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RSPCA ACT seeking cat-loving foster carers  

After a seemingly endless kitten season, RSPCA ACT is in need of more foster carers to open their arms and homes to kittens and cats.

Tasty recipes for RSPCA Cupcake Day

Grab your apron and preheat those ovens – RSPCA Cupcake Day is upon us and can be any day that suits you in August. Whether you’re whipping up sweet treats to show...

5 purrfect ways to keep your cat happy at home

As Canberrans continue to adjust to the cat containment laws that came into effect last month, RSPCA ACT has released their top tips for keeping cats happy and healthy at home.

RSPCA shares 5 top tips to protect your pets this winter

To help keep both you and your pets warm, RSPCA NSW Chief Veterinarian Dr Liz Arnott shares her five top tips to help care for your pets for this winter.

Walk the dog to help RSPCA ACT prevent animal cruelty

The annual Million Paws Walk is back up and dog-walking in the ACT on Sunday 29 May, and the local RSPCA are paw-ssionately aiming to raise $100,000 to support their critical work.

RSPCA ACT warns Easter treats can be lethal to pets

While Easter is every chocolate lovers’ favourite time of the year, RSPCA ACT is reminding humans that chocolate can be poisonous and life threatening to animals.

Pialligo the ‘pawfect’ new place for RSPCA ACT

After many years of patiently waiting, RSPCA ACT announced today that it will relocate to a new purpose-built facility in Pialligo.

Leave festive food to non-furry friends and family

With Christmas only days away, RSPCA ACT is reminding Canberran pet owners about the dangers of festive foods for animals, with some common Christmas treats being very harmful for pets to consume.

Pets are for life, not just Christmas Day

This holiday season, RSPCA ACT want to stress the importance to Canberrans that pets are for life, not just a gift on Christmas Day.

Tech start-up takes on puppy scammers

Puppy scammers have taken advantage of soaring pet demands during Covid-19 and have raked in an astonishing over $3 million since the beginning of this year, according to the Australian Competition and...

A pet is for life, not just for lockdown

In the week following ACT’s snap lockdown on 12 August, the local RSPCA shelter temporarily closed its doors to take a moment to stop, reassess, and prepare for becoming an essential service. “The...

Paws for a cause: RSPCA Cupcake Day is back

Taking in more than 3,000 animals a year, RSPCA ACT relies on the generosity of their donors and the community to run the shelter and keep the ACT’s animals safe and well.

New ACT Cat Plan calls for cat containment, registration

Cat owners will be required to contain their cats and register them under a new plan the ACT Government released today that is designed to help cats live longer and healthier lives while better protecting native wildlife.

RSPCA ACT holds ageing facilities together with ‘love and passion, spit and Blu Tack’

RSPCA ACT CEO Michelle Robertson wants progress on an election promise to help fund upgrades to the animal shelter, where most buildings are over 45 years old.

Offender in cat boarding house burglary identified

A 39-year-old Coombs man has been identified by ACT Policing as the person they believe was responsible for a burglary at the RSPCA ACT's cat boarding house in Weston on Saturday 17 April.

Police search for possible cat burglar after RSPCA break in

ACT Policing is asking for public assistance to identify a man seen in CCTV footage outside the RSPCA ACT cat boarding house on Saturday 17 April.

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