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BSAVA publishes Compulsory Microchipping Guide
Further championing permanent identification and registration of dogs, the BSAVA has published the Compulsory Microchipping Guide to inform practices about...
Canine experts launch ‘revolutionary’ DNA test
“This holds great promise for taking science outside the lab, to make discoveries that impact animal, and likely human, health.”...
RSPCA unearth puppy dumping ground
The distressing discovery comes as the RSPCA calls for the introduction of new legislation to better protect dogs and puppies...
MPs call for a crackdown on the puppy trade
Puppies are entering the country with no microchip, health certificates or rabies vaccinations. Westminster debate underlines the scale of the...
Response to dogs in hot cars petition
The campaign calls for a change in the law, making it illegal to leave a dog in a hot car...
US vets treat kitten with artificial ureter
US vets have successfully treated a kitten with an artificial ureter after one of her natural ureters became permanently obstructed....
Over one million pets given human medication
On average owners admitted to giving their animals human medication seven times in the last 12 months. Owners self-medicating their...
Surge in illegal puppy imports feared
"We know that there is an ever increasing demand for certain breeds such as French bulldogs and these breeds are...
Dog’s smokers’ cough cured after owner quits habit
Rooney with his owner Kathleen Dove. PDSA urges owners to stop smoking for the sake of their pets A dog...
DEFRA microchipping figures encouraging
With less than a month until the new microchipping legislation is enforced, figures released by DEFRA show four in five...