Web links and useful contacts

Please select from the categories below.

Insurance
Pet counsellors and animal behaviour
Physiotherapists
Registered charities
Pet travel scheme
Defra
Kennel club and dog breeders
Pet dog trainers
Dog grooming
Web Links
Pet Sitters
Support Groups
Exotic Specialists

Insurance

Petplan
PetProtect
Morethan

Pet behaviour

Sarah Heath, Chester.
Phone the surgery for details

Sounds Scary

Physiotherapists

Fiona Johnstone
Equine physiotherapist phone for contact details.

Charities

Animal Rescue, Kapellan Grayrigg
Tel: 01539 824293
www.animalrescuecumbria.co.uk

RSPCA
Tel: 0870 3335 999 (headquarters)
www.rspca.org.uk

Animal Concern
Tel: 015394 33378

Dogs Trust
Tel: 020 78370006
www.dogstrust.org.uk

Wild Birds, George Gate
Telephone surgery for details

Hedgehog Rescue, Miss Smith
Tel: 01539 727375

Hedgehog Sanctuary, Sue Critchley
Tel: 01539 728161

Bat Group
Shirley Martin, Grange-Over-Sands. Tel: 015395 35700
Gail Armstrong, Silverdale. Tel: 01524 70136

Dumfriesshire Greyhound Rescue
www.ourgreyhounds.co.uk
www.dgrescue.org.uk
Tel:  015395 52394

Pet travel scheme

DEFRA, Carlisle.
Tel: 01228 591999 (export of small animals section)
www.defra.gov.uk/animal/quarantine/index.htm
e-mail:  pets.helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Pet Scheme Helpline
Tel: 0870 2411710

BVA Animal Welfare Foundation
7 Mansfield Street, London W1G 9NQ
Tel:  020 7636 6541
www.bva-awf.org.uk

DEFRA

Carlisle. Tel: 01228 591999
Preston. Tel: 01772 861144
Leeds. Tel: 01132 300100

Dog Breeders

Kennel Club
Tel: 0870 6066750

Best Breeder Bureau
Tel: 09068 717707

Dog trainer

Kirkby Lonsdale and District Dog Club, Mr and Mrs Scarff
Tel: 015242 71723

Pet Sitters

Home Comforts
Trea Udo looks after all types of pets in your own home while you are away, includes grooming and walking. Contact either practice for details.

Dog grooming

Rachel Abba, Kendal.
Tel: 01539 728725

Support groups

Diabetic Pets
www.diabeticpets.co.uk

Canine Epilepsy Support Group
Tel: 08707 469329

Urinary Incontinence
www.propalin.co.uk

Exotic Specialists

Emma Spink, Carnforth
Animal Zone reptiles & amphibians - Jane Worthington 01524 69825

Web links

Defra - New food and feed regulations

Defra - Poultry diseases / Avian Flu

Life Learn

Feline Advisory Bureau

British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA)

Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons (SPVS)

British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA)

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)

British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA)