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104blog
28th May 2010
104blog
Pete Wedderburn has written a piece entitled 'The hair-of-the-dog won't cure this oil spill headache' for the Telegraph Online. This relates to the fact US pet owners were asked to donate their animal's fur in order to help clear up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. However, it seems that, as Pete Wedderburn writes, "engineers have concluded that using the material is not feasible."
Eradicating TB
28th May 2010
Eradicating TB
The new government's commitment to eradicate TB has been picked up by a number of papers, including The Daily Mail...
98blog
28th May 2010
98blog
The Guardian has reported that 'Bovine TB found in wild boar for first time in UK'. According this article, however, "researchers say the porcine species poses a low risk of spreading the disease to livestock or humans."
95blog
28th May 2010
95blog
The Sun has run an article entitled 'Meercash' which examines the worrying increase in people buying meerkats as pets. According to the article: "The RSPCA believes they make "unsuitable" companions - but The Sun found them widely available in shops and on the internet throughout the UK."
94blog
27th May 2010
94blog
Pete Wedderburn has written a blog for the Telegraph Online entitled 'Five simple steps to improve mental wellbeing' addressing the mental health of vets and others in the profession. In this piece, Pete Wedderburn examines five key actions which people can undertake to improve their wellbeing. These were included in last week's Vet Record and were originally published by the UK Government's Foresight Project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing.
93blog
27th May 2010
93blog
According to MyFinances.co.uk "Marks & Spencer (M&S) is offering up to 7,000 on its pet insurance, to help deal with the problems that the changing climate can cause to animals."
83blog
26th May 2010
83blog
The Guardian has recently raised a topical question, asking its readers: "As National Vegetarian Week gets underway, is it reasonable to expect our pets to forego meat too?" With sustainable pet food gaining quite a lot of coverage in the media lately, many of the national newspapers have been examining the different pet foods available. This opinion piece looks at the vegetarian options available and suggests reasons why owners should think about what pet food they feed their animals.
81blog
25th May 2010
81blog
The Daily Mail has run an article with a headline: "'Don't let your dog become an Octomom': Cash-strapped mother with 14 children backs pet neutering campaign". According to this article Nadya Suleman, who became well known after giving birth to eight babies last year, is strongly urging pet owners to think about neutering their cats and dogs.
25th May 2010
"Can Animals Be Gay?"
"Can Animals Be Gay?" This is the question the Telegraph online is asking. According to research quoted in their article, homosexual animals may be more a common trend then originally thought. The write that: "Some biologists claim 'gay' animal behaviour has been spotted in 1,500 different species, and reliably recorded in a third of these cases."
82blog
25th May 2010
82blog
The Telegraph recently ran a piece entitled: 'Dog DNA 'to be used to find owners not cleaning up after pets'. According to this, the apartment owners of one building in the USA are thinking about testing their dogs DNA in order to find which owners have not been cleaning up after their dogs. Pete Wedderburn has also blogged about this in a piece called 'Failure to scoop a poop: an act of terrorism?'.
This week in the media...
14th May 2010
This week in the media...
Again, last week's news was heavily dominated by the General Election and the attempts by the different political parties to come to some agreement together. In terms of vet and pet news, it all seemed rather quiet, except for some sad cases of animal cruelty and neglect and the delight of a newly born reindeer.
Springwatch Springs Back
7th May 2010
Springwatch Springs Back
Award-winning wildlife hotspot Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, near Fakenham, is gearing up for the return of the popular BBC2 natural history series BBC Springwatch, which starts at the end of this month...
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