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Pet Detectives: Pet Rescue want to warn people to beware of buying puppies from free ad papers, especially when the contact phone number is a mobile number.

Puppies are being farmed and sold in free ad papers en mass and are often of poor health. We desperately need people to be careful where they buy puppies from as this breeding should not be encouraged. The welfare of the animals is often not considered, and many suffer from parvo virus and can become ill resulting in high veterinary costs or even worse.

When looking to take a puppy into your home, you should contact a reputable breeder to find out the details of genuine breeders. That way you will have piece of mind that the puppy is fit and healthy, and dogs have not suffered by having to breed much more frequently than they should.

Our pet rescue organisation hears so often of farmed puppies that have been sold in free ad papers becoming ill. Beware of free ad papers selling puppies. These are often bred simply to make money and breeders are often not traceable after. We recommend you contact the Kennel Club when looking to take a puppy in as a member of the family.

Christmas time again soon … guess it’s the time - as a pet rescue organisation - to tell people that a dog is for life and not just for Christmas. So commonly heard, but nonetheless very important.

The beeb reported recently dogs that are being dumped at this time of year to make way for new puppies. This is being seen very predominantly in the Belfast area according to the USPCA. It has said there has even been cases of owners phoning in to make sure their pets have been picked up!

It is said that in the last month, 90 dogs have been picked up, and only one has been claimed as a lost dog, a very upsetting figure indeed!

Possible reasons for this include the popularity placed on certain breeds at different times. Different breeds have different followings, and among the most popular breeds are bull terriers, pomeranians and rotweillers.

It is a very sad time, when dogs who have been a family member for years, are just dumped and left at a local pet rescue, only to be replaced like they have gone out of fashion. Shameful.

A fifteen minute program documenting the cruel process of making Foie Gras. Young ducklings are hatched in their masses, any females are thrown into a chute and onto a conveyor belt to be killed by suffocation or gassing.

Males are then force fed food in such a horrific way. A short and very painful life, how can this be allowed.

It would be interesting to receive some comments on this to hear what you think. To do this, please click on the ‘comments’ link just below the video.

Please also take a moment to sign the manifesto to call a ban to foie gras production at www.stopavage.com. If you want to sign but are unable to find the petition, you can find it here.

Warning: Some people may find this footage upsetting.

A young female springer spaniel cross breed dog was thrown into a river to die after she suffered a prolapse. The dog was rescued by the Dogs Trust pet rescue organisation in Canterbury, and the ordeal the dog was subjected to was said to be “apalling” by Lizzie Reffell of the Dogs Trust.

This is a fine example of an act of cruelty that never should have happened. Charity organisations like the Dogs Trust or Pet Detectives will take in animals that are unwanted.

The spaniel cross, now named Honey, is said to be doing just fine and a new home is currently being sought.

Pet Detectives: Pet Rescue will always take in an animal that has been found abandoned or is simply unwanted.

Have a look at this video from You Tube of a narcoleptic dachshund named Rusty. Very short, but the dog is very cute:

To let you know I have had some time off work as a mini holiday and have not been able to update the Pet Rescue site, particularly the lost cats or lost dogs section.

As a result I now have a very large backlog to go through, which I will start doing over the next few days. Just wanted to apologise to those who requested a listing in the lost and found pet log that hasn’t appeared.