the Luton-based residential care home run by charity has a new four-legged friend who regularly visits the residents for mornings of fun, games and cuddles: therapy dog Winnie. Winnie – affectionately called ‘Winnie The Pooch’ – is a Blue Roan coated Cockapoo and a qualified Therapy Dog who spends every Monday morning with the Little […]
Archives for March 2024
MPs Debate Kept Animals Bill petition
Over a year since the Kept Animals Bill was it is finally back on the calendar – but it took a petition to make that happen. The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill Among other things it aims to crack down on puppy smuggling; introduce the new crime of dog abduction to deter dog theft; ban the export […]
Dog saved from family car after owners die in mudslide disaster
A dog who lost his entire family – a young couple and their newborn son – to a deadly mudslide in Ischia, Italy, has been rescued after three days spent in the family’s car. In the early hours of Saturday 26 November, a mudslide off the coast of Naples. As the number of confirmed dead […]
Puppy survives dog attack in Manchester park –
A young five-month-old fox terrier puppy called Matilda has made an astonishing recovery after she was left on the brink of death by a harrowing attack by a large dog, which took place in a park in Urmston, Manchester. Owner Diane Columbine was walking Matilda in the park when a large dog began playing with […]
Mayhew Afghanistan Country Director trains Algiers vets in reproductive surgery
Dr. Mo offering additional training to two qualified vets in Algiers, Dr. Yasmin and Dr. Samia Sponsored by the more than 30 vets in Algiers from various veterinary agencies took part to reproductive surgery training from Mayhew’s award-winning vet, Dr Abdul-Jalil Mohammadzai DVM, affectionaly known as ‘Dr. Mo’. Having devised and successfully implemented the first ever […]