Dogs & Blogs....
On 19 May 2006, David Miliband the recently appointed Secretary of State for Defra wrote in a blog on the Derfra website:
"We are a nation of animal lovers and believe that animals should be treated accordingly. Aged nine, and just bitten by a dog, I might have felt that they should also treat us appropriately. But I have got over that and am delighted to find myself responsible for the Department that owns the government’s policies on the health and welfare of animals. The Animal Welfare Bill is a real force for good: for the first time it puts into law not just that people should not cause suffering, but that they should take positive steps to look after their animals' welfare. It starts its Committee stage in the House of Lords next week."
Animals: a better future [David Miliband - Defra]
On another blog, inChelsea.com, there's a response to Mr Miliband entitled If your dog doesn't like someone...
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The
great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself
with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a
fool of himself too.[Samuel
Butler |
1835-1902]
Some useful sources of information available on the internet:
The NOAH (National Office of Animal Health) Compendium of Data Sheets for Animal Medicines is an excellent source of information to find out more about veterinary medicinal products. You can search the compendium by therapeutic indication, datasheet, active ingredient, species or pharmaceutical company.
Searching by company name e.g. Pfizer or Bayer gives useful contact information such as fax number and email address. Having access to the datasheets showing contraindications and warnings is a HUGE plus point for us humans with responsibility for our furred or feathered friends.
Bird Vet Administers Rimadyl ® (Pfizer) to Lesser Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
In America, FDA whistle-blowers concerns about drugs not being properly addressed? Canine version of Vioxx can be deadly [Marc Kaufman - The Washington Post - 14 May 2006]
