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Mary Bale:Dumping Cat In Wheelie Bin Was ‘Misjudgement’
by Taanuu
Posted August 29th, 2010 at 12:03 am

The bank worker at the centre of a hate campaign after throwing a cat into a wheelie bin has blamed her actions on a “split second of misjudgement”. Apologising for the incident, which was captured on CCTV, Mary Bale, 45, said her behaviour was completely out of character. The spinster received death threats after footage of her trapping four-year-old tabby, Lola, in a bin was posted on the internet. Miss Bale, who lives alone in Coventry, said: “I want to take this opportunity to a...

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Missing Cat Turns Up One Year Later
by Ezquara
Posted August 8th, 2010 at 12:03 am

It's not often that tales of missing pets have storybook endings. But for one Australian family, a year of heartbreak turned into happiness last week when their cat, who disappeared a year earlier, was found safe more than 800 miles from home."When he went missing ... we heard nothing. We had to assume the worst," owner Kamala Brooks told Australia's Herald Sun. "It's amazing." The black and white cat, named Timothy, vanished from Brooks's Brisbane garden last year, and despite search and...

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Rare Bird Dies After RSPCA Shot It With Tranquilliser Gun
by Ezquara
Posted July 9th, 2010 at 12:04 am

A rare South American bird which had been living happily in the English countryside has died after the RSPCA made a bungled attempt to rescue it. The charity was trying to recapture the giant 4ft 9 ins rhea after it escaped from its enclosure on an estate near Woodbridge, Suffolk several months ago. But the flightless 90lbs bird died after experts shot it with a tranquilliser gun and it later suffered a suspected panic attack while recovering from the anaesthetic. Despite the RSPCA’s co...

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My little Ugly Pony
by Ezquara
Posted June 20th, 2010 at 10:25 am

A six-year-old girl is hoping to raise thousands of pounds for an operation on her beloved foal after he was born with a rare condition which left his face disfigured.Little Maddison Biddlecombe fell in love with Diego despite his peculiar appearance and begged her family not to have him put down. Despite being advised by other horse owners to have Diego put to sleep, Maddison's mother, 33-year-old Janey Biddlecombe, refused.She is now hoping to raise money for an operation by an equine d...

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RSPCA Will Reject Unwanted Pets To Cut Costs
by Ezquara
Posted April 24th, 2010 at 12:00 am

The RSPCA is to turn away unwanted pets from animal rescue centres in an attempt to save money during the recession. The Royal Society for the Protection of Animals (RSPCA) has been taking in animals for more than 180 years. But membership is falling and the charity needs to save more than £50 million over the next three years. At the same time there has been a signifincant rise in the number of animals abandoned by owners who could no longer afford pets during the credit crunch An internal ...

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Cat Stranded Up Tree For Seven Days Because Fire Brigade’s Ladder Was Too Short
by Taanuu
Posted April 21st, 2010 at 12:13 am

A cat spent seven days stuck 100ft up a giant redwood tree, with her rescue delayed because the fire brigade's ladder was too short. The cat, named Tiggs, shot up the tree after being scared by a dog in a neighbouring garden at her home in Buckden, near St Neots, Cambs. Owners Natasha Moore, 22, and daughter Chloe, four, hunted for their missing one-year-old pet but only heard her cries from the lofty branch five days later. They called in the fire brigade and the RSPCA, but the 45ft la...

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Crufts 2010 Won By Hungarian Vizsla Called Yogi
by Ezquara
Posted March 16th, 2010 at 12:15 am

A Hungarian Vizsla named Yogi has won Best In Show at Crufts.The seven-year-old beat off competition from six other dogs in the culmination of the four-day show at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre (NEC).Yogi is the first Hungarian Vizsla to win Best in Show. Handler John Thirlwell said his "wonderful dog" from Carlisle, Cumbria, is likely to retire. Rico, a Scottish Terrier from Russia, took second prize at Crufts, the largest dog show in the world.And Judge Valerie Foss said of ...

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Government Wants Competence Tests Before You Can Be A Dog Owner
by Ezquara
Posted March 2nd, 2010 at 12:12 am

Every dog owner will have to take a costly ‘competence test’ to prove they can handle their pets, under new Government proposals designed to curb dangerous dogs.Owners of all breeds would also have to buy third-party insurance in case their pet attacked someone, and pay for the insertion of a microchip in their animal recording their name and address. The proposals are among a range of measures to overhaul dog laws in England and Wales being considered by senior Ministers, who are e...

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ITV Fined £1,600 For Cruelty Over ‘Rat Risotto’
by Ezquara
Posted February 10th, 2010 at 12:03 am

ITV has been fined £1,670 for cruelty to animals over an episode of "I'm A Celebrity.. " which saw contestants kill and eat a rat, a spokesman said on Monday.The broadcaster was taken to court by the RSPCA in Australia in December after two of the reality show contestants caught a rat and killed it in a bid to feed their starving team mates. Celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo and soap star Stuart Manning were both charged with animal cruelty after the stunt in which the creature was served up ...

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Professional Dog-Handler Jailed For Allowing Dog To Die Of Heatstroke
by Ezquara
Posted January 29th, 2010 at 12:12 am

A security firm worker who allowed a dog to die of heatstroke in a van has been jailed for three months, the RSPCA said tonight.Lee Ellerton, 37, was also banned from keeping all animals for life after being found guilty at Stoke-on-Trent Magistrates' Court of six charges under the Animal Welfare Act. The RSPCA said the sentence handed down to Ellerton, of Burslem, Staffordshire, should send out a message that such offences were unacceptable.The defendant, a professional dog-handler, left...

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Dog That ‘Only Understands Polish’ Finds Bilingual Home
by Ezquara
Posted January 29th, 2010 at 12:05 am

RSPCA staff believed that Cent, a border collie, was untrainable because he would not follow commands - until they discovered he was trained in Polish. he homeless hound has now been found a home with a bilingual Polish family in Essex.Dominik Mroz, 16, said: "As my family speak both Polish and English there was a real connection to Cent. "In the few days we've been with Cent, he has already made our jaws drop out of amazement for his intelligence and affection. "We speak to Cent in Engli...

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Cosmetic Surgery For Pooches …..Oh Yaa
by Ezquara
Posted January 9th, 2010 at 12:12 am

Remember when your Aunt got a little nip/tuck done on her face in hopes of snagging that nice man at the party ? Sometimes, getting a little work done really is necessary, and there's no better example of that than Roland, an abandoned shar pei in Australia. You see, Roland's wrinkles actually caused his eyelashes to turn inward and scratch his eyes, a condition called entropion which can cause blindness, reports the Sydney Daily Telegraph. This is not an uncommon problem for the breed, b...

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Skunk Diets After Getting Fat On Bacon Sandwiches
by Ezquara
Posted December 30th, 2009 at 12:02 am

Mr Bumble has lost 4.4lb (2kg) on a gruelling weight loss regime involving eating more healthily and taking regular exercise.The two-year-old skunk was given to Tropiquaria Zoo at Washford Cross, Somerset, in September. His previous owners could no longer care for him and handed him over to the RSPCA but admitted that they had fed him bacon sandwiches. Chris Moiser, the park's owner, said Mr Bumble weighed one stone (6.8kg) when he first arrived and needed to lose 5 to 6lb (2.2 to 2.7kg...

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