Animal SOS

There's an unusual rescue as a stag gets a life buoy entangled in its antlers. Meanwhile, cats are living in terrible squalor and a spider strikes a note of fear in one inspector.

There is an unlikely call to a big bird loose in the Sussex countryside. Vets treat a german shepherd suffering from too much exercise, and inspector Keith Hogben checks out a seal on the Welsh coast.

Inspector Clare Dew fights to save a sick kitten dumped outside a pet shop, a pony is found in need of serious grooming, and a gannet is bashed by terrible storms.

The RSPCA and police crack down on the illegal puppy trade. Plus the pair of porkers causing havoc in a back yard, and a cat which is injured by its own collar.

A kitten trapped in a garage turns into a big job for one RSPCA inspector. A muntjac deer is hit by a car, and cameras follow the remarkable rescue of 200 horses abandoned in a field in Wales.

Over two hundred ducks need rescuing from a life-threatening oil spill. A german shepherd makes a dramatic escape, and a cat is locked in after its owner gets locked up.

The remarkable recovery of Grace, a dog dumped and left to die. Inspector Jayne Bashford rescues 26 cats from appalling conditions and the water rescue team reunite two love-struck swans.

A tricky mare gives Inspector Chris Shaw the runaround. Thirteen owls are being kept in a suburban back yard and a flat is overrun with cats.

Inspector Vicki MacDonald is surprised to find a bearded dragon in a Bolton back yard. A dog with terrible fur loss gets the treatment it needs, plus an operation to stop illegal hunting.

48 rabbits in a back garden, the growing problem of Britain's fat dogs and a couple's love of cats that is getting out of control.