Being a family pet is actually the most stressful job you can ask a dog to do. John Hearne talks to animal behaviourists in the wake of the recent fatal attack by a pack in Manchester

THERE is a 60/40 Dublin- Cork breakdown in the 150-plus firms registered for next week’s CORKMEET DUBLIN 2011 networking forum in the Croke Park Conference Centre.

UP to 50 animal rights activists last night picketed the Dáil to call for dog breeding regulations to outlaw puppy farms.

Up to 50 animal-rights activists tonight picketed the Dáil to call for dog-breeding regulations to outlaw puppy farms.