Dogs

Is it fair to ask a homeless person to give up their pet to get a home? Half of Brits say no
Big Issue vendor, Alfie Brew on his pitch at Co-op, St Thomas, Exeter
Housing

Is it fair to ask a homeless person to give up their pet to get a home? Half of Brits say no

The prime minister's promise of a route off the street for all rough sleepers by Christmas will be undermined by the fact only one in 10 hostels are pet-friendly, a Big Issue survey finds
Tails, trails and treats: Inside the nation’s love affair with the dog walk
Wells Cathedral seen across the gardens and moat of the Bishop’s Palace beneath a blue, partly cloudy sky.
Advertorial

Tails, trails and treats: Inside the nation’s love affair with the dog walk

‘Pets are family’: why Big Issue and Animal Friends are fighting to keep people and their animals together
Big Issue vendors Andy Sanguy and Ian Duff with their dogs Lucky Charm and Trigger
Life

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

'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'

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'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'He saved my life': Big Issue vendor Clive, his dog Geezer and the fear every pet owner knows
Portrait of Big Issue vendor Clive Rowe holding his dog Geezer. Both are facing the camera outdoors in bright sunlight, with Geezer looking upwards.
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?

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
Lurcher dog Wilbur
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

Big Issue vendors' dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
Shih Tzu Rolo stands side on to the camera, looking down the lens, wearing a new red Big Issue tabard.
Dogs

Big Issue vendors' dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards

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'
Sykes with one of the pups at Dogs Trust.
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'
pip and squeak, smuggled puppies
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
a dog with their owner
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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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
Big Issue vendor Darren Prentice
Our Vendors

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

Dogs are much happier than humans. Here's why
Mark Rowlands

Dogs are much happier than humans. Here's why