Welcome to the website of the RSPCA Herefordshire Branch

We work in Hereford and throughout the county to further the same animal welfare aims as the national organisation.

Watch out for an exciting new look to the website. It's being developed in conjunction with Red Cherry Solutions, a local company who have kindly provided their expertise free to us. We aim to launch the new site shortly.

We regularly receive messages from people who seem unaware that Herefordshire is in the west of England, on the Welsh border, and is not to be confused with a similarly named county just north of London.

In 2008, it cost us over £100,000 to find new homes for animals that needed them, help people obtain medical treatment for their animals, and support the local RSPCA Inspectors and Animal Collection Officers in their work.

In 2008, we re-homed 44 dogs, 78 cats and almost 50 other animals, mainly rabbits and birds. We helped treat almost 200 cats, dogs and rabbits, including our cat and dog neutering scheme.

The RSPCA Inspectors and Animal Collection Officers are part of the national organisation, not our Branch, but they are active in Herefordshire too. In 2007, they responded to over 2,000 calls in Herefordshire, involving over 9,000 animals. More than 700 of the calls were complaints about suspected ill treatment or suffering, mostly about sheep and cattle (over 2,000), but also involving almost 900 dogs, 300 cats and 600 small animals (eg rabbits). The other calls were about animals who were lost, injured or needed to be rescued. Most of these were cats or wildlife.

To find out more about us, please use the menu on the left.

For more about the RSPCA and lots of useful information about animal welfare, please use the links below to visit the national website.

Campaign information	Help on caring for animals
An area for younger people	Much more

Calls are charged as if to an 01 number, so are free if you have a calling package that includes free calls to 01/02 numbers.