Battersea
This coverage focuses on Battersea, one of the UK’s most recognised animal welfare charities, and its work within the wider petcare sector. Pet Gazette reports on Battersea’s rescue and rehoming operations, animal welfare campaigns, community engagement initiatives, and partnerships with retailers, distributors, and veterinary services. Our coverage provides pet trade professionals with insights into the charity’s impact on animal welfare, opportunities for collaboration, and its role in promoting responsible pet ownership nationwide.
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Feb- 2020 -17 FebruaryCharities
MPs support Battersea’s animal cruelty campaign
Over 100 MPs have showed their support for five-year prison sentences for animal cruelty at a reception held by Battersea in Parliament. The event was in support the charity’s campaign to increase the maximum sentence for the most serious animal cruelty offences. MPs were invited to sign Battersea’s pledge board…
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Jan- 2020 -2 JanuaryCharities
Battersea CEO awarded CBE in 2020 New Year’s Honours List
Chief executive officer of Battersea, Claire Horton, has been awarded a CBE in recognition of her services to animal welfare in the 2020 New Year Honours List. She joined Battersea as Chief Executive in March 2010, bringing with her a wealth of operational and strategic leadership experience from the commercial…
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Nov- 2019 -6 NovemberGovernment & Legislation
Delays to ‘important’ welfare legislation putting animals at risk, warns Battersea
Animal charity Battersea is warning that “disappointing” delays to important welfare legislation are putting animals at risk. The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill, which would increase maximum sentences for the worst acts of animal cruelty from the current penalty of six months to five years, has now fallen in Westminster for…
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Oct- 2019 -25 OctoberCharities
Battersea and StreetVet partner to help more pets in need
Animal charity Battersea has announced a new partnership with StreetVet, a charity that delivers free veterinary services to dogs owned by homeless pet owners and those in temporary accommodation. Battersea aims to work with StreetVet to provide advice and training to hostel staff to promote and facilitate hostels accepting dogs…
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14 OctoberPet Owners
Battersea encourages people to rescue animals based on personality, not looks
Animal charity Battersea, is warning that rescue animals are being overlooked due to the public’s preoccupation with fashionable breeds. Battersea launched a new campaign last week, “Rescue is our favourite breed”, to celebrate the inimitable characters and quirks of rescue dogs and cats. The charity is encouraging animal lovers to…
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Aug- 2019 -2 AugustAwards
Webbox signs up as official partner to The Mirror’s Animal Hero Awards
Pet food brand, Webbox, has signed up to be the official partner of The Mirror’s seventh-annual 2019 Animal Hero Awards. The annual awards, taking place in London on 30 September, celebrate “inspiring” examples of bravery, dedication and resilience in the animal world. Webbox will be joined by animal charity Battersea…
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Jul- 2019 -23 JulyPet Owners
New national survey launched to counter pet obesity
Pet food manufacturer, Burgess Pet Care, has teamed up with the largest supplier of vet scales in the UK, Marsden, to conduct a nationwide survey to help identify pet owners’ attitudes towards helping their pets maintain a healthy weight. According to the manufacturer, pet obesity is a “high concern” of…
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Jun- 2019 -26 JuneCurrent Affairs
Gove delivers new bill to give animal abusers tougher sentences
Environment secretary Michael Gove has announced a new bill to enable tougher prison sentences for the worst animal abusers and introduced it to Parliament yesterday (Tuesday 25 June). The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill means that animal abusers could face up to five years in prison, a significant increase from the…
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Apr- 2019 -12 AprilCharities
YuMove announced as event partner for Battersea’s Muddy Dog Challenge
Lintbells, manufacturers of veterinary supplement brand, YuMove, has announced it will be an Event Village Partner of Battersea Cats and Dog’s Home’s Muddy Dog Challenge 2019. The sponsorship follows a previous partnership between Lintbells and the charity that began in 2018, and saw Lintbells raise £10,000 for Battersea, through its…
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Jan- 2019 -8 JanuaryFeatures
Britain’s secret WW2 pet massacre
In 1939, the British government formed the National Air Raid Precautions Animals Committee (NARPAC) to decide what would happen to the many pets living in the country’s cities in the event of an air raid. The NARPAC’s main concern was that pets would use up valuable meat and other food…
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