Samsung is giving five lucky readers a last minute chance to attend the weekend shows at DFS Crufts 2010, NEC Birmingham. Samsung has two pairs of season tickets to give away which will give dog-lovers access to the whole weekend, as well as three pairs of one-day, general admission tickets for three futher lucky winners.
Thursday 11 March 2010  Log in to comment on this article

Public voting lines are open for the 5 finalists of this year's Friends for Life Competition at DFS Crufts. The finalists have been nominated for their bravery or for the support and companionship they have shown towards their owners during the year. The publicity they receive as winners of the competition sets them up to become celebrities at future pet industry events.
Thursday 11 March 2010  Log in to comment on this article

European Parliament voted yesterday to prolong, until December 2011, the current UK pet travel restrictions which were due to lapse at the end of June.
Wednesday 10 March 2010  Log in to comment on this article

Government plans are unveiled for the introduction of compulsory dog insurance and microchipping. A major speech today to be made by the Home Secretary, Alan Johnson on crime and anti-social behaviour, will launch a consultation on new measures to 'protect the public' from dangerous dogs.
Tuesday 09 March 2010  Reader comments: 1

It's time for pet owners to start boning up on animal welfare. From Tuesday 6 April new codes come into force which support the Animal Welfare Act 2006, and set out the legal duties of many pet owners. Following their introduction, the new codes will be used in courts as evidence relating to poor animal welfare.
Monday 08 March 2010  Log in to comment on this article

On Monday, the animal rights foundation, (PETA) began running a bus-stop advert in Birmingham calling on people to boycott dog breeders. This is a complaint aimed at Crufts and pedigree blood lines. Crufts opens at Birmingham NEC in 7 days time, and is sponsored by furniture-maker dfs. Dfs is currently running the slogan: "We love leather..". You have to wonder if this is a mistake.
Thursday 04 March 2010  Log in to comment on this article

On Friday a Private Member's Bill which wants to increase the number of residential care and sheltered housing providers which allow pets, receives its Second Reading in the House of Commons. The Care Homes and Sheltered Accommodation (Domestic Pets) Bill 2009-10 was first presented to Parliament by Shadow Minister for Older People Nigel Waterson MP in December.
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