Charities

Vets Now announces three major charitable initiatives for 2018

Vets Now has launched three charitable initiatives this year, one being a £200,000 ‘angel fund’ to over the costs to treat pets and stray animals. Privately-owned Vets Now, established 16 years ago, is the largest provider of out-of-hours care and employs more than 200 vets in its network of 56…

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Mattress retailer donates £1,200 in pet beds to Yorkshire Cat Rescue

Leeds-based mattress retailer OTTY has donated 15 of its pet beds totalling £1,200 to some of Yorkshire’s vulnerable and abandoned cats at regional pet charity, Yorkshire Cat Rescue. OTTY’s pet beds will be used to help Yorkshire’s furry feline friends to recover and recuperate at the charity’s purpose-built centre in…

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Oscar & Hooch and Medical Detection Dogs celebrate five-year partnership

Dog collar and lead company Oscar & Hooch has marked its five-year partnership with the Medical Detection Dogs charity. Back in 2013 both Oscar & Hooch and Medical Detection Dogs (MDD) begun its partnership, which saw the new UK pet brand and charity expand quickly and it now has over…

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Family face £10,000 legal fees as Cats Protection wrongly rehome cat

Precious, a five year old girl’s cat was wrongly rehomed by Cats Protection in Glasgow, 22 miles from the cat’s home in Falkirk. A Facebook group called ‘Harvey’s Army’ that aims to help with the rehoming of stray cats picked the animal up despite it being in good condition and…

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Beagle canine trackers solve ‘biggest missing dog case’

A dog owner has been reunited with her canine companion who was missing for over seven weeks following the rescue efforts of a pair of Beagles who traced the missing pet and solved their ‘biggest missing dog case’ to date. Two-year-old Yorkie, Coco, escaped from her owner Zoe’s back garden…

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Dogs Trust Evesham partially reopens following distemper scare

The Dogs Trust centre in Evesham has been partially reopened to the public after a suspected case of distemper in one of its dogs led to its temporary closure. The centre was closed to the public while the case was investigated. Today (19 April) it was been partially reopened from…

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Over half of Brits think getting a pet makes for the ‘perfect’ home

According to new research from IAMS, 58 percent of Brits consider getting a pet an important part of making a new house a home. The number of bedrooms (60 percent), location (53 percent) and garden (52 percent) are also three must-haves, while enjoying a large garden (49 percent), fitting a…

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Dogs Trust Evesham closed to the public after suspected viral infection

A Dogs Trust centre in Evesham has been closed to the public after one of its dogs showed signs of a viral infection. The dog is believed to have distemper. Dogs Trust has insisted that the other dogs at the centre appear to be well, despite possibly being in close…

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Battersea Dogs and Cats Home undergoes ‘honest’ rebrand

Battersea Dogs and Cats home has rebranded itself with a new strategy and identity, developed by design consultancy Pentagram partners Marina Willer and Naresh Ramchandani. The charity has dropped ‘Dogs and Cats Home’ from its name and will now simply be called ‘Battersea’ as the design company said the word ‘home’…

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Blue Cross creates app to raise awareness of homeless animals

The animal welfare charity Blue Cross has created an app to raise awareness of sick and homeless animals through the power of social media. The app can be downloaded from Google Play or the Apple App Store or can be used online, users can then connect this to their Facebook…

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