Warriors have teamed up with pet charity Blue Cross to help care for homeless pets at the Bromsgrove rehoming centre.
James Percival, Matt Cox and Mike Daniels visited the centre on Monday to cuddle kittens, play fetch with dogs, clean the kennels and deliver the pets their breakfasts.
Animal Welfare Assistant at the Blue Cross centre Samantha Homer said: “We really appreciate the commitment and hard work of all of our volunteers and the added support from the Warriors is amazing.
“We are so grateful that they have taken time out of their busy training schedule to help us care for the pets – we think both the players and the pets really enjoyed it.”
Warriors continue to support charities and community programmes across the whole of the West Midlands and Monday’s visit was the second of fortnightly sessions throughout the season.
Percival said: “The players are very passionate about the work we do in the community and we have a lot of animal lovers in the squad so the Blue Cross is a perfect charity for us to work with.
“We'll be grafting hard when we're at the centre and making sure all the important jobs are done to take some of the pressure off the other staff and volunteers.
“As rugby players we are often labelled as big and physical but I'm sure people will be able to see another side to us when we're looking after these pets.”
Players will be visiting the centre to help pets as part of their support of Blue Cross' £1.9m fundraising appeal to rebuild the current site.
The centre's rebuild is due to start later this year and the new facilities include a special admissions area, an isolation unit for poorly pets, a veterinary suite, puppy and kitten housing plus major refurbishment to the centre's kennels.
For more information about the Blue Cross rebuild and appeal visit www.bluecross.org.uk/bromsgrove.