Great Greyhound Gathering Announced
Posted By Freelance Writers Date: 3/07 Posted Under: Animal Welfare, Dog EventsThe Retired Greyhound Trust will celebrate man’s best friend at its biggest-ever event
On Saturday 27 September, the Retired Greyhound Trust (RGT) will host the Great Greyhound Gathering at Nottingham Racecourse - its biggest-ever fundraising and awareness event.
Expected to attract some 2,000 dog lovers of all ages and upward of 500 ex-racers, the Great Greyhound Gathering [...]
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How Dangerous is YOUR Local Puppy Farmer?
Posted By Ryan O'Meara Date: 2/07 Posted Under: Animal WelfareScruples.
It’s an odd word.
We all like to think we have scruples. We like to see ourselves as scrupulous folk.
Whatever we do in our personal or professional life, to be labelled unscrupulous would hurt us.
It’s funny. If you call a successful business person ruthless, domineering, aggressive, blinkered, blunt, unapproachable, they’re all words that [...]
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Government Responsible for One Dead Dog Per Week
Posted By Freelance Writers Date: 27/06 Posted Under: Animal Welfare, Breed Specific Legislation, Dangerous DogsDangerous Dogs Act shock: A dog dies every week in the Met police area.
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request, submitted by a member of the Pet Owners Parliament, has revealed that a total of sixty dogs have died while under the care of the Metropolitan police force in little over a year.
Leo, a Pit Bull [...]
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Welsh Electric Collar Ban Condemned as “Hasty, Premature and Unnecessary”
Posted By Freelance Writers Date: 27/06 Posted Under: Animal Welfare, Pet IndustryThe Electronic Collars Manufacturer’s Associations, (ECMA), has condemned the Welsh Assembly proposal for legislation to ban electronic training collars as hasty, premature and unnecessary.
Electronic training devices have been widely used for some time to improve an owner’s ability to train their animals and thus improve relationships between the owner and the pet. From a recent [...]
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RSPCA Accused of ‘Washing its Hands’ of Puppy Farm Horror
Posted By Freelance Writers Date: 26/06 Posted Under: Animal Charities, Animal Cruelty, Animal WelfareThe UK’s largest animal charity has been accused of ‘washing it hands’ after a discovery of more than 50 inbred Dalmatians - some found dead in swimming pools - was uncovered in Cornwall.
The RSPCA is quoted as having responded to a complaint by removing some dogs but taking no further action on others.
The dogs are [...]
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