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Following appeals from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India and a writ petition filed in the Delhi High Court, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, OP Chaudhary has sent a letter to the Chief Secretaries of states and union territories urging the local bodies.…

In today’s newsletter: As a watchdog says it will investigate ‘unprecedented’ complaints about the cost of owning a pet, here’s how prices got out of control

Animal-related hospitalisations have been increasing for years but have surged since the start of the pandemic, AIHW study finds

Large chains could be squeezing out independent practices, says Competition and Markets Authority

There were agility and jumping tasks, as well as a heelwork to music competition

Unbelievably cute, unnervingly smart and heroically disobedient, ‘Mad Mick’ was the perfect companion for a sick 10-year-old

The actor tells Rich Pelley about dog walking in Snowdonia, her boring breakfast, gravy fantasies and Strictly in the evening

The cloth-cap image was out of date already, long before Blur and the Parklife LP cover. By Emma Beddington

On long stretches of outback highways, these road safety signs could keep drivers alive – if questions change more frequently, locals say