When Missy the French bulldog's owners took her to be spayed they made a remarkable discovery that makes her one of the rarest dogs in the world.

Cruel pranksters have chopped the tails off four horses at a riding centre for disabled people.

An opticians in Kent will be welcoming a guide-dog puppy to its store in a bid to raise money for Guide Dogs Week.

It's every arachnophobe's worst nightmare, but it came true for a Kent couple who discovered a tarantula scuttling about outside their bedroom.

A beloved pet has gone missing after falling off a roof and hitting the bonnet of a learner driver's car.

A pet cat discovered wandering the streets 15 miles from home has been reunited with her owners after disappearing 18 months ago.

The husband of a woman leading a high-profile campaign to find her missing cat has appeared in court charged with stealing it.

Dodgy bangers tested in a Kent shop contained nearly 50% horse meat, prompting a prosecution by trading standards.

People were woken in the middle of the night by the piercing wail of a cat being attacked by a pack of three dogs.

A surge in extremely young puppies being transported on cross-Channel ferries from Calais to Dover has been highlighted by P&O Ferries.

A woman was taken to hospital by air ambulance after being thrown from her horse.

A pair of noisy weimeraners landed their owner with a bill of more than £4,000 after neighbours complained.

From the annoying to the stomach-churning, here’s five infestations we hope never to experience.

Brown rats have taken up residence in the grounds of a hospital.

Flowers and cards left for Harry, a tom who made a big impression on the locals in Snodland.

An owner has warned others after her dog was left brain-damaged when it was hit by a golf ball lobbed into her garden.

The RSPCA is appealing for information after a pet cat was shot in the stomach with a pellet gun and left to die in agony.

A horse up to her neck in water and too weak to get out was dragged from a river at a seaside caravan park.

A suspected venomous hobo spider has been discovered in Kent as people across the county report an influx of super sized arachnids.

Beauty queen and I’m A Celebrity contestant Amy Willerton swaps spiders for cuddlier company in visit to Leybourne RSPCA.