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Hunting with dogs and the “unenforceable” ban.
The UK Hunting Act 2004 was never going to work. Whenever there is talk about the Hunting Act it tends to revolve around fox-hunting but other forms of hunting with dogs were also banned particularly hare-coursing. Fox hunts were not disbanded, but given an olive branch and allowed to flourish through drag or trail hunting and…
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Fads and crazes: pocket pets and teacup dogs – we never learn.
Fads and crazes have being going on for decades beginning with the hamster in the 1930’s and now pocket pets and teacup dogs. Whenever the pet trade and animal breeders feel that the market is becoming stale, they are very good at producing and introducing new fads and crazes to keep the gullible and fickle…