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, (Please note: we are not in a similarly named county just north of London!).

The Branch is run entirely by volunteers and its main role is finding new homes for domestic pets, especially those rescued by RSPCA Inspectors and other field staff. We also help people with vets' bills.

In 2009, we re-homed 62 dogs, 97 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.

Running the Branch costs about £100,000 every year and we rely entirely on donations and legacies for this. We also depend heavily on volunteer effort.  

The RSPCA Inspectors and Animal Welfare Officers are part of the national organisation, not our Branch, but they are active in Herefordshire too. In 2009, they responded to almost 2,000 calls in Herefordshire, involving almost 6,000 animals.

More than 700 of the calls were complaints about suspected ill treatment or suffering of over 4,000 animals, mostly sheep and cattle (about 2,500), but also involving about 700 dogs, 400 horses, 200 cats and some small animals (eg rabbits). The other calls were about animals who were lost, injured or needed to be rescued. Most of these were wildlife, but also included cats, dogs, farm animals, etc.

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

To find out more about the RSPCA , please visit the national site.