Leading dog charity Dogs Trust announced today (1 November) that CEO Adrian Burder has died. Burder, formerly Dogs Trust’s Marketing Director, had become its CEO in November 2014. He worked for the charity for over 20 years. “It is with great sadness that we can confirm that our much loved CEO, Adrian Burder, has died unexpectedly following a short […]
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Animal traffickers sentenced for importing sick dogs and cats
Two animal traffickers have been sentenced after being found guilty of illegally importing fashionable breeds of dog and cat in the UK, then selling them on from their cramped home in Greater Manchester. Laura Kiseliova and Raimondas Titas were sentenced in absence at Manchester Crown Court on Thursday (13 December) after fleeing abroad. The pair are facing […]
Couple who abandoned dogs to starve sentenced
A starved Jack Russell and the body of a Yorkie cross were discovered in a bedroom of a home in Doncaster. The couple who abandoned these dogs appeared before Doncaster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 4 December. They each received 14-week prison sentences, suspended for 12-months, and are disqualified from keeping dogs for life. When I opened the door […]
Save dogs this Christmas – Foster First
So, you want to buy a puppy for Christmas… Maybe pester power has finally gotten to you. Or maybe you’re just feeling lonely and fancy having a cute, fluffy little canine friend to keep you company over the festive period? These are not good reasons to buy a Christmas puppy. In fact, you may be […]
A Dog is for Life: watch the Dogs Trust Christmas ad
has been Dogs Trust’s slogan since 1978, as the charity campaigned to end the growing trend of buying dogs on impulse over the festive period – only to dump them in rescues, pounds or in the streets as the realities of dog ownership began to set in. Forty years on, this is sadly still happening. […]