Children learn with therapy dog
How a cocker spaniel called Bertie is helping school children who have complex and profound special needs.
Archive for November, 2009
Licence plan targets puppy farms
A Berkshire council is considers changing the terms of its pet shop licences to help reduce the number of dogs bred by puppy farms.
EU President: Your views
Belgian PM Herman van Rompuy is the EU president and the UK’s Baroness Ashton is foreign policy chief. What is your reaction?
Have you tried out Google Chrome?
Internet search giant Google previews its Chrome OS operating system, to be available to users by the end of 2010. What do you think of it?
Prison for suitcase puppy killer
A Sussex dog breeder who put two litters of puppies in closed suitcases and left them to die is jailed.
Dog breeders slam puppy farms
Dog breeders in Northern Ireland call for proper regulation of their industry and for the Department of Agriculture to ban people convicted of cruelty from keeping animals.
Police horse attack dog muzzled
A woman in charge of a dog which attacked two police horses on patrol in Essex is ordered to muzzle the animal and pay £85 court costs.
‘Puppy farm’ laws to be reviewed
Stricter licensing is considered to regulate dog breeding after new evidence of unlicensed puppy farms is uncovered.
Two puppies found dumped in box
Two six-week-old puppies found dumped in a cardboard box in a field in Kent are to be found new homes by the RSPCA.
Police ‘puppycam’ is global hit
A webcam monitoring nine Northumbria Police puppies attracts more than 170,000 hits from across the world.
