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The RSPCA is this year backing Guinea Pig Awareness Week, as it deals with a big spike in the tiny critters coming through its doors (RSPCA/Supplied)

RSPCA centres jam-packed with 'cruelly abandoned' guinea pigs Amber Allott

Brucella canis can spread from dogs to humans in rare cases (NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Three people in UK test positive for bacterial disease spreading in dogs Amber Allott

Chester Zoo is hiring a zookeeper to look after penguins & parrots - how to apply

Chester Zoo is hiring a zookeeper to look after penguins Chelsie Sewell

The RSPCA has issued a warning after a number of suspected cat poisonings

RSPCA issues warning to pet owners after suspected cat poisonings Chelsie Sewell

William Irwin MLA

Irwin concern on supply of veterinary medicines By The Newsroom

21/5/2021; Farmer, PJ Finnerty, left with Ruth Dalton, Musgrave Technical manager, Sorcha Donnelly, Sales director Ireland, Kepak, David Mannion, livestock procurement manager Kepak, and Nicola Herron, Technical manager at Kepak in Brideswell, Co. Roscommon as Musgrave together with Kepak launch their †̃Lamb Producer Guidelinesâ€TM booklet. These guidelines are a link between producers and consumers and provide advice and guidance to farmers. Co. Roscommon. Pic credit; Damien Eagers Photography

SuperValu partners with Kepak to launch lamb producer guidelines By The Newsroom

Availability and capacity of UK abattoirs, NSA raises concerns

Will the new Animal Welfare Bill go far enough? By The Newsroom

CEO Jim Moseley

Red Tractor asks farmers to help shape future standards in the UK By The Newsroom

Ian Stevenson. Picture: Cliff Donaldson

Ban on live exports a threat to NI – UFU By The Newsroom

Pictured at the official launch of the All Party Group on Animal Welfare is USPCA Chief Executive Brendan Mullan with (L-R) MLAs Christopher Stalford, John Blair, Robin Newton, Claire Sugden, Chris Lyttle, Mike Nesbitt, Sinead Bradley and Joanne Bunting. The APG on Animal Welfare is the first All Party Group in nearly five years to formally address prevalent animal welfare issues in Northern Ireland and aims to raise the profile of such concerns within the NI Assembly. The USPCA Animal Welfare Manifesto outlines key animal welfare issues in Northern Ireland and sets out where Northern Ireland lags behind GB and ROI in legislating to protect animals from suffering.

Animal welfare tops the agenda at Stormont By The Newsroom