January 5, 2012

Barbarism is still out there ..

Siobain

Tags: Category: Animal Welfare

BANNED BY LAW IN 1995 LEG HOLD TRAPS ARE STILL IN USE IN FRANCE TODAY, RESULTING IN HORRIFIC INJURIES OR DEATH.

The following information was sent to us courtesty of the SPA Deux Sevres and we are most grateful to them. If you come across any type of trap, don’t hesitate to report it to the police and your local Maire.Read more ..

August 19, 2011

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

Siobain

Tags: Category: Animal Welfare, Stories

Here at HOPE we receive many letters from British people who have come across cruelty to animals in France and don’t know what they can do about it.   We received one such very sad letter this morning and have been given permission by the person concerned that we may publish it along with our reply.  We hope that by doing Read more ..

July 2, 2011

Changes to UK Animal Passport Laws

Siobain

Tags: Category: Animal Welfare, News

New rules mean it will be easier and cheaper to travel abroad with pets

It will become cheaper and easier to travel abroad with pets when new rules are introduced at the start of next year.

The UK will harmonize its pet movement rules with the rest of the European Union from 1 January 2012, bringing the UK’s Pet Travel … Read more ..

December 19, 2010

“Mummy/Daddy I want a Bunny”.

Siobain

Tags: Category: Animal Welfare

When your child is asking you to buy them a rabbit to keep, what they are really asking you is, as a parent are YOU ready to commit up to TEN years of YOUR busy life to the care of a pair of rabbits, cleaning them out every couple of days, feeding them twice a day.  Health checking them on … Read more ..

December 3, 2010

LEISHMANIASIS KILLS

Siobain

Tags: Category: Animal Welfare

Thinking of taking your family pet abroad next year?  before you do, please read the following article and link, it could save your pet’s life.

Phlebotomine sandfly The Common Sand Fly can kill!

Leishmaniasis

What is leishmaniasis?

Leishmaniasis is a severe, often fatal disease spread from dog-to-dog by sand fly bites. The disease is particularly prevalent in the Mediterranean but it … Read more ..

January 30, 2010

The Abuse and Abandonment of Spanish Galgos

Siobain

Tags: Category: Animal Welfare

 

HSI/Neil Trent
A Spanish galgo.

The galgo, a breed of dog native to Spain, is similar to a greyhound Because they have particular stamina, galgos are used to hunt rabbits and boars on the Spanish plains. 

The abuse that many Spanish galgos experience revolves around two main issues: unsanitary and inhumane breeding in puppy mills, and the abandonment or killing of

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January 25, 2010

To Sterilize or not?

Siobain

Tags: Category: Animal Welfare

Abandoned pets and euthanasia and the one thing you can do about it.

By S.E. Davis

 

When the city council in Chicago heard the proposal that would require Chicago’s dog and cat owners to spay or neuter their pets, council members were actually surprised by the vehement objections raised by a large number of people. The Chicago Sun Times reports … Read more ..