An animal rescue charity issues an urgent message to households, as thousands give up their pets during the cost of living crisis.
Rescue centres across the UK are reportedly reaching "crisis point", and the RSPCA is no different. As their own bills skyrocket and rehoming numbers drop, they are also seeing an increase in abused and neglected animals.
Just this month, the ECHO reported on two-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier Ann who was found "whimpering" and tied to a tree in Anfield. She had been abandoned there after not long given birth, prompting an urgent appeal from the charity.
