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May 22, 2012 Dear Sir, I read in today’s Royal Gazette where the Environment Minister was thinking about relaxing the ban on pitbulls. These animals have been known to turn on their owners, not just here in Bermuda but in other countries as well. The...

Controlling dangerous dogs This letter was sent to Minister of the Environment, Marc Bean, and was copied to The Royal Gazette. May 15 2012 Dear Mr Bean, Last Saturday, May 12, our 13-year-old pet dog was viciously savaged by a stray pit bull that h...

Bermuda dogs took part at the largest show in the world, Crufts, for the first time ever. A Whippet and two Salukis from the Island were among more than 22,000 pets competing at the event, in Birmingham in the UK. They were able to enter the showpiec...

A one-off amnesty offered to owners of illegal dogs last year saw 175 such dogs registered. Government announced the six week amnesty starting on July 15 2011. One hundred and three of them were prohibited or restricted dogs, including 97 pitbulls, f...

February 29, 2012 Dear Sir, This poor dog should have been taken away and helped regardless of ownership. It was established by a veterinarian the dog was starved and in very poor condition. Cruelty is cruelty. Shame on you, dog wardens! Shame on yo...

Nothing has changed February 29, 2012 Dear Sir, Abuse, cruelty, dysfunction. Twenty-five years, and nothing has changed in Bermuda. Observe carefully the domestic animal(s) in a household, and by extension in a community, and you will know what goes ...

Picture is wrong February 29, 2012 Dear Sir, There is something wrong with this picture. How is it that those who care for the defenceless are now maligned and cast as emotional zealots? The SPCA is a longstanding and internationally recognised and ...