Tag: Scottish SPCA

Man cautioned for cruelty to dog

Deadline News Journalist - January 20, 2011

A MAN has been cautioned for causing unnecessary suffering to a dog. Following a Scottish SPCA investigation, the 26-year-old from the Stenhouse area of Edinburgh...

Ducks put to sleep after being caught in rabbit traps

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - January 18, 2011

TWO ducks had to be put to sleep after their legs were almost completely severed by illegal rabbit traps. Inspectors of the Scottish SPCA found...

Dog found starved in Edinburgh

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - January 9, 2011

A DOG has been found dead in an Edinburgh garden having apparently starved to death and been thrown over a fence. The body of...

Abandoned pooch left shivering for 10 hours on Hogmanay

Scottish News

Christine Lavelle - January 6, 2011

ANIMAL cruelty investigators say they’re mystified by the abandonment of a well-cared for black Labrador in a tough housing scheme on Hogmanay. The pooch –...