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We are thrilled to have been selected to be Charity of the Year at the Pets at Home Weymouth store. This means we’ll get all sorts of food donations throughout the year, can take part in their fundraising activities and hold awareness days in store. All of this will help us shout about how great sighthounds are …

There was a significant advancement for animal welfare last week with the maximum sentence for animal cruelty offences increasing from six months to five years. Congratulations go to our colleagues and supporters across the animal welfare sector who have campaigned so hard for this. The change in the law means that those guilty of the …

Following the relaxation of some of the rules surrounding the coronavirus restrictions in England, Forever Hounds Trust has set out the following plan for rehoming dogs. PLEASE NOTE THESE ANTICIPATED STEPS ARE BASED ON CURRENT GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE. THIS MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DEPENDIN ON HOW THE INFECTION IS SPREADING DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN EACH …

Sadly, pet theft is on the increase and UK police have found that 2020 was one of the worst years for pet thievery, most likely associated with an increased demand for dogs over the national lockdowns. MPs are debating whether to introduce a law specifically for pet theft that will hand out prison sentences rather …

HUGE congratulations to Tracey Carter on being a Volunteer of the Year finalist in the Animal Charity Awards. Tracey is an absolute superstar and without her help we simply would not be able to help the number of dogs that we do. Tracey supports us across everything that we do. Many of you will know …

We had a very special visitor at our Centre for Homing and Welfare in Devon! TV Gardener Frances Tophill joined us to chat about an exciting new project for the outside space at the Centre. Watch this space for more exciting news coming soon! While Frances was with us she met some of the dogs …

Petlog customers have been asked to create a new online self-serve account, and customers who had not previously set up an online account, to create one. However, there may be some people whose details – such as their name, email address, or title – have changed since their pets’ details were first placed on the …

Less than a fortnight into the New Year and we already have our first big vet bill. Finn is a handsome rough coated lurcher who came to us from a pound after being found straying. He was clearly lame and in some pain, and x-rays have revealed that he needs surgery to repair his cruciate …

We are thrilled to have received £2,000.00 worth of charity Lifelines through Support Adoption for Pets and Pets at Home. This will be great to spend on double-ended training leads, new bedding for dogs in our care and worming treatments. This fantastic gift is due in no small part to the efforts of the Dorset …

Forever Hounds Trust is shocked to learn that the Government has awarded £1million of taxpayers money to the UK greyhound racing industry as emergency funding because of coronavirus despite there being no funding granted yet for the overstretched animal welfare charities taking care of the broken and discarded dogs from this cruel industry. The granting …

Did you catch Forever Hounds Trust’s rescued greyhounds Sunny and Harrison on West End Woofs last night? West End Woofs was an online animal adoption event inspired by the successful annual US version, Broadway Barks. Stars of the stage introduced animal rescue organisations and the dogs they had in need of forever homes. The wonderful …