Category: Explaining Animal Welfare

  • Veterinary charities promote irresponsible pet ownership.

    Charities are paying for people to own animals. In the UK there is one main charity dedicated to providing assisted or free veterinary treatment to the pets of ‘impoverished’ owners and several other charities such as the Blue Cross and RSPCA who also offer similar services among their other endeavours. The number of animals receiving…

  • Rescuing dogs from abroad – does it make sense?

    Rescuing dogs from abroad – does it make sense?

    It is estimated that tens of thousands of rescue dogs are imported into the UK from the EU each year, a third of them apparently from Romania, but is it sensible and fair on the dogs?  There has been an increasing trend in rescuing dogs and cats from foreign countries and transporting them into the…