A cat has defied the odds and survived in an industrial container for a month. 'Socks', from Arbroath in Angus, kept himself alive by licking condensation from the sides of the metal container, reports the BBC. He was discovered ...

Charmin, a Sealyham terrier, has won the Best in Show category at renowned annual dog competition Crufts 2009, which ended last night. The four-year-old dog, belonging to Margery Good, from Pennsylvania, USA, beat six other dogs ...

Over 3.35 million pet owners have said that they have witnessed behavioural problems in their cats and dogs in the last year. A new survey by Sainsbury's Finance found that one in five cat and dog owners has seen their pet demonstrate ...

A cat running away from a dog scaled a 75-foot tree to make sure the pooch could not get to it. The frightened feline was so desperate to get away from the dog that it climbed far enough up the fir tree in Devon that fire fighters' ...

A cat adoption day held by the Cats Protection branch in Southend has been hailed as resounding success after all the animals on show found new homes. The Echo reports that last weekend's event, at St Michael and All Angels Church, ...

A website designed to prevent household goods ending up in landfill is being used to get rid of unwanted cats, the Cumberland News has reported. Cats and guinea pigs are being offered on the Carlisle Freecycle website and Animal ...

A former mayor who died in December has left her fox terrier £100,000 to make sure it is cared for now that she is no longer here to look after it. Win Frankland, a retired headteacher who was the mayor of Hyndburn in Lancashire, ...