Pets can get simply as a lot love as our human members of the family at Christmas, and for the animals within the care of the workers at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, life isn’t any totally different.
Alongside the standard care, on Christmas Day the canine on the south-west London website might be handled to walks in Battersea Park and – together with the cats – will get loads of cuddles, play time and, in fact, festive treats.
Video by Paul Murphy-Kasp
With inputs from BBC