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5.5 Million Dogs In UK To Share Christmas Dinners This Year, Despite Scary Health Implications

According to the Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association 2014 5.5 millions dogs will be given their own helping of their owner’s Christmas dinner, despite its deadly health implications.  Natural pet food company Forthglade, has joined forces with TV presenter and keen animal lover Adam Henson to highlight the dangers of sharing rich festive…

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PATS Trade Show Gives a Sneak Preview of the Telford 2015 Exhibition Space

Pet trade show PATS has been given a ‘massive thumbs up’ by manufacturers and suppliers in the after attending a special exhibitor event at the venue. PATS organisers Impact Exhibitions took the initiative to invite representatives of the pet trade to a tour of Telford International Centre, a new venue for…

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Ferne Animal Sanctuary Unite Two Unwanted Depressed Dogs and an Animal Lover At a Loss

  Ferne Animal Sanctuary in Wambrook, near Chard, Somerset, has a happy ending to share. Two of its former residents, who were at the Sanctuary for 20 months, for Lola and Sherman – two inseparable dogs who were suffering from depression due to being unable to find a permanent home,…

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Stars Donate Their ‘Paw Prints’ For Cats Protection Celebrity Auction

Cat-loving celebrities are donating their ‘paw prints’ to raise funds for leading feline welfare charity, Cats Protection. The ‘Celebrity Paws’ auction started this week, on the 20th November and will run for 10 days until midday on 30th November. Dermot O’Leary, Dame Judi Dench, Julia Donaldson and Flavia Cacace Mistry…

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Pooch & Mutt Beat 2,000 Companies to Win SMARTA ‘Made in Britain’ Award

  The SMARTA 100 awards are the UK’s largest awards dedicated to championing smart, inspiring, resourceful small businesses. This year over 2000 companies entered the awards, which are shortlisted down to a final 100, then split into 10 categories and the winner is decided by public vote. Over 70,000 votes were cast…

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Devoted Pet Foods Launches its First Premium Grain-free Dog Food Varieties

  Devoted Pet Foods has announced the launch of its first three varieties of premium grain free dog food: Scottish Salmon, Duck with Trout and Free-Run Chicken.  Developed alongside the UK’s leading pet nutritionists, Devoted dog food contains no cereal, wheat or rice and is specifically designed to work in harmony with…

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Cat Charity Issues Kitten-Farming Warning

A spell of pedigree cat dumpings has led Yorkshire Cat Rescue’s founder to issue a warning to buyers that kitten farmers may be operating in the area. The charity recently took in a pregnant stray Bengal cat which they named Kiki. At the same time, other rescues picked up another…

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Model Cara Delevingne Launches New Campaign To Show Pets Are Not Just For Christmas

The UK’s hottest fashion model Cara Delevingne is thrusting pet care in the spotlight with a new art themed-campaign #Art4animals. Known for her stream of pet images on her social media, the animal lover, model, socialite, actress, and singer, has teamed up with Talenthouse, the online community of creatives, animal…

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Borneo Street Dog Project Appeals For Urgent Funding to Avoid Closure

IAPWA (International Aid for the Protection & Welfare of Animals) is a very small UK-registered animal welfare charity who negotiated for three years to gain permission to take over the local dog pound in Kota Kinabalu, northern Borneo.  On the 10th October they launched a Crowd Funding appeal to raise…

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Ferne Animal Sanctuary’s Annual Christmas Blessing Set for 3rd Dec

Ferne Animal Sanctuary’s annual Animal Christmas Blessing and festive service is taking place in the barn at their premises in Wambrook, near Chard, Somerset on Wednesday 3rd December at 6.30pm. It is set to be an enchanting evening with the talented children from CLOKS (Chard Local Kids Society for Music and…

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