Industry News

Jan- 2020 -

15 January

Companionship in rabbits is key to their welfare, say vets

The British Veterinary Association (BVA), together with British Veterinary Zoological Society (BVZS) and British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA), has called for greater awareness of the health and welfare benefits of housing rabbits incompatible pairs. According to the 2019 PDSA PAW report, rabbits are the UK’s third most popular mammalian…

15 January

Man admits selling sick puppies at illegal ‘pet shop’

A man has admitted to selling a number of sick puppies at an illegal “pet shop” in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire. According to the BBC, Marco Tondo kept the dogs in cramped conditions resulting in two of the animals being put down shortly after being sold. One dog had suffered organ…

15 January

Spotify launches playlists for pets

Spotify has announced it will launch personalised playlists for pets, in partnership with the RSPCA as part of its #dogkind campaign. Pet Playlists will offer users a curated playlist based on their own tastes and their pet’s character attributes. Each playlist will include around 30 tracks based on what the…

14 January

Vets issue tips for National Obesity Awareness Week

Vets are issuing advice on tackling obesity in line with National Obesity Awareness Week, which runs between 14 January and 20 January. The awareness week follows a recent BVA survey that revealed 67% of companion animal vets said that obesity and overfeeding of pets was among the three “most pressing”…

14 January

Fitz All Media launches Great Dog Walk series

Events company Fitz All Media has announced the launch of the Great Dog Walk series. Due to this success, Fitz All Media decided to launch the Great Dog Walk as a series of events around the UK, with the aim of bringing people and their animals together as part of…

14 January

Furbox Dog Grooming Salon & Spa opens in Lenziemill

Furbox Dog Grooming Salon and Spa has opened its doors within For The Love Of Dogs Day Care Centre in Lenziemill, Scotland. The salon has been opened by sisters Alicia and Kiera Simonette and specialises in “luxurious doggy spa treatments that help maintain fabulous healthy coats as well as providing…

13 January

Italy has the highest number of pet-friendly hotels, research suggests

Italy has the highest number of hotels that allow pets, according to a study by Taxi2Airport. The top five countries with the highest number of pet-friendly hotels include Italy with 18,176 hotels. Russia with 10,831 sites alongside and Poland which has 8,521 pet friendly hotels. Croatia and Spain round off…

13 January

Dogs Trust receives call every six minutes over unwanted Christmas pets

Dogs Trust has reported it has received a call every six minutes regarding unwanted pets since reopening their adoption centre after the festive period. Dogs Trust in Ballymena, said the charity had been inundated with calls from people looking to give up their pets, only days after receiving it as…

13 January

Burns Pet Nutrition announces 2020 charity partners

Burns Pet Nutrition has revealed that Bedlington Terrier Rescue Foundation and West Cork Animal Welfare are its two charities of 2020. Both charities have been selected to receive a year’s worth of financial assistance and food worth over £50k from the pet food manufacturer. This will be the fifth consecutive…

10 January

BVA appoints Steve Anderson Dixon as new board chair

Dixon was elected as a non-veterinary director at BVA’s AGM in September 2017. He succeeds Philip Lowndes, who had served as BVA’s board chair since April 2017. The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has appointed Steve Anderson Dixon as its new board chair. Dixon, who had previously served as a BVA…