Tag: dogs
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Animal Welfare service turns out to lack animal welfare service
At least three cats and two dogs died in cages waiting for veterinarian care before they were passed on to the Animal Welfare Services. The government has contracted a veterinarian in Naxxar to check the health status of the animals picked up from the streets before they are passed on to the animal Welfare Services…
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Police speed check in Żebbuġ leads to rescue of two puppies found running on busy road
Police officers carried out a routine roadcheck along Triq l-Imdina in Ħaż-Å»ebbuÄ¡ as part of ongoing enforcement efforts against speeding and other traffic violations. During the operation, which forms part of continuous day-and-night traffic controls, officers identified several vehicles travelling above the permitted speed limit. A number of fines were also issued for various other…
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Maltese couple accused of defrauding animal sanctuary in Spain
Horrific accusations have come to light against a Maltese couple who defrauded an animal sanctuary in Costa Blanca, Spain. Abigail Darmanin and Karl Darmanin are being accused by the administrators of the K9 sanctuary of having volunteered to run the animal shelter on false pretenses to fleece the shelter of its donations. Their response to…
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Surprisingly it is easy to abandon dogs and euthanise them in Malta with no legal consequences
Anyone purchasing a pet animal should do so only after acquiring a permit and paying taxes and fees. Too many dogs have been abandoned in Malta since the Covid pandemic and shelters are full. Yet, people are still buying pets they can’t be responsible of. Apparently, yesterday, animal rights activists raised the alarm after a…
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Hungary and Romania celebrate the removal of their border with a dog: both countries have a serious stray dog problem
The irony couldn’t have been richer as Hungary and Romania celebrated the opening of their border with a dog crossing the Hungarian-Romanian border. Romania and Bulgaria have entered the EU’s Schengen Area as of this year, with their citizens now enjoying freedom of movement in the EU. Hungary and Romania have the most severe stray…
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Government ban on Bully dogs should go even further
I do not understand the government’s intention to go for a half-measure in banning the breeding of non-pedigree Bully dogs, only to regularise the breeding of the pure breed with Kennel Clubs. This is a lot of bureaucracy that is unneeded and only serves a couple of individuals for doing an activity that is potentially…
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Alicia Bugeja Said is going to adopt all the bully breeds herself
Of course bully breeds should be banned, why is the fraudulent Alicia Bugeja Said even giving her dumb opinion? Alicia Bugeja Said, the tuna-lobby-funded-Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Animal Rights has come out against a proposal by animal rights NGOs to ban the breeding and importation of bully breeds. She doesn’t have a logic…
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Dog breeders in Malta selling the American XL Bully
Here’s a bunch of imbeciles breeding and selling the American XL Bully in the open and unregulated market in Malta just after it was banned in the UK. Are these businesses regulated? Do they have a VAT number and issue receipts? Who is keeping our streets safe? It is a rhetorical question because the Labour…
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The Animal Welfare Director refuses welfare to animals
The public sector has reached such a level of brass-neck level incompetence that even the Animal Welfare Department can’t figure out how to properly provide welfare to animals under its own care. Malta is becoming truly a jheartless and sad place under Labour. Apparently, Animal Welfare Director Joseph John Vella has issued an order to…
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Good feature by MaltaToday on bully-breeds
This is a good feature by MaltToday on bully-breed dogs where they interview animal shelter volunteer Rosalind Agius of the Association for Abandoned Animals. Agius says that bully-breeds are often adopted or bred for the wrong reasons and many of them eventually end up being abandoned with no one wanting to adopt them. Animal shelters…
