PUG THEFT - 9 WEEK OLD PUPPY STOLEN FROM BREEDER

Mother's Day conman steals puppy
The hunt is on for a nine-week-old puppy worth £1,000 which has been snatched by a thief.
The crook visited the home of a breeder claiming he was buying the bitch pug as a Mother's Day present. But when the woman's back was turned he ran out of the door with the puppy under his arm. And when the breeder's husband stood in front of the getaway vehicle the thief drove at him, knocking him to the ground.Police are now appealing for information about the theft in Whichers Gate Road in Rowlands Castle. In Havant Hampshire.

Thank you to Portsmouth News for publishing the story.

If you are offered a female pug from anyone or see one for sale without its brothers and sisters please contact us on info@pethunters.co.uk or 0845 838 5423

Does anyone recognise this cat currently being looked after by Catkinrescue?

Please visit their site to see other cats needing new homes

http://www.catkinrescue.org.uk

Wood Green Animal Shelter - Need Your Support

We would like to say a big thank you to Jo Dutton, Liaison Officer Dog Reception from the Woodgreen Animal Shelter for her ongoing support of our members missing pets.

Wood Green Animal Shelters is a registered charity that has been rescuing and re-homing animals since 1924. The charity takes in over 6,000 animals a year and has set national standards in animal care.

Please go to
www.charityclicknow.com/partners/WoodGreenAnimal/index.
every search makes money for them.

Please visit their website www.woodgreen.org.uk for more information on their service.

One owner tell us about her heartache.....
The Sad Story of Jasmine,

(Jasmine, is a female Seal Point Siamese cat. She is 11 month old with a brown face & legs with a cream cloured body. She is microchipped and been spayed. She went missing on the 1st February 2006 from the Coatbridge area of Lanarkshire, postcode ML5. Jasmine requires daily
medication and must see a vet asap).

Kate, Jasmines owner writes…

"I was very seriously ill 6 years ago and when I finely got out of hospital to aid my recovery my family promised me a seal point kitten, it took us five years of searching to find one then Jasmine came in to my life… I made her into my escort for my good health she was my lucky charm. I was in the Southern General hospital in Glasgow for four month as I collapsed one Sunday on 9th Jan 2000 with a aneurism in the brain, no warning, just woke up one day in hospital. I didn’t have a clue what had happened… woke up getting staples taken out of my head. When I finely got home we started the search for a seal point, they were like "gold dust" no one had one for sale. I called her after my favorite flower she was so very special to me and I to her in her own wee way" …

… "now that she has gone she has taken a big part of me with her. I can’t get her out of my mind I think of her 24/7 ... Opps there is the tears falling again... I just hope she is safe and not too frighten out in this horrible wet and cold weather. I hope she doesn’t think that I put her out…. if only she knew what I have done to try and get her back . I just want her back home safe and sound back to her home comforts in the warmth of her home where is was well looked after and loved we all miss her dreadfully why didn’t anything happen to me instead of a wee innocent cat its just so unfair … I its just not right that a wee cat should suffer - I must go just now thank you so much", Kate

Introducing Ollie - Pethunters latest addition to the family (aged 12 weeks) enjoying today's snow....

Congratulations to his Grandfather "Araki Fabulous Willy" for winning the best in breed (Tibetan Terrier) at Crufts yesterday, and coming 3rd in best overall dog in the Utilities Group.....

Dolly's Directive, Campaign by Candy King

Since the "disappearance/possible theft" of her beloved Jack Russell Terrier, Dolly in early 2005 Candy King has started a campaign to make it compulsory that all vets, animal shelters, the police, animal welfare organisations scan all pets in their care - if you would like more information of her campaign please email Candy dollysdirective@hotmail.co.uk.

Candy writes....

We are asking everyone to write to their MP and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons with a copy of Dolly's Directive outlining why you think it is necessary for it to be implemented. We want the House of Commons to be inundated with Dolly's Directives. I know it is tedious writing letters but I would ask you to just look at your own dog, isn't he/she worth writing a couple of letters for? I will not be listened to on my own, but many people will be heard, we have to let the powers that be see how many of us are willing this to happen. See if you can get others to write too. Also see if your local pet shop will display a copy for signing, dog training clubs, dog shows, your place of work. If you know anyone with any clout or remotely famous then please get them to support us. Thank you again for your support. It is important.

Candy (Dolly's mum)

Address to write to:- Your MP. House of Commons, London. SW1A 0AA
Lizzie Locket, RCVS, Belgravia House, 62-64 Horseferry Road, London. SW1P 0AA

MONTHLY UPDATE
Has anyone seen any of these pets?
Their owners are desperate for news. Could they have been relocated within the UK?.......

Update :
Please note, happy to report Gizmo is now back home..

Bird Flu and Our Pets

Are you wondering how easily avian flu could jump from birds to domestic animals?

Paul Hunter, professor of health protection at the University of East Anglia in the UK, points out that like all predators, Cats by nature hunt weaker pray. "Cats tend to go for sick birds, so it is not unexpected if cats catch and kill infected birds,"

The reported death in Germany of a cat who lived in an area where dozens of birds had died from H5N1 does not come as any big surprise to scientists

Should our pets in the UK be vacinated?

Professor Peter Openshaw of Imperial College, London commentated today on the German Cats death. "It also raises the question of whether cats should be vaccinated... Vaccination of animals that bring us into close contact with it seems to be a high priority."

He urges a new focus on vaccines that are broadly protective rather than too specific, to improve chances of general protection.

But he also sadly admitted there is little incentive for pharmaceutical firms because such research had a high risk of failure with of low financial returns!

Thank you to BBC Scotland - Spot on!