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The BBC has recently run a story with the headline: 'Dog fighting is 'massive' problem'. Following the arrest of yet another dog owner for "possessing fighting dogs, and cruelty charges" an RSPCA worker has described dog fighting as "a massive issue" nationally.
New TV series My Pet Shame aired on TV Wednesday 14th July. Hosted by TV vet Marc Abraham and 'Gavin and Stacey' star Joanna Page, the series focuses on pets and their embarrassing ailments.
Brian May has written a comment piece for the Guardian online entitled 'Kill the cull, not Wales's badgers'. In this, he argues against the proposed badger cull in Wales, which has been given much media coverage lately, and puts forward reasons why the cull has been ordered only "under the pretext of fixing a disease problem in farmed animals."
The Guardian weekly online has run an interesting article concerning the frequency and context of the use of mammals in the media. Chris Tibble writes: "The list of animals domesticated by humans is surprisingly short, but the cultural preferences and prejudices that determine which are companions and which are protein are revealing." Read more here.
A baby kestrel named Kevin has hit the papers this week after nurses helped fix its broken leg (caused by falling out of a tree). To help its injury, nurses from St Tiggywinkles wildlife hospital in Buckinghamshire used a hypodermic needle, some dental cement and some thin pieces of wire as a pin. Read the article on the Telegraph here.
According to a recent article in an Irish newspaper, 'Tortoise remains 'clue to pet love''. This article explores the claim by one archaeologist that tortoise remains from an archaeological site could provide an interesting insight into the keeping of pets through the ages. Although there have been records of tortoises as pets from as early as the 17th century, it is though that this tortoise from the 19th century could be the first example of a pet tortoise found archaeologically.
According to media reports, camel milk could soon be imported into Europe. Read more about this in the Independent's article: 'Got camel milk, or a scoop of Cold Hump?'
'Do you have a psychic pet?' This is the question the Guardian Online is asking following Paul, the famous 'psychic' octopus, correctly predicted the winning team in a number of different world cup football matches. The Telegraph has run with a similar article entitled: 'Paul the psychic octopus and friends', which looks at the role of 'psychic' pets throughout history and quotes a study from 2004 which "found that some dogs are able to predict when a child will suffer an epileptic seizure."
In his latest blog, Pete Wedderburn asks: 'Poodles: French dogs invading the UK?' Here he discusses how popular poodles are in places like France, but here in England they don't even make it into the top twenty breeds. However, as he discovered personally with his own dog - many cross-breeds, even unknowingly, have a little bit of poodle in them.
According to a recent article on the BBC news website, the Scottish SPCA are appealing for help after two puppies were stolen from a centre in Glasgow. For more information click here.
