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Research Highlights Biggest Threats To Pet Welfare

Research from the Royal Veterinary College, commissioned by the RSPCA, released today has highlighted the most urgent issues that need to be rectified for the improvement of pet dog welfare in Britain. These include owners’ lack of awareness of welfare needs, poor health due to obesity, inherited disease or exaggerated physical features, intensive and unregulated [...]
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Largest UK Dog Charity Hits Out at Dangerous Dog Proposals

Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity will tomorrow tell a Committee of MPs that the Government’s proposed Dangerous Dogs Amendment Bill has been hastily drafted, is extremely confusing and could end up criminalising responsible dog owners. The charity will tell MPs that while it supports the proposed change to the law to allow [...]
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Website Agrees to Puppy Classifieds Warnings

Statement below from C.A.R.I.A.D: Until such time as third party legislation exists to protect the public online from unscrupulous puppy dealers selling puppies bought from puppy farms, we are doing all we can to ensure that people understand the need to follow the best practice guidelines when looking for a puppy. This means always seeing [...]
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Beware: Dog Thieves Marking Out Homes of Potential Victims

Sophisticated gangs of thieves prowling Britain’s streets to steal dogs to order are identifying their victims – by daubing the letter ‘K’ on their driveways, police revealed yesterday. Lookouts are leaving the ‘K’ code in crayon or spray paint after finding valuable dogs worth stealing and selling in unwitting owners’ gardens in the Alsager area, [...]
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Bravery Award For Heroic Terrier

Terrier who saved owner from a fire in Bristol is given a bravery award. The RSPCA is recognising the bravery and persistence of a terrier who saved the life of her elderly owner when she did not realise her bed was on fire. Barbie is a seven-year-old Jack Russell Terrier who lives with her owner [...]
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