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Vaccinations are vital to keep your pet in good health |
VACCINATING pets is important as, just with human disease, it helps animals fight infection. When an infection does occur having a pet vaccinated means that the severity of the disease is reduced. Source Evening News |
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Children should practise proper pet hygiene |
Cologne - Children in families with pets should always practise proper hygiene to avoid animal-borne infections, noted Ulrich Fegeler, spokesman for the Cologne-based Professional Association of Children's and Young People's Physicians (BVKJ). Source EarthTimes |
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Brits 'committed to pet ownership' |
Welcoming a new pet into the family might not be a commitment that should be taken lightly, but it seems more Brits are still willing to take on a pet even in spite of the recession. Despite the impact of the credit crunch on family finances, the UK's army of animal lovers are still willing to splash the cash when it comes to pampering their pooches and catering for their cats. Source AFI |
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Dumped pets pay price of recession |
From fancy cars to foreign holidays, Britons have had to relinquish all sorts of luxuries as the credit crunch takes hold. To this list we can now add pets: 57% more animals were abandoned last year than in 2007, according to figures from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA). Source Guardian Online |
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Pet obesity reaches alarming level |
One in three pets are overweight and most owners do not think they can do anything about it, according to a survey. Source Telegraph.co.uk |
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Cats, dogs are tripping hazards |
Roughly 240 Americans wind up in emergency rooms every day for sprains, fractures or other injuries from a fall caused by a dog or cat, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. Source Reuters UK |
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Welsh Assembly Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones has today (25th March) announced a cull of badgers in West Wales. She said that there will be an ‘intensive action area’ covering 200 square kilometres in Pembrokeshire, and the cull would later be extended across Wales. Source Animal Aid |
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Beached whales to be put down to avoid further suffering |
Whales beached on British shores will be humanely killed as soon as possible after they are found, under new guidelines. Source Guardian Online |
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It's a snake-eat-dog world: python gobbles up 13lb family pet |
Any hopes Patty Buntine harboured of finding her beloved Maltese terrier cross alive were dashed the moment she spotted a sated-looking python lounging in her garden with a coconut-shaped bulge halfway down its body. Source The Guardian online |
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Wales Taking Steps to Become Even More Pet Friendly |
Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity is pleased to announce that from April 1st 2009, Cadw, the Welsh Assembly Government’s historic environment service, will be welcoming dogs on leads at a number of its historic sites across Wales. Source Dog Magazine |
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