meet the needs of three cats and two kittens found living in filthy conditions at…

Several pigs standing in a large enclosure of thick grey mud, bordered by wooden pallet fencing and bare trees.
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ANIMAL CRUELTY: Senedd candidate and councillor banned from keeping animals for life after pigs and goats found in ‘appalling’ conditions

David Wayne Erasmus — a community councillor who stood for Gwlad in May's Senedd election — kept pigs and goats…

Landlady, Maddy Daniels serves local (Ian) and her dog (Norman) as The Foresters Arms, in Fordingbridge is crowned the UK’s most dog-friendly pub by Rover.com. Half (45%) of Brits say they’d head out more often if they could bring their dog along, showing just how important pup-friendly pubs are to the community.
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A dog, a pint and £1,000 — someone in Wales is about to get paid to visit ten pubs this summer

Rover.com is looking for a Welsh dog owner to spend six weeks visiting pubs across the region and rating them…

Emma Reardon, a woman with red-streaked grey hair and glasses, sits on steps outdoors with her hand resting on her Red Fox Labrador Jeff, who is wearing a blue Support Dog vest and looking directly at the camera.
assistance dog

CARMARTHEN: ‘Having Jeff means people recognise I might need help’ — how a Red Fox Labrador gave a mum her life back after long Covid and heart failure

Emma Reardon was working full time and raising a family despite a lifelong condition — until long Covid and a…

Bear is a two-year-old Chow Chow at the RSPCA's Llys Nini shelter in Penllergaer (Image: RSPCA)
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SWANSEA: #DogsAtPollingStations is trending — but spare a thought for the #DogsNotAtPollingStations who’d love a vote of confidence today

As Wales heads to the polls and #DogsAtPollingStations fills social media, the RSPCA is urging voters to spare a thought…

Donkeys won't be returning to Coney Beach (Image: nutmeg66 / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Bridgend County Borough Council

PORTHCAWL: End of the road for donkey rides on Coney Beach as council’s summer animal ban rules them out for good

Donkey rides are banned from Coney Beach in Porthcawl after Bridgend County Borough Council extended its seasonal animal restrictions —…