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"Although this disease was eradicated from the UK in the last century, incidence is rising due to increased popularity of importing dogs from CTVT-endemic areas, mainly eastern Europe " tcg.vet.cam.ac.uk/Research/c…
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Let us hope that the ARs don't home in on these happy friends and demand that the bears are handed over to them so that they can run a massive funding campaign on the back of the grief of the animals and people. [. . . ] apnews.com/article/bosnia-be…?
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All animals can by happy in human company and grieve for their friends when they are separated.
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"The withdrawal of an SSPCA presence in Orkney has caused understandable concern. No-one doubts the financial pressures the charity is under, but so too are the other partners with a role in safeguarding animal welfare locally. [ . . . ] liammcarthur.org.uk/news/art…
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“Today’s meeting confirmed that the changes made by SSPCA earlier this year are already having an impact on the workload of local vets, police officers and Council officials working in this field. [ . . . ]
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The concern is that this leads to animal welfare cases being missed or concerns not being raised in the first instance."
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Guess who wants funding from government. The real cost to the country is in the people who commit suicide or who are unable to work because of the stress that has been caused by raids and loss of their family pets or business. [ . . . ] everythinghorseuk.co.uk/anim…
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The cost to the NHS is immense. If people were helped instead of having their animals snatched it wouldn't cost the RSPCA. a fraction of what they are claiming. Nor would the courts be clogged with desperate people trying to save their animals.
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Why does the RSPCA act like the wind on some cases and yet no action is taken in others? MP is asking for answers from each organisation involved , RSPCA, WHW and Pembrokeshire council, to find out when they knew and what they did. So far no answers. pembrokeshire-herald.com/152…
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No database is safe. Government sites have shut down for fear of being hacked now a vulnerability has been found. Still trust them with details of what animals you have and where they and you can be found? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3qj…
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If you find a dog (or cat) in the UK. you have to get the dog warden out to get it scanned for a micro-chip. Then everything is out of your hands. [ . . . ] hoodline.com/2026/10/clark-c…
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In the US they are installing free, self-service microchip scanning stations so that anyone finding an animal can scan it and the registry will contact the owner. No costly government intervention. [ . . . ]
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Simple, fast , takes the nightmare out of lost pets and doesn't create a drama out of a crisis. Pity this isn't being done here, but then bureaucracy would have to give up some of its power and control.
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