January 2008 Archive

Ever Seen Arctic Wolves in Action?

Have you ever seen an Arctic Wolf in a full hunting mode pursuing wildfowl? Well, unless you've ever spent some time wandering around the Canadian Arctic or Greenland you haven't, because ...

I Love Dogs, So Why Did I Have to Kill a Happy, Healthy Animal?

written by Andrew McInnis. Appearing in K9 Magazine issue 23 Celine Jacobs is a 37 year old dog warden, employed by South Gloucestershire Council. Up until very recently, she enjoyed her ...

An Open Message to the British Media: Keep up the Devil Dog Hype, be Prepared to Live With THIS

At the start of this week a man died on a British street. He wasn't stabbed, shot or run over by a car. In fact, at the time of this being written, ...

Animal Shelters and Rescues ‘to blame’ for Rottweiler Attacks – Sensational Claim

A recent meeting between Rottweiler breed club representatives and the Kennel Club produced a sensational claim that it was re-homed Rottweilers, placed into unsuitable homes that had 'caused most of ...

Rescue Dogs Get a Helping Paw From Snoopy

One of the leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced the auctioning of a rare collection of Charles Schulz "Snoopy" and other "Peanuts" animations. Nineteen lots of ...

Vets Report ‘Unusual’ Chocolate Poisoning in Dogs

Vets Now, an emergency out of hours veterinary clinic provider, has admitted an unusually high number of dogs recently who have been sniffing out the leftover Christmas ...

Retired Greyhound Trust volunteer is recognised with national award

Retired Greyhound Trust (RGT) volunteer, Alison Bandurak, was chosen to receive an award for ‘services to retired greyhounds’ at this year’s British Greyhound Racing Board (BGRB) ...

Study Claims Cross Breed Dogs are Cleverer Than Pedigrees

 According to an interesting article in today's Daily Telegraph newspaper, new research is suggesting cross breed dogs are smarter than their pedigreed counterparts: A study by Dr David Smith of Aberdeen ...

Control of Dogs (Scotland) Bill – what I propose, and why I am proposing it

I am writing in response Alison Green’s article “what we have here is failure to communicate” , in which she comments on the proposed Control of Dogs (Scotland) Bill which ...

US Economic Recession No Worry for Pet Industry Businesses

A national pet owner survey released today at the North American Veterinary Conference showed that if financial issues caused pet owners to curtail their monthly expenses they are far more ...

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