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Charity Supporters Upset at Plans to Close Adoption Centres

Freelance Writers — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:02:19 +0000

Written by Marion Parker, supporter of Felixstowe Blue Cross

Over the last six months, The Blue Cross has undertaken a widespread review of animal welfare needs and its ability to meet those needs. Extensive research conducted by the charity identified that animal welfare issues in some areas of the country, such as the North West, are not being sufficiently addressed.

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Charity Supporters Upset at Plans to Close Adoption Centres

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Did Mycotoxins in My Dog’s Food Nearly Kill My Best Friend?

Freelance Writers — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:49:31 +0000

Written by Craig W. Dec 2009

On a Sunday evening in July 2009, I was using my computer and my 5 year old Samoyed Bundy came in shaking his head (he had left my room approximately 15 mins earlier). I thought he was bringing me the ball because he wanted to play. He was also pawing at his mouth, so I thought he must have something stuck in his mouth. I had a look but couldn’t see anything. I knew something was seriously wrong so I jumped in the car and raced to the nearest 24 hour vet as fast as I could with Bundy in the back, still acting strangely with his head.

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Did Mycotoxins in My Dog’s Food Nearly Kill My Best Friend?

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At Last! Puppy Farmers are Unmasked (Thanks to the Bateson Report)

Ryan O'Meara — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:42:16 +0000

Well, the dust has settled on the hotly anticipated Bateson report in to dog breeding.

Regular readers may have noticed, I’ve been pretty quiet since its publication – the reason? Well, it seemed logical to me to take the time to digest both it and the responses to it from the people who are in position to actually do something on the back of its findings. Whilst I don’t want to use this column to speak about the Bateson report in general detail, I do want to focus on an element that I believe has gone largely unnoticed, and certainly received little attention – Professor Bateson, finally, gave us all a definition of what, precisely, a puppy farmer is in terms we can all understand.

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At Last! Puppy Farmers are Unmasked (Thanks to the Bateson Report)

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Dog Breeding and Puppy Farming: An Insider’s Insight

Freelance Writers — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:24:45 +0000

With Pedigree dog breeding again a topic in the canine press it might be a good time to remember that puppy farming is not just a UK problem. All across the world puppy farms or mills as they are also called feed our desire to own the latest ‘must have’ breeds. From Labradoodles to pedigree Black Labradors , if it is in demand then you can bet your money that the puppy farmers are gearing up to give the public what they want, writes Glyn Roberts – a former RSPCA inspector now based in Malaysia.

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Dog Breeding and Puppy Farming: An Insider’s Insight

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Is The Kennel Club About to be Taken Over?

K9 Magazine News Editor — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:21:45 +0000

Writing his (excellent) column on The Telegraph website today, high profile veterinarian Pete Wedderburn asks the question; Is a take-over of the Kennel Club imminent? Source: DogMagazine.net - the K9 Magazine blog Is The Kennel Club ...

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Is The Kennel Club About to be Taken Over?

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Is it Time for a Complete Ban on Greyhound Racing?

Freelance Writers — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:14:10 +0000

Going ‘online’ reaches thousands of like minded individuals and there are many benefits to this including the increasing popularity of online petitions. One such petition, submitted recently by Ms Maureen Purvis, is calling for the “Prime Minister to withdraw the proposed regulations under the Animal Welfare Act which cheat racing greyhounds of protection.”

It is a petition that is likely meaningless to the majority of the public but refers to proposed regulations drafted by Defra to promote the welfare of racing greyhounds in England, writes Clive Ellis of Greyhound Watch.

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Is it Time for a Complete Ban on Greyhound Racing?

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K9 Magazine Guide to Giving or Receiving a Dog For Christmas

Ryan O'Meara — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:35:04 +0000

Ahh Christmas. It’s the most wonderful time of the year in the world, so the song goes. Bells, holly, mistletoe and wine. A time to be merry and enjoy the fun. However, as we now live in a consumer-driven world where everybody already owns just about everything they want to own, picking a perfect festive gift is harder to do than ever. Which is why so many people turn to the gift-wrapped puppy as a way to win the affections of the family. Here is K9 Magazine’s guide to giving or receiving a dog at Christmas…..

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K9 Magazine Guide to Giving or Receiving a Dog For Christmas

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Fatal Dog Attacks: What Can We Learn?

Ryan O'Meara — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:39:55 +0000

The following represents some thoughts. Not conclusions. The cases are from the past 4 years and the data is taken from the inquests in to each death along with eye witness statements. Source: DogMagazine.net - the ...

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Fatal Dog Attacks: What Can We Learn?

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Government Report in to Pedigree Dog Health a Slap in the Face for the Anti-Health Campaigners

Ryan O'Meara — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:51:36 +0000

The report published today by the Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare extensively supports the views aired by the BBC’s controversial Pedigree Dogs Exposed programme. It is the second, independent, robust report in to pedigree dog health since the airing of the show and, it would seem, a strong consensus is emerging, one that is sure to enrage the small group of revisionists who have spent the last year and a half arguing that Pedigree Dogs Exposed was a ‘biased’ ’sensationalist’ ‘misleading’ documentary.

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Government Report in to Pedigree Dog Health a Slap in the Face for the Anti-Health Campaigners

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Question of the Day: Is London’s Deputy Mayor For Policing The Biggest Moron in Britain?

Ryan O'Meara — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:19:59 +0000

I think I ought to get straight to the point and answer my own question.

Yes, yes he is.

Kit Malthouse, writing in The Times newspaper has parroted, almost word for word, the rhetoric and mistruths spewed up by former Home Secretary Ken Baker in calling for a ‘gentle phasing out’ of ‘weapon dogs’.

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Question of the Day: Is London’s Deputy Mayor For Policing The Biggest Moron in Britain?

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