Dogs

‘Pets are family’: why Big Issue and Animal Friends are fighting to keep people and their animals together
Life

‘Pets are family’: why Big Issue and Animal Friends are fighting to keep people and their animals together

Big Issue and Animal Friends are backing the No One Left Outside campaign, calling for an end to blanket pet bans in temporary accommodation so people experiencing homelessness are not forced to choose between shelter and their animals.

‘For someone who has lost their home, their income, their family, a dog might be all they have’
homelessness

‘For someone who has lost their home, their income, their family, a dog might be all they have’

Throughout The Nomad’s journey through homelessness, dogs have been at his side. He explains why people experiencing homelessness shouldn’t have to give up their dog to get a roof over their head

Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: ‘I’d be lost without her’
Housing

Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: ‘I’d be lost without her’

Big Issue vendors and their dogs headed to parliament to persuade the government to end no-pet policies in temporary accommodation.

‘He saved my life’: Big Issue vendor Clive, his dog Geezer and the fear every pet owner knows
Advertorial

‘He saved my life’: Big Issue vendor Clive, his dog Geezer and the fear every pet owner knows

What do the government’s vet prices reforms mean for pet owners?
Vet bills

What do the government’s vet prices reforms mean for pet owners?

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Letters: I was homeless once. Now I’m filled with gratitude for how my life turned out
Letters

Letters: I was homeless once. Now I’m filled with gratitude for how my life turned out

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless
Dogs

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless

Meet the renters and pets spending their first Christmas together: ‘I definitely took it for granted’
Dogs

Meet the renters and pets spending their first Christmas together: ‘I definitely took it for granted’

Naturalist Chris Packham meets Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie… and his fluffy dog Bella
Dogs

Naturalist Chris Packham meets Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie… and his fluffy dog Bella

What pets can teach us about life
Charles Foster

What pets can teach us about life

Where is ‘home’ for a dog? It’s in the relationship with their human. The rest is unimportant
Andrew Gardiner

Where is ‘home’ for a dog? It’s in the relationship with their human. The rest is unimportant

Inside the Big Issue: Santa’s good boys and girls
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Santa’s good boys and girls

The Wanted star Nathan Sykes shares how dogs give him purpose: ‘I can’t imagine not having a dog’
Dogs

The Wanted star Nathan Sykes shares how dogs give him purpose: ‘I can’t imagine not having a dog’

Criminals to be stopped from smuggling puppies: ‘Thousands are taken from their mothers far too young’
Animal welfare

Criminals to be stopped from smuggling puppies: ‘Thousands are taken from their mothers far too young’

Jimmy Fallon adored his dog. His tribute to her speaks to all dog people everywhere
Paul McNamee

Jimmy Fallon adored his dog. His tribute to her speaks to all dog people everywhere

No one should face homelessness alone: How Dogs Trust keeps homeless people and their dogs together
James Hickman

No one should face homelessness alone: How Dogs Trust keeps homeless people and their dogs together

Good Boy review – tails of the unexpected in a ghostly shaggy-dog story
Film

Good Boy review – tails of the unexpected in a ghostly shaggy-dog story

‘I’m so lucky’: How one man went from drinking himself to death to rescuing thousands of stray dogs
Dogs

‘I’m so lucky’: How one man went from drinking himself to death to rescuing thousands of stray dogs

The middle class sucked the fun out of owning a dog and football. What’s next?
Sam Delaney

The middle class sucked the fun out of owning a dog and football. What’s next?

Meet the very good dogs saving lives by donating blood: ‘Dogs are so special, they give us so much’
Dogs

Meet the very good dogs saving lives by donating blood: ‘Dogs are so special, they give us so much’

‘I’m going to miss him’: Calls for plaque in memory to ‘gentle’ Big Issue vendor who died aged 57
Our Vendors

‘I’m going to miss him’: Calls for plaque in memory to ‘gentle’ Big Issue vendor who died aged 57

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The remarkable story of how a stray puppy survived a Macedonian ‘kill shelter’ to find a loving home
Dogs of Big Issue

The remarkable story of how a stray puppy survived a Macedonian ‘kill shelter’ to find a loving home

How consumerism and colonialism helped make dogs the pets we know and love today
Dogs

How consumerism and colonialism helped make dogs the pets we know and love today

A day in the life of Crumble the Big Issue dog – from vital outreach work to lots of pets and love
Dogs of Big Issue

A day in the life of Crumble the Big Issue dog – from vital outreach work to lots of pets and love

Dogs that have transformed the lives of Big Issue vendors: “Our bond is not like anything else”
Press Release

Dogs that have transformed the lives of Big Issue vendors: “Our bond is not like anything else”