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We Shouldn't Dismiss Pedigree Dog Health Problems as 'Normal'

Helen Coen | Posted 08.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Animal Cruelty, Welfare, Animal Rights, Bbc, Hope, Pedigree Dogs Exposed, Kennel Club, Pedigree, Emaciated, Starved, Suffering, Health, Pedigree Dogs, Animal Welfare, Rspca, Dog, Animal Health, Animal, Dogs, Breeding, Genetics, Selective Breeding, UK News
Helen Coen

Last week we were all shocked by the heartbreaking photos of Hope the dog who was found emaciated and half the weight she should have been. She was described by a vet as the thinnest dog she'd seen alive.

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Who is Responsible for What Pedigree Dogs Look Like?

David Cavill | Posted 05.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Kennel Club, Pedigree Dogs, Dogs, UK Lifestyle News
David Cavill

The Kennel Club has come in for a real roasting since the broadcast of Pedigree Dogs Exposed. Regardless of its distasteful, distorted and unfair por...

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Why Dog Breeding Laws Must Be Changed

Adrian Ramsay | Posted 25.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Kennel Club, Crufts, Pets, Green Party, Pedigree Dogs, Dogs, UK Lifestyle, Dog Breeders, Pugs, Dog Breeding, Bulldogs, UK Politics News
Adrian Ramsay

Dogs are being bred, and repeatedly inbred, with known major health conditions and deformities. The animals with the greatest genetic purity are being used for breeding because the traits of specific breeds are then exaggerated - but it is often these traits that cause horrific suffering.

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Crufts and the Facts About Dog Health

Caroline Kisko | Posted 07.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Kennel Club, Animal Rights, Peta, Dogs, Crufts, Dog Health, Inbred Dogs, Pedigree Dogs, Crossbred Dogs, UK News
Caroline Kisko

Dog health has been at the forefront of the public's mind for several years now, but has been for even longer a focus at the Kennel Club, the organisers of Crufts.

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Crufts - A Parade of Genetic Freaks

Yvonne Taylor | Posted 06.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Kennel Club, Animal Rights, Pugs, Crufts, Pedigree Dogs, Peta, Inbreeding, Dogs, Show Dogs, Dog Breeding, Spaniels, UK Impact, UK News
Yvonne Taylor

Dogs don't care about winning trophies or titles, and yet they are the ones who pay the price for breeders' selfish and superficial pursuits.

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RSPCA: Fashionable Handbag Dogs Are Born To Suffer

PA | Posted 17.02.2012 | UK
Read More: Animal Cruelty, Fashionable Dogs, Handbag Dogs, Pedigree Dogs, UK News, Rspca, Puppies, Animals, UK News

Owners of fashionable pedigree pooches are unaware their "handbag dogs" could be "born to suffer", the RSPCA has said. Research by the animal chari...

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