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50,000 Photos and Still Going Strong

The National Petrait Gallery now contains over 50,000 pet photos and the numbers keep rising everyday!


The National Petrait Gallery aims to break the world record for the world’s largest photo exhibition and provide a unique photo showcase for the nation to demonstrate their true love of pets.  

To encourage people to upload their pet photos to the site when it was first launched, Zoe Salmon (former Blue Peter presenter) stepped into the frame, literally a huge gilt portrait frame, posing with a giant rabbit, a Border terrier puppy and a ginger kitten. Whilst the giant rabbit made the scene look like something from Alice in Wonderland, Zoe was actually on London’s Southbank in front of the London Eye, a popular dog walking spot in the heart of London.

Zoe said “It’s great that there is now a dedicated gallery for the nation’s pet lovers to share photos of their pets as well be part of a Guinness World Record attempt.  It’s amazing just how many different types of pets there are.  Looking through the site I have already seen the obvious cute cats and dogs but there is also a donkey, a skunk and even an ant eater – imagine taking that for a walk!  It’s so easy to upload images, and everyone loves a cute pet photo”.

The Petrait gallery is open for Britain to step forward and show it is truly a nation of pet lovers.  The final celebration of the Petrait Gallery will be a public exhibition of every single animal photo.  Petplan will need more than 101 Dalmatian’s to break this world record, the current record stands at 138,355 photo’s in a gallery...that’s a lot of feathers, fur and fun!

Alison Andrew, Petplan’s Marketing Top Dog explained the gallery: “We know that pets play a very special role in the lives of our customers.  Over the years, we have received thousands of letters and pet photos from policyholders detailing how important their pets are, how they make them laugh, how they have provided real companionship and, in some cases, how they have even saved a life.  We wanted to find a unique way to capture how strongly people feel about their pets.”

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Birmingham Dogs Home makes urgent appeal

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 Birmingham Dogs Home has issued an urgent winter appeal as it faces more challenges over the Christmas period.

The rescue centre has seen a dramatic increase in dogs coming into its care, and is currently caring for over 200 dogs. With rising costs and dropping temperatures, the charity is calling for urgent support.

It costs the charity £6,000 per day to continue its work.

Fi Harrison, head of fundraising and communications, said: "It's heart-breaking for our team to see the conditions some dogs arrive in. We really are their last chance and hope of survival."

More information about the appeal can be found here

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Avian flu confirmed at premises in Cornwall

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in commercial poultry at a premises near Rosudgeon, Cornwall.

All poultry on the infected site will be humanely culled, and a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place. Poultry and other captive birds in the 3km protection zone must be housed.

The case is the second avian flu case confirmed in commercial poultry this month. The H5N5 strain was detected in a premises near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, in early November. Before then, the disease had not been confirmed in captive birds in England since February.

The UK chief veterinary officer has urged bird keepers to remain alert and practise robust biosecurity.

A map of the disease control zones can be found here.