Perhaps common sense dictates that our dog companions don’t understand what is going on with the coronavirus pandemic. However, they see a great change in their lives because of the livestyle change of their human guardians who, during lockdown, are working from home full-time. It’s …
Bonnie, who is now 10-years-of-age, is a female Cocker Spaniel who was stolen from her home in Rushyford, County Durham, six years ago on May 17, 2014 and who has been found and rescued in a park at Wisbech, 180 miles away. She was stolen …
Dr. Ian Edwards is a lecturer in biosciences at University College London. Because of the coronavirus pandemic he, like all other university lecturers, is delivering tuition online but he’s taken it to a new level and it’s caused irritation and perhaps dismay. He spent at …
COMMENT: By the “dog marketplace” I am referring to dog owners, dog sellers, doll adopters and the dog rescue world. The current virus pandemic lockdowns have distorted the dog marketplace, which has resulted in a lowering of animal welfare which is often how things pan …
Background NEWS AND VIEWS: John Gaunt, 45, is a gamekeeper and he owns five dogs. They are kept in kennels. The coronavirus pandemic has not only created a surge in the purchase of dogs but also encouraged the illegal importation of dogs from Eastern Europe …
Background Ian Jones, from the Isle of Wight, is working in India setting up a charity enterprise called Sabirian, which is owned by Community Action Isle Of Wight. In the past he has contracted malaria and dengue fever. While in India, in Rajasthan, he contracted …
More than 200 citizens of Denmark have been infected with a mutant strain of coronavirus that has spread from farmed mink to humans. This information will limit the effectiveness of a future vaccine. The Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, said that the eyes of …
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT): Clearly, the Danish mink farming industry is in catastrophic crisis but it may be a good thing because there have been calls to finish it anyway. Most of the mink fur farmed in Denmark is exported to China and it is …
Dogs at Helsinki airport that have been trained to detect Covid-19 are picking up infections in people at a very early stage and before the disease can be detected by the official laboratory tests. This is a remarkable finding. There was some concern initially because …
