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- Community Safety · Croydon
Croydon dog warden wins third consecutive RSPCA award
Croydon Council's dog warden, Tara Boswell, has received the RSPCA's platinum PawPrints Award for the third year in a row. She has served the borough for 17 years, dealing with an increase in abandoned French bulldogs and dogs abandoned due to financial hardship.
Croydon3 min readTrust 50 · Craft 65 · Hype 20 
Community Safety · Waltham ForestWaltham Forest Council urged to ban glue traps
A new residents' group, Waltham Forest Earth & Animal Rights Collective (WEARC), is calling on Waltham Forest Council to implement stricter animal welfare policies. Their demands include discouraging inhumane pest control methods and increasing funding for responsible pet ownership initiatives.
Waltham Forest3 min readTrust 42 · Craft 65 · Hype 25
Community Safety · GreenwichMarmoset rescued from Greenwich property after welfare concerns
A common marmoset monkey has been rescued from a property in Greenwich after being found living in a bird cage without an appropriate diet. The owner did not possess a licence to keep the primate.
Greenwich3 min readTrust 60 · Craft 65 · Hype 45
Courts · LewishamLewisham woman banned from keeping animals after dog's starvation
Vanessa Anne Kentfield has been banned from keeping animals after her dog, Rubic, was found in a skeletal condition, weighing less than half his healthy weight. The dog had previously been seen by vets in a starving state.
Lewisham3 min readTrust 42 · Craft 65 · Hype 41
Community Safety · Tower HamletsRSPCA seeks witnesses after dog dragged in Bow
The RSPCA is appealing for information after a man was filmed dragging a collapsed dog, wearing a veterinary cone, along a pavement in Bow. The incident is believed to have occurred in June.
Tower Hamlets2 min readTrust 42 · Craft 63 · Hype 41
Violent Crime · BromleyYouths shoot sleeping parakeets with catapults in Orpington park
Dozens of ring-necked parakeets have been found dead in Priory Gardens, Orpington, after being shot with catapults by youths. The Greenwich Wildlife Network is calling for stricter regulations on catapult sales to under-18s, as Bromley Council assists police in an investigation into the ongoing attacks.
Bromley3 min readTrust 60 · Craft 70 · Hype 40