A vet, Jill Butterworth, has started a campaign to raise awareness and to encourage equine vets and others who handle horses and other large beasts to wear a safety helmet, after a friend’s daughte ..
Ireland still suffers from a serious animal welfare problem caused by the failure of pet owners to have their dogs and cats spayed or neutered.
The idea of "dog selfies" sounds a bit strange, but it's great fun: dogs can be as good as humans at making funny faces.
The ice bucket challenge may be for a good cause (donating €2 to the Irish Motor Neuron Disease Association by texting MND to 50300 etc) but after over two weeks of relentless repetitive videos, it& ..
On East Coast FM this week, Pete the Vet discusses the common, appalling issue of dogs dying when left in hot cars.
On Ireland AM this morning, we discussed keeping pets cool in hot weather.
A question has been bubbling in social media circles for some time: why does a pro-animal welfare group like SpayAware accept funding from Donedeal, the main website involved in online puppy sales in ..
Yesterday was a busy day in Dublin city centre – forty thousand women gathered for the biggest all female event of its kind in the world (similar events in the UK and USA only at attract half th ..
Pete talked with Sean Moncrieff on Newstalk today, covering subjects including SpayAware, alternatives to boarding your dog this summer when on holiday, and the Samsung “smart cam” to watc ..
Andrew Kelly, the Chief Executive of the ISPCA, joined us to talk about the SpayAware campaign, which is strongly supported by the ISPCA. You can watch the video of the segment by clicking here.
Pete the Vet recently spent a week doing a survey on rabies in a slum in Delhi. In this radio interview, he discusses the trip.
I've just spent the day in London: I had been asked to be a member of a panel discussing obesity in pets, as part of a debate at the AGM of the Pet Food Manufacturers Association.
It's finally happened: the new Animal Health and Welfare Act has officially been commenced.
My trip to Delhi has come to an end: if you'd like to read my final blog click here.
I’ve written an update on the trip to Delhi – you can read it by clicking here ..
My blog today is not for the fainthearted - people and dogs missing limbs after being caught in the path of the train.
Today I went to the main slum that is the focus of my work out here - to find out how I got on, click on this link.
Within a few hours of landing in Delhi, I found myself at the centre of a crowd of children in a slum. What was going on? Read my article here to find out.
