Popular holiday destination Mauritius may be one step closer to leaving dog culling in its history books as animal charity Humane Society International opens up the island’s first ever dedicated spay-and-neuter clinic, sparing the lives of thousands of street dogs. WE HAVE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD GONE TO MAURITIUS EXPECTING THE HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME, […]
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Simon Cowell donates to charity rescuing dogs from meat farms
Simon Cowell has donated £25,000 to help animal charity bid to close down a dog meat farm in South Korea. Humane Society International (HSI) has so far permanently closed twelve dog meat farms and saved nearly 1,400 dogs from being killed and eaten, with Animal lover and music mogul Simon Cowell has given a great amount of […]
Dogs Trust announces CEO’s sudden death
Leading dog charity Dogs Trust announced today (1 November) that CEO Adrian Burder has died. Burder, formerly Dogs Trust’s Marketing Director, had become its CEO in November 2014. He worked for the charity for over 20 years. “It is with great sadness that we can confirm that our much loved CEO, Adrian Burder, has died unexpectedly following a short […]
Animal traffickers sentenced for importing sick dogs and cats
Two animal traffickers have been sentenced after being found guilty of illegally importing fashionable breeds of dog and cat in the UK, then selling them on from their cramped home in Greater Manchester. Laura Kiseliova and Raimondas Titas were sentenced in absence at Manchester Crown Court on Thursday (13 December) after fleeing abroad. The pair are facing […]
Couple who abandoned dogs to starve sentenced
A starved Jack Russell and the body of a Yorkie cross were discovered in a bedroom of a home in Doncaster. The couple who abandoned these dogs appeared before Doncaster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 4 December. They each received 14-week prison sentences, suspended for 12-months, and are disqualified from keeping dogs for life. When I opened the door […]