Current Affairs

Mar- 2018 -

12 March

Charity welcomes consultation on electric shock collars

Animal welfare charity Battersea Dogs & Cats Home has welcomed the Westminster Government’s consultation around the use of electric shock collars on dogs and cats. Claire Horton, Battersea’s chief executive, said: “Battersea welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Environment Secretary’s consultation on banning electric shock collars. “Battersea has long…

9 March

Weather boosts wild bird food sales

The cold weather that plagued the UK last week saw shoppers upping their spend on bird feed. According to the latest figures from IRI in the w/e 3 March 2018, consumers spent nearly half a million pound of bird feed. IRI’s granular store-level data from the UK’s major multiples (Tesco, Waitrose, M&S,…

9 March

Vet who ran pet shop from home convicted of importing illegal puppies

A mobile vet based in Prestwich has been convicted for illegally importing puppies into the UK for sale and running an illegal pet shop. Viktor Molnar, 58, was registered with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and was originally from Hungary. At Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (7 March) he…

7 March

Dog owner convicted of smashing grooming shop window

A dog owner has been fined for smashing the window of a grooming salon after his bichon frise received a closer trim than usual. Adrian Wolfenden was left distraught when his beloved pet had her ‘fluffy and curly hair’ completely shaved off. Holmfirth Dog Grooming business responded by offering Wolfenden…

6 March

70,000th dog neutered in India thanks to charity team

Mayhew International and HOPE and Animal Trust team reached an incredible milestone of neutering 70,000 dogs in Ranchi, northern India, in nine years on World Spay Day this year. Mayhew International has been funding a systematic animal birth control and vaccination programme with HOPE since 2008 and neutered a further…

5 March

Old dogs can teach new tricks about human health

Companion dogs can be a powerful translational model to study complex questions about human health, new research reveals. The research, conducted by a team at the Royal Veterinary College and the University of Washington has yielded ground-breaking new data to support the value of using clinical records from dogs to…

5 March

Mass marine life death following storm

Tens of thousands of marine animals have been washed up along the UK’s east coast following the cold temperatures and rough weather over the last week. Crabs, starfish, mussels and lobsters are ankle-deep in places along the Holderness coast in Yorkshire. Most of the animals are now dead – except…

5 March

Appeal launched after woman bitten by dog in pet store

Officers are appealing for information after a dog bit a Poole woman as she walked into a pet store. At around 5.48pm on Friday 26 January 2018 a 43-year-old woman walked toward the entrance of Pets at Home on Redlands Poole Retail Park at Branksome. As she approached the door…

2 March

The ‘Beast from the East’ is snow joke for pondkeepers

We’re all feeling the effects of The Beast from the East, which has wreaked havoc across the UK this week with snow blizzards and freezing temperatures. And, now that Storm Emma has landed things don’t seem to be warming up any time soon. But it’s not just the roads and…

1 March

New sales director joins Podium Pet Products

Podium Pet Products, which brought both Dog Rocks and Pet Remedy branded lines to the US market, recently announced that Kim Goldsworthy has been hired as sales director for North America. Goldsworthy, who has been working in the US market for more than three years, brings to this position a…