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96How To Fly Your Pets Internationally
Most people are familiar with the concept of flying a pet in the cargo hold of a commercial airliner. What many don't know, is that you can fly your cat (or dog, for that matter) in the cabin with you, as long as it meets the weight requirements...
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88Taking Dogs To Thailand
When we decided to retire to Thailand we had a major quandary about our two beautiful Field Labrador bitches, Pippa and Tessa. They were 4 and 10 years old respectively, so not skittish puppies. They’d been part of our working life on the farm...
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76Drug testing on animals and Government sanctioned cruelty
Drug testing on lab animals is often a cruel waste of life and resources. In addition the law requires many tests that are meaningless.
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71How To Move Your Pet To The UK
Until recently, the Brits were pretty famous for having ridiculous laws regarding pet importation. A 6 month quarantine was mandatory, even your pet never missed a rabies vaccine in his life. I won’t get into the physiology of why 6 months was...
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71Seal distemper outbreak - 2002
In August 2002, the washed up bodies of a few harbour seals along the Wash coastline marked the onset of an outbreak of distemper. The Phocine (seal) Distemper Virus (PDV) had last been seen in the UK in 1988 when it claimed the lives of over...
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62Taking your dog to England (UK) – An easy guide to DEFRA’s Pet Travel Scheme and quarantine regulations explained
DEFRA’s Pet travel scheme (PETS) is good news if you’re planning to bring your dog on your next holiday to the UK. Follow this guide and avoid quarantines for your dog.
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602012 Pet Travel Scheme Updates - DEFRA's New Rules Explained Plus Tips on Travelling with your Pet
A new pet travel scheme has been put in place which relaxes regulations for owners travelling with their pets in the European Union as of 1 January 2012.
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60UK Legislates to Reduce Food Waste: The End of the Sell By Date
Reducing food waste is one of the imperatives we face as a modern world if we are to continue to be able to feed the ever-expanding human race. Find out what the UK government has decided to help towards the reduction of food waste in Britain.
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58Islington Planning Department
14 Months ago as the new Chair of our Tenants and Residence Association (TRA) I had no experience and had to learn as I went along with little or no support and much misinformation. The TRA undertook to deal with a very loud extractor fan beneath...
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50HERMANNS TORTOISE V CHILDREN
Must Have taken ages to squeeze into that shell suit (i know its Bad) Pre-amble. I am going to share with you the joy of these little shelled warriors (hermanns only) Tort or Kids One's smelly , makes a mess of where it lives , eats everything,...
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