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		<title>&#8216;Rabbit jumping&#8217; craze takes off in Britain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rabbit Jumping UK is the country&#8217;s only rabbit jumping club and began when retired office worker Maureen Hoyle visited a fellow breeder in Sweden and got inspired.
The unusual sport is popular there and in other parts of Scandinavia. 
Rabbit fan Maureen took the idea back home and appealed to others to join a new club.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More cat owners &#8216;have degrees&#8217; than dog-lovers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who own a cat are more likely to have a university degree than those with a pet dog, a study by Bristol University suggests.
A poll of 2,524 households found that 47.2% of those with a cat had at least one person educated to degree level, compared with 38.4% of homes with dogs.
The study said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A dog&#8217;s life set to get easier with once-a-day pet Prozac to treat depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dog version of the anti-depressant Prozac has been approved for sale to British pet owners.
The one-a-day tablet, which tastes of beef, is said to help cure &#8216;canine compulsive disorder&#8217; and &#8217;separation anxiety&#8217; brought on by owners&#8217; long absences during the day.
Symptoms include poor behaviour, whimpering or tail-chasing.
The drug, called Reconcile, is also designed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cotswold youngsters give savings to help dogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest must-have toy would be top of the list for most youngsters with cash to burn.
But not for little Emily and Tom Bartlett, who turned down a Nintendo DS for Christmas and decided to donate all their pocket money to help homeless dogs instead.
Mum Trudy, from Maugersbury, near Stow-on-the-Wold, was surprised when the pair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Otter cub found on roadside now &#8216;thriving&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small otter cub saved after being found lying by the roadside in Aberdeenshire is said to be thriving.
The otter was found on the outskirts of Huntly by a motorist, who took him to vets.
Now named Ron, after the River Deveron which flows in the area, he is being cared for at the Scottish SPCA&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guests go nuts for new hamster hotel in France</title>
		<link>http://www.bitsforpets.com/blog/guests-go-nuts-for-new-hamster-hotel-in-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click Here! To watch the video!
A new gîte in Nantes offers guests the chance to live as a rodent for the night &#8211; complete with fur costumes and a romantic hamster wheel for two
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		<title>Dog breeders slam puppy farms</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dog breeders in Northern Ireland have called for proper regulation of their industry and for the Department of Agriculture to ban people convicted of cruelty from keeping animals.
Canine Breeders of Ireland, which represents 600 breeders, said government vets should be made responsible for animal welfare and given powers to deal with unscrupulous puppy farms.
Giving evidence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customs find reptile haul on man</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Customs officials in Norway have arrested a man who they say tried to smuggle 24 reptiles into the country by taping them to his body.
Fourteen royal pythons rolled up in socks were found taped to the man&#8217;s torso and 10 geckos held in small boxes were taped to his legs.
Officials were alerted to the illegal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pet crowned world&#8217;s &#8216;oldest dog&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.bitsforpets.com/blog/218/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dog from Shropshire has been crowned the world&#8217;s oldest canine, which his owners have put down to a &#8220;wholesome diet of Sunday dinners and vegetables&#8221;.
Otto Jones, a Dachshund terrier cross from Reabrook, Shrewsbury, is 20 years and eight months old.
He has been recognised as the oldest living dog by Guinness World Records and despite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cat in a Freezer for 19 Hours</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A cat named Krillen survived 19 hours in a freezer in Te Kuiti, New Zealand. Sarah Crombie heard a faint meow when she approached the freezer, which hadn’t been used since her partner Sid Sisson shut it the night before. He didn’t realize that Krillem had jumped inside. The freezer was set to -18C, the [...]]]></description>
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