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• Launching our 2026 Donate a Dinner campaign with Teckels Animal Sanctuaries
• Canine Principles donates symposium profits to Naturewatch Foundation
• Three Years of Protect. Animals. Protect People. – How Far We’ve Come
• Animal welfare leaders unite in Ukraine as Maryna Surkova receives Naturewatch Foundation Challenge Coin
• A visit to Ukraine’s Bila Skelia shelter: A safe haven for rescued bears and wolves
• New report reveals concerns over enforcement of dog breeding welfare rules designed to protect dogs and puppies from harmful breeding
• Target Crime Not Wildlife – Supporters’ letters.
• Another step forward keeping animals and children safer. ‘Act to Protect’ action complete.
• Naturewatch Foundation welcomes release of Northern Ireland dog breeding review, which calls for major overhaul of regulation and monitoring
• Burnley man banned from keeping animals after wildlife crime investigation
• London rally to end trail hunting
• New Report: Act to Protect – Why we support Holly’s Law.
• Get Creative This Summer: Design Our 2026 World Animal Day Mug!
• World Day for Animals in Laboratories: Remembering the Past, Fighting for the Future
• Holly’s Law: Why Recognising Animal Abuse Could Save Lives
• Ruins to rescue: Fedir’s story of survival and hope in Ukraine
• From stray dogs to rescued wolves: How we’re helping animals in Eastern Europe
• A growing threat for shelter dogs in Brody, Ukraine
• Returning to Kharkiv: Catching up with animal rescue friends in Ukraine
• Let’s talk petitions
• The Consultation. Delivering an Effective Ban on Trail Hunting.
• Meet your Pet Rescue Grant 2026 recipients
• Announcing the World Animal Day 2026 Theme
• Cross-Party Support for Purple Paw at Parliament
• Let’s create a healthier future for dogs together
• Purple Paw: Help us celebrate the special bond that we share with our pets
• Target Crime Not Wildlife Parliamentary MP drop-in session
• Gumtree Takes a Stand – A Landmark Moment for Wildlife Protection
• From Shortlist to Spotlight: Help A Tail of Two Dogs Win!
• Northern Ireland to introduce mandatory registration for puppy and kitten sellers
• The Crimes You Never Hear About: Why Prevention Matters More Than Headlines
• Ban Animal Testing, Not Protests: How we move forward without being silenced!
• Naturewatch Foundation’s 2025 Annual Review – A Year of Progress, Partnership and Protection
• A sad day for animals in labs
• Police Reform. Valid Aims, but Serious Gaps for Wildlife and Animal Protection.
• ‘Act to Protect’ – Protect Animals. Protect People.
• MPs debate the Animal Welfare Strategy for England: What was said and what does it mean for animals?
• Pet Rescue Grant 2026 now open – could your favourite rescue be our next recipient?
• Still Waiting: The Promise to Ban Trail Hunting.
• What’s next for those of us who lend our voices to the animals used in animal testing?
• Let’s get to 100k! We’re lending our voice to support Camp Beagle.
• ‘Sneaky’ law change could criminalise peaceful protest against animal testing
• A happy New Year for animals? Our reaction to Defra’s new animal welfare strategy
• Fox Hunting: Licensing, codes, and traditions will not protect wildlife
• Naturewatch Foundation joins calls for Pets at Home to stop selling animals in its stores
• Why Christmas Is a Critical Time to Protect Animals and Protect People
• UK Government silently tries to add ‘animal testing’ to the protest banned list
• On International Day of Veterinary Medicine: Meet one of Ukraine’s dedicated vets
• How “Protect Animals. Protect People.” Is Growing Beyond a Campaign, and Becoming a Movement
• Win your Christmas gifts with the Compassionate Shopping Guide (CSG to us!)
• Why I Believe Police Training is Crucial for Tackling Wildlife Crime in England and Wales
• How Caring for pets Helps Us Care for Ourselves
• Puppy and kitten smuggling to Britain set to end in major victory for animal welfare
• Everybody Hurts
• Raising Awareness of Dogs Injured in the commission of Wildlife Crime
• Our Pet Rescue Grant Winners 2025 change the lives of 52 dogs, cats and rabbits – thanks to you!
• TikTok Fame, Scientific Shift: Why one small charity’s moment could mark the decline of animal testing in the UK
• Naturewatch Foundation proud to support new IHA tool designed to end irresponsible dog breeding
• A New Force for Wildlife Protection: Target Crime Not Wildlife Coalition Formed
• Has the UK government called time on animal testing?
• Visiting ‘Naturewatch Street’ in Brody, Ukraine: A closer look at the Step animal shelter
• Supporting Safer Winter Walks for Women and Their Dogs
• Carmarthenshire Council reviews dog breeding licensing in Wales’ “puppy farm capital”
• October: Domestic Abuse Awareness Month- Protect Animals. Protect People.
• Zero to Hero: Police Training Across Greece for Safer Communities and Protected Animals
• Years of cruelty, barely any progress: UK Government remains stagnant as stats released
• Protecting Pets in Domestic Abuse: Voices for Change at Parliament
• Target Crime, not Wildlife: Ask the policing minister to take action now.
• 100 Years of World Animal Day: A Global Celebration
• The biggest exotic animal cruelty case in RSPCA history
• Hope Rescue’s Vanessa Waddon honoured with Naturewatch Foundation’s second Challenge Coin
• A truly special day Celebrating Animal Welfare in Wales
• Why I Believe Police Training is Crucial for Tackling Wildlife Crime in England and Wales
• Naturewatch Foundation proud to be part of movement to improve dog welfare in Northern Ireland ahead of World Animal Day
• My first political Party Conference: A First-Timer’s Perspective
• Is this finally ‘Goodbye’ to the barbaric forced swim test?
• Celebrate 100 Years of World Animal Day by Donating a Dinner to Animals in Need
• We are delighted to announce the winner of our 2025 World Animal Day ‘Design a Mug’ competition!
• UK Government accepts recommendations to end exploitation of wild-caught monkeys in UK animal testing
• Shocking Gaps in UK Wildlife Crime Enforcement – Read our report here!
• Our CEO, Sarah Carr, Recognised as an Amazing Woman by Woman & Home
• New puppy and kitten selling rules proposed in Northern Ireland
• Our top 5 Cruelty-Free blogs
• Spotlight on Ukraine’s heroic animal rescuers: Your questions answered by Animal Rescue Kharkiv
• Spotlight on Ukraine’s heroic animal rescuers: Your questions answered by the Step shelter in Brody
• The war in Ukraine: How Naturewatch Foundation has been supporting animals in crisis
• Check out the 2025 edition of Watch Magazine!
• Why Male Victims of Domestic Abuse Must Not Be Forgotten
• Ireland must immediately end horrific greyhound breeding loophole
• World Animal Day grant winners in all four corners of the globe!
• Meet Toby and ‘43’ in our new campaign film: ‘A Tail of Two Dogs’
• Beyond the hutch: Keeping rabbits happy and healthy
• Target Crime not Wildlife – catapult and crossbow misuse and its impact on wildlife
• Join Naturewatch Foundation’s 100K challenge for World Animal Day!
• What to know about caring for bunnies this Rabbit Awareness Week!
• A Day at Scotland Yard: Building Bridges for Better Domestic Abuse Response
• Recognising heroes in British wildlife crime prevention: A special surprise for a dedicated officer
• One Response: Our New Report
• Seminar: Creating a more humane future for stray dogs in Moldova
• Help us shine a spotlight on Ukraine’s animal rescuers!
• Get Creative This Summer: Design Our 2025 World Animal Day Mug!
• MPs debate the use of beagles in animal experiments in Britain
• Teaching Kindness: How Our Humane Education Project is Changing Lives in Ukraine
• The Forgotten Lives: Making all animals used for science visible
• Animal Welfare in Ukraine – Every Life Matters
• BREAKING: Four in five dogs and puppies in the UK still come from unknown sources
• The Forgotten Victims of Domestic Abuse: Why Pets Need Protection Too
• Introducing the winners of our Pet Rescue Grant 2025!
• Help Us Shine a Light on the Hidden Victims of Domestic Abuse
• APDAWG Meeting: The State of Dog Rescue in the UK
• World Animal Day 2025 Theme Announcement
• Breaking the Link: Helping Ukraine to Lead the Way in Animal Welfare
• New report launched on the dog breeding industry’s forgotten animals
• UK wildlife is under threat, we need the government to Make Wildlife Count.
• Naturewatch Foundation’s 2024 Annual Review
• Naturewatch Foundation’s Pet Rescue Grant 2025 is open for applications!
• 2025 – The year of the snake; wisdom and transformation.
• An update from our World Animal Day grant winner in Barbados!
• Season’s Greetings from the Naturewatch Foundation team
• Trapped animals found dead, unauthorised experiments, mice drowning – welcome to British animal laboratories
• Naturewatch Foundation at the Wildlife Crime Enforcers’ Conference
• Hunting Act 2004 – twenty years of ambiguity for England and Wales’ wildlife
• Saving the Lives of Animals in Ukraine
• Taking our Protect Animals Protect People campaign to Kosovo
• Let’s do something amazing for animal welfare on December 3rd!
• A special update from our 2024 Pet Rescue Grant winners!
• Are we finally heading towards a future without animal testing?
• Join our award-winning team! We are now recruiting for a marketing and campaigns assistant
• Continuing in our fight to end animal cruelty – another successful prosecution for a man persecuting wildlife using dogs
• Together, for the animal victims of domestic abuse
• Teaching Compassion: English as a Second Language (ESL) lessons on animal welfare with a humane twist
• Celebrating animal welfare in Wales for World Animal Day
• World Animal Day 2024: A catch-up on social media coverage
• A snapshot of events from World Animal Day 2024
• On the campaign trail for World Animal Day 2024
• Join the global celebration: How UK veterinary practices can get involved in World Animal Day on October 4!
• Let’s ‘Donate a Dinner’ to rescue centres for World Animal Day!
• Our new Wildlife Crime Campaign Manager.
• UPDATE: Tell the Met why axing their Wildlife Crime Unit is a bad move!
• World Animal Day Mug Competition Winner for 2024!
• Nearly 2.7 million experiments performed on animals in Britain in 2023
• Animal abuse within domestic abuse. 2024 in Parliament.
• Visiting animal welfare organisations in Moldova
• 2024 World Animal Day grant awarded to an outstanding charity project!
• Six year ban & suspended prison sentence for man videoed throwing a live rabbit to his dogs.
• Scottish Government announces plans to license canine fertility services
• Support our campaign and let’s make UK homes cruelty-free!
• Let’s end extreme cat breeding and ensure all felines have a healthy, happy life
• Check out the first-ever edition of Watch Magazine!
• Animal welfare warning after horrifying Bullycat fad reaches UK
• Getting on the road and supporting animal welfare in Kupyansk
• Supporting Animal Rescue in Kharkiv: How Your Contributions are Saving Lives
• Tell the Met why axing their Wildlife Crime Unit is a bad move!
• Animal charity fighting wildlife crime wins prestigious award
• Jail sentence for man caught badger baiting and causing animal fights in Northern Ireland.
• Supporting police training on the link between animal crime and domestic violence.
• Help us Stop Greed Breeding this June!
• Animals are important at election time!
• An update from Jakarta Animal Aid Network, our 2023 grant winners!
• Naturewatch Foundation’s wildlife crime work shortlisted for the Charity Awards 2024!
• Passionate about campaigning on animal welfare? Then we are looking for you!
• BREAKING: More than one in three animal laboratories breached rules in 2022
• Cruelty-free Compassionate Shopping Guide website has fresh new look!
• Get creative this summer with our World Animal Day mug competition!
• Meet the recipients of our first ever Pet Rescue Grant!
• A baarilliant week of action for Operation Recall
• MPs call for crackdown on canine fertility clinics and unlicensed breeding
• Improvements to microchipping in England announced
• NEWS: Operation Recall: Naturewatch Foundation teams up with police to tackle livestock attacks in the UK.
• Operation Recall – a week of action for farm animals and dogs!
• Thank you for keeping animals on the agenda!
• 91% of police websites now offer advice on animal cruelty cases linked to domestic abuse.
• Are things finally starting to change for animals in laboratories?
• Our 2024 World Animal Day theme!
• Our 2023 Annual Review
• It’s time to end the era of animal experiments in the UK
• Our animal welfare work for the future
• Protect Animals. Protect Children.
• Applications for our 2024 Pet Rescue Grant are now OPEN
• Thank you for all your support
• Recent animal welfare developments in the UK and beyond
• The Link: animal cruelty and human violence
• We’re launching a new Pet Rescue Grant to help animals affected by the illegal pet trade
• Domestic Abuse Awareness Month
• Award-winning 2023 for our wildlife crime team
• We’re taking our Protect Animals. Protect People campaign to the Houses of Parliament
• Total RECALL or Operation RECALL? Both!
• Naturewatch Foundation celebrates animal welfare in Wales for World Animal Day
• No nature, no future – the cry from the Restore Nature Now rally
• Find out how your views have shaped our #Win4Animals Manifesto ahead of a 2024 UK general election
• World Animal Day Mug Competition Winner for 2023!
• General election 2024 – tell us what matters to YOU
• Want to help animals in laboratories? Get our new cruelty free action pack!
• Not one but three World Animal Day grant winners are announced!
• Animals in Ukraine – How our police training in Ukraine has continued through the war
• Get creative this summer with our World Animal Day mug competition!
• Keep kids busy this summer with our dog-themed activity book
• Could you be our next World Animal Day volunteer?
• Animals in British laboratories deserve better as number of animal experiments barely falls
• Our work continues, helping the animals of Ukraine
• What we’ve been doing to keep pet welfare on the political agenda
• Helping to end livestock attacks
• Wildlife crime affects whole communities…
• Animal Cruelty in Perfection
• Why we need to stop Greed Breeding
• Algorithms and the growth of animal cruelty online
• Government issues update on animal testing of cosmetics ingredients
• Updated guidelines for animal cruelty offences from Sentencing Council
• Animals & public betrayed as Home Office abandons cosmetic testing ban
• Abandoned by Greed Breeders: Wilson’s ‘wobbly’ start
• Help us end animal experiments this World Day for Animals in Laboratories
• Freya’s story: When Greed Breeders don’t take accountability
• What does Greed Breeding of dogs look like?
• A close-up look at Greed Breeding: behind the scenes with the RSPCA
• How to spot a disreputable cat breeder
• It’s not just dogs! Campaign expansion to tackle Greed Breeding of other companion animals
• Animal abuse in England and Wales – where do you go to for help?
• One year on… 12 months of war in Ukraine
• Spring into action for wildlife!
• Naturewatch Foundation Annual Review 2022
• Animal cruelty as part of coercive control
• Good news as MPs launch inquiry into pet welfare and abuse!
• Humans can be victims of animal abuse too.
• BBC Panorama investigation shows why our dog breeding and Link campaigns are vital
• What to do if you’re concerned about an illicit dog breeder or canine fertility clinic
• We’ve told the UK Government Animals Need Love Actually this Christmas too!
• Not so ‘purrfect’ pet ‘pawtraits’ by local charity raise money for Cheltenham Animal Shelter
• Urge your MP to attend the Kept Animals Bill debate on Monday 5th December 2022!
• Compassionate Shopping Guide “best for scope” says Ethical Consumer magazine
• What we’re doing about canine fertility clinics
• Breaches in laboratory animal welfare cause thousands of sentient animals in the UK to suffer
• World Animal Day 2022 was another huge success!
• Email your MP to help us get animals back on the agenda!
• Animals in War – The Naturewatch Foundation International Conference 2022
• North Wales man walks free with suspended sentence after admitting badger baiting and cruelty to dogs
• Join us to talk canine fertility clinics with the All-Party Parliamentary Dog Advisory Group at Westminster on Tuesday 25th October 2022, 7-9pm
• Leia’s story: from lab to loving home – a happy ending for one dog rescued from a beagle testing laboratory
• Animals in War Conference 2022
• Agenda for our Animals in War Conference 2022
• World Animal Day Mug Competition Winner for 2022!
• Around the World in 80 ways – a World Animal Day blog
• Naturewatch Foundation announces World Animal Day grant winner for 2022!
• Protect Animals. Protect People
• What have the Conservative leadership candidates said about animal welfare?
• What’s next now the Government’s consultation on the Animal Cruelty Sentencing guidelines in England and Wales has closed?
• The power to combat the gruesome activity of hare coursing in England just got stronger!
• Over 3 MILLION experiments carried out on animals in 2021 – it’s time for real change
• Get creative in our World Animal Day mug competition!
• Operation #UKrainePaws – drains for Ukraine – June 2022
• Romania and beyond – how we continue to help the animals of Ukraine
• Wilbur’s story: The devastating impact of sensory neuropathy
• Grace: Breeding beyond dogs’ limits
• Operation #UKrainePaws – return trip to the border April 2022
• Love animals? Love marketing? We are recruiting!
• Government drops promises for new Animals Abroad Bill
• Thinking of getting a puppy? Watch our mini-documentary first
• Operation #UKrainePaws – show your support
• Operation #UKrainePaws – 20th March 2022
• Operation #UKrainePaws – 19th March 2022
• Operation #UKrainePaws – 18th March 2022
• Operation #UKrainePaws – 17th March 2022
• Let’s play a game – how many unlicensed puppy breeders are in your area?
• An update from Natalie, our colleague inside Ukraine
• We’re joining calls for Pet Theft Reform
• The war against Ukraine, two weeks in.
• Meet the courageous Lizzie and Crumble: puppy farm survivors
• Fur and foie gras imports ban under threat – tell the Government #DontBetrayAnimals
• Naturewatch Foundation animal news and campaign updates
• The Hunting Act 2004: 17 Years on.
• Love animals? Love marketing? We are recruiting!
• What would a potential Russian invasion mean for our work to protect the animals of Ukraine?
• Ask your MP to Support Animal Sentience on Tuesday 18th January
• A boom in canine fertility clinics – our investigation
• Much-needed updates to hare coursing legislation brings about a breath of ‘fresh hare’!
• The tragic downs and hopeful ups of crime in Ukraine
• Major study confirms animal sentience in lobsters, crabs and octopuses
• Law 2351 has come into force – What does this mean for Ukraine animal welfare moving forward?
• Pet-friendly cleaning products to keep your pets safe and your home feeling fresh
• Environment Act to put an end to nature’s decline in UK by 2030
• What’s not to love about autumn and winter?
• Help us help them – Report puppy farms.
• ‘My most asked questions as a Veterinary Nurse answered’
• National Badger Day – Celebrating the beauty of our badgers
• From animal abuse to shooting teachers – why we must take animal welfare and animal crimes seriously
• A code-cracking scavenger hunt marked our 30th anniversary…
• Happy 30th birthday, Ukraine! (And Naturewatch Foundation!)
• Another step in humane attitude towards animals
• Meet the police officers of Ukraine
• Fantastic news for cruelty-free cosmetics
• Catch up with World Animal Day Grant winners 2020 – HART, Nepal
• Lifetime Achievement Award for World Animal Day Ambassador
• Delilah – From malnourished puppy farm escapee to happy little beagle
• We welcome Government plans for higher animal welfare standards in the UK
• Why should we be concerned about violence to animals?
• How many animals suffered for science last year in animal experimentation?
• Fantastic news for animals in Ukraine!
• EVENT: Naturewatch Foundation’s Animal Scavenger Hunt for children
• Too many animals suffered for science last year. It’s time to stop animal testing once and for all.
• Thank you means so much to the police in Ukraine
• Let’s call time and stop animal testing once and for all!
• Animal cruelty takes centre stage as UK government publishes ‘Action Plan for Animal Welfare’
• RSPCA investigation uses evidence pack supplied by Naturewatch Foundation to prosecute animal abuser
• Why should we be concerned about violence to animals?
• Queen’s Speech announces Government plans for higher animal welfare standards in the UK
• Animal crimes are often ‘indicator’ crimes
• Hope for the animals of Ukraine
• Stories of hope for animals this Christmas…
• The value of animal volunteer groups in Ukraine
• Together, we are stopping rogue puppy dealers in their tracks
• Natural skin care products and other cruelty free cosmetics – My Natural Skincare
• My experience of trying to rescue a dog in the UK
• Has Covid-19 left you feeling like a caged animal?
• From a puppy farm to a forever home
• Help World Animal Day get a Google Doodle!
• Why is dog theft on the rise?
• Tell Ecover and Method it’s time to come clean about animal testing
• Animal sentience in law
• Animal testing warning post Brexit
• Waterless Limited is now endorsed by Naturewatch Foundation
• Profits from Ecover and Method now go to animal testing…
• Illegal badger baiters exposed by undercover TV reporters’ secret filming
• Dorset Police have received badger persecution training
• World Day for Laboratory Animals
• 5 Inspirational Messages for Animal Activists
• Turn your alcohol into useful alcohol cleaning products!
• Top 10 Mistakes New Dog Owners Make
• How to keep your dog cool in the summer
• The forgotten victims of the Ukraine conflict
• Why do dogs attack? That is the question.
• Dirty secrets swept under the rug
• Top 10 Companies that fool you into thinking they are cruelty free!
• How can someone guilty of breeding and fighting Pitbulls in Wales walk free?
• Why do children and dogs have to die?
• Winter Skin Savers
• Pilot cull in Gloucestershire gets the chop – not the badgers!
• Ukrainian school children learn to care for dogs
• It’s a Cruelty Free Revolution!
• Why our farming minister should hang his head in shame
• L’OREAL BUYS INTO EVEN MORE ANIMAL TESTING!
• A better way to do business
• TB Meat or Not TB, That Is the Question – The Answer? Who Knows…
• Protesting against the badger cull
• Ten reasons to buy Cruelty-Free cosmetics
• British feds to cull badgers, ignoring lessons of 1,000 years
• Problems with dangerous dogs
• Testing times for Defra!
• Time for a reality check from DEFRA
• Ukrainian Stray Dogs Enjoy Better Welfar