Kato the akita spent more than 1,300 days waiting for new owners to turn up.

Charities caring for dogs and cats in Gloucestershire said the gifts were a 'lifeline'.

Some of the headlines making the local media in the West this week.

A horse sanctuary says it needs nearly half a million pounds to stay open and save its animals.

Some 450 mostly rescue or disabled animals are housed at Happy Pants Ranch.

Alison Clark says most of the 30 dogs in her care will have to be euthanised if she cannot find a new premises.

The charity says the surviving mouse, named Syrup, has since recovered and been released.

34 animals were rescued from a property littered with waste and hundreds of empty cans in Walsall.