GOD, surely, creates some people to amuse the sane. Pop group Pet Shop Boys have revealed they have turned down a request by animal rights group Peta to rename themselves the Rescue Shelter Boys .../ Peta's letter requests the name change because of the cruelty it alleges takes place in the pet trade. If the band were to agree to the name change, it continues, it would "encourage your million...

Pet owners and animal welfare groups have criticised the Government's proposed codes of conduct for pet owners. Here are some of the guidelines set out in the codes together with the objections raised.

One of the blogs I follow contains the thoughts of Mr Stan. He has written about a recent report that people are abandoning their pets to animal welfare organisations because they cannot afford to keep them. The specific point he addresses is vets' bills. I am not an animal man unless the animal is in front of me on a plate, with gravy, I have never had a pet and do not understand the concept...

What have they done to deserve this? Pop group Pet Shop Boys have revealed they have turned down a request by animal rights group Peta to rename themselves the Rescue Shelter Boys. April Fools' Day was last week, you tofu-frotting simpletons. "Peta Europe has written to Pet Shop Boys with a request they are unable to agree to," reads a post on the band's official website. Thank Christ for that, at...

What fresh hell is this? The eco-pawprint of a pet dog is twice that of a 4.6-litre Land Cruiser driven 10,000 kilometres a year, researchers have found. Victoria University professors Brenda and Robert Vale, architects who specialise in sustainable living, say pet owners should swap cats and dogs for creatures they can eat, such as chickens or rabbits, in their provocative new book Time to Eat th...

Is the animal rights group killing those they're meant to save?

The rising cost of living dominated the Glasgow East byelection today after warnings of massive increases in the price of gas

A while ago I received a letter from PETA, “People for Ethical Treatment of Animals”, which claims to be the largest animal welfare organisation in the world.  I see it more as an animal rights organisation than animal welfare, and there is a real difference.  Its primary focus appears to be on political campaigning, rather

SCOTLAND'S biggest animal charity today launched a fundraising drive for a massive expansion of its rescue centre at Balerno.

The Governor of California and the Governor of Texas are both jogging along a marked trail in their home states, accompanied by a pet dog. A coyote jumps out and attacks the dog. Here is what follows: California: #1. Governor starts to intervene and then realizes he should stop; the coyote is only doing what is natural. #2. Calls animal control. Animal control captures coyote and spends $200 testi...