A Stretford animal charity has signed up to a nationwide Christmas fundraising campaign in order to keep donations coming in over the festive period.

A sheep dog found wandering along the motorway has been saved by traffic officers and taken to a Leigh animal rescue centre – but now he needs to find his way home.

The ‘beautiful and unusual’ Tigon – a tiger, lion cross – that people flocked to the city to see in the 1940s is going on display at the Manchester Museum after 65 years in storage.

A Salford animal charity is trying out a new and easy way for members of the community to donate and support their work – and all it involves is shopping online.

A Manchester vet has warned that Britain’s pets are in ‘danger’ unless owners change their attitudes towards their diets.

Dogs Trust Manchester are looking for a special forever home for an eight-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier who loves nothing more than a good read.

Get your leads at the ready and pooches get steady as Manchester Dogs’ Home announces their annual ‘Go Walkies’ sponsored event – their first event since the fire that killed 59 dogs.

With Game of Thrones making a comeback last night, workers at the Dogs Trust are worried that the number of ‘wolf lookalike’ abandoned or given up will increase.

Manchester’s cat owners are urged to vaccinate their felines before they catch life-long herpes and infect other cats, after the RSPCA Manchester & Salford branch save a kitten from an overinfested house rife with the virus.

Jagger, an award-winning Irish Setter, died at his Belgium home just hours after he had come second in his class at the world-renowned dog competition.

A pitbull dog was shot dead by armed police officers in Bolton after it injured its owner in a frenzied out of control attack on Tuesday evening.