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Vet Urges Marathon Effort For PDSA

TV presenter and vet, Steve Leonard, is urging runners training for the London Marathon to consider harnessing their energy to help raise funds for leading veterinary charity PDSA.

The RSPCA believes the BBC’s decision not to televise Crufts reflects deep scientific and public concern about the unacceptably high levels of disability, deformity and hereditary disease affecting pedigree dogs.

The acclaimed animator behind the popular Simon’s Cat films has developed a new character, Simon’s Sister’s Dog, for an amusing new animation made especially for the RSPCA. It is available to watch at: www.giveanimalsavoice.org.uk.

Vital funds to help unwanted and abandoned cats across the UK can now be raised thanks to a new 118 enquiry line, dedicated to Cats Protection.

Every year around ten million turkeys are killed over the Xmas period. The BBC has broadcast a Kill It, Cook It, Eat It Christmas Special which examines our attitude to festive food and the mass slaughter of these animals. But, says the Vegetarian Society, it doesn’t have to be this way. Millions of people in the UK choose to enjoy a compassionate meat-free Christmas.

Newly-formed charities’ action group, Save Our Savings, has secured its first victory as the announcement was made that they will have a place on the Creditors’ Committee for UK bank Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander (KSF) that was put into administration in October this year.

If you’re thinking of flying to see relatives this holiday season, did you know you could take your pet with you? Celebs like Eva Longoria, Paris Hilton and Rihanna have all been seen travelling with their designer dogs, so why shouldn’t you?

This Christmas a selection of leading contemporary artists will be displaying their canine art work for sale at the Kennel Club’s Christmas Art Fair.

A survey of veterinary practices conducted by the UK’s leading cat welfare charity indicates fireworks pose almost as big a danger to cats during Christmas and New Year as they do on Fireworks Night.

X Factor Judge Dannii Minogue has just donated her ‘paw print’ to Cats Protection’s Celebrity Paws Auction, which comes to an end just a few hours before the X factor final this Saturday (13 December).

Kobe the terrier is back with his family after a 1,400-mile trip. The small white pooch vanished from his Bellflower home last month and was found by a stranger in Denton, Texas. A microchip implanted in his neck contained his owner's information.

Saudi Arabia’s religious police, normally tasked with chiding women to cover themselves and ensuring men attend mosque prayers, are turning to a new target: cats and dogs. The police have issued a decree banning the sale of the pets, seen as a sign of Western influence.