RSPCA – Southwark News

Greeting cards raises money for libraries and good causes in Greenwich and Blackheath

News Desk — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:16:31 +0000

A new initiative launched in several libraries is bringing greeting cards raising money for charity, writes Cristina Trujillo… Cards for Good Causes are now being sold at multiple Greenwich libraries as well as at a gift shop in Blackheath Library. All proceeds go to charities and local libraries. Cards for Good Causes CEO Christine Ansell […]

RSPCA highlights the plight of ‘very thin’ neglected Peckham dog after she collapses in flat

Issy Clarke — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 16:37:10 +0000

The RSCPA have highlighted the plight of three-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier Betty, after three people have been handed ten-year bans on owning animals. Betty collapsed at a flat in Ferdinand Drive, Peckham, the week before being taken to an animal hospital by her owners Rosanne Penfold and Gareth Fitton. Thankfully, she is now in the […]

Elephant and Castle lady rescues a baby fox abandoned near a busy road – but did she do the right thing?

News Desk — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 21:18:14 +0000

An abandoned baby fox was rescued by a local resident of the Elephant and Castle after she saw him distressed, however despite the best efforts of the RSPCA the cub remains pack-less, writes Melina Block.. The RSPCA thanked the caring lady who came across the cub, who is believed to be around two months old. […]

RSPCA appeals for information after ‘very thin’ dog found dead in a south London park

Isabel Ramirez — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:32:37 +0000

The RSPCA has launched an investigation after the body of an underweight dog was found in a park in Croydon. A member of the public discovered the brown and white coloured bull breed cross lying near a tree behind a perimeter wall at Whitehorse Road Recreation Ground in Croydon late on the afternoon of Tuesday […]

Pets abandoned at Rotherhithe farm killed by foxes

Herbie Russell — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:09:25 +0000

A Rotherhithe farm has warned people not to abandon their pets after foxes killed at least one animal left in a bag on its premises. Surrey Docks Farm shared CCTV footage showing somebody dumping a travel bag by its gate at around 10.25pm on Sunday, September 8. The farm’s Instagram post continued: ‘Sadly within just […]

Brixton woman who ‘let her bulldog starve to death’ banned from keeping dogs

Herbie Russell — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 15:13:07 +0000

A Brixton woman has been banned from keeping dogs for ten years after ‘letting her pet bulldog Patch to starve to death’. Zainab Ayinla (14/05/1986) of Loughborough Park received a ten year ban, was fined £300 and ordered to pay £800 costs after pleading not guilty to an animal welfare offence at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court […]

Mexican black kingsnake on the loose in Elephant and Castle

Herbie Russell — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 13:34:02 +0000

An escaped Mexican black kingsnake native to the Americas is on the loose in Elephant and Castle. Stunned Oswin Street residents first spotted the three-foot-long visitor slithering through a neighbour’s garden on Tuesday evening (June 27). Reptile experts have assured the public that the constrictor is “totally harmless” and urged people to get in touch […]

Bermondsey man searching for owner of drowned dog he found on Rotherhithe beach

Herbie Russell — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 16:33:23 +0000

A dog-loving Bermondsey man is searching for the owner of an “Italian greyhound” pup he found dead on the Thames banks. Paul Townsend, 52, a builder living on the Longfield Estate, found the dog on Rotherhithe Beach, a stretch of shore off Rotherhithe Street near the Mayflower pub, on Saturday, March 5. Sadly, the dog […]

WATCH: Peckham shopkeeper finds fox trapped in storage room

Herbie Russell — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 14:33:37 +0000

A Peckham shopkeeper got more than they bargained for after discovering a fox in their storage room. The vixen snuck into House of Essentials, a homeware store on Rye Lane, early on Sunday morning (January 8). Shop workers arrived to find the terrified animal “wedged beneath a stack of boxes” and called the Royal Society […]

Two guinea pigs found abandoned in a freezer bag in Deptford

Isabel Ramirez — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 15:44:12 +0000

The RSPCA is appealing for information after two guinea pigs were found dumped in a freezer bag outside a construction site in Deptford. Two female guinea pigs were discovered in a Coca-Cola freezer bag outside the site, near Pepys Playground in Deptford on Saturday (January 7) at 10:30am by a member of the public. RSPCA […]