WE ARE KILLING OUR PETS WITH (MISGUIDED) KINDNESS.
Sorry to shout, but this is important. Our pets depend on us to look after them properly but instead we are encouragnig them to guzzle take-aways, chips, fizzy pop and even booze.
In Thursday’s Courier meet a bulldog addicted to sausages and a cat with a “monstrous” appetite. They are just two of the growing (in every sense) band of Scottish pets who are morbidly obese.
Junk food and fatty treats are fuelling a “tragic” obesity crisis in domestic animals, with pets in Scotland worst affected, according to the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA). It’s stirring stuff. And will, quite possibly, make you think twice about giving Rover that extra Jaffa cake (I am well aware Jaffa cakes are actually surprisingly low in fat content but, in my expereince, such a snack is very often only the thin end of the wedge)…
In other news ladies may be allowed to join the R&A in St Andrews. This is being seen as a jolly good thing by many people. Lots of folk golfers and otherwise have their say. When you’ve read all of that you may very well be in a position to make up your own mind (if indeed you haven’t already).
We all know Uranus (among other planets) has a ring, but now a planet with a “double-ring” system has been unearthed. Can you imagine? It’s a quite sensational piece of boffin news and I commend it to the House.
Tara Palmer Tomkinson is so much more than an “it” girl these days. Indeed, she has been sober for two years and is now a charity patron. And a damned fine piano player. She has combined those two facets of her life with some aplomb and Courier Country kids have benefitted. Find out how, and indeed why, in The Courier.
If you like reading about clever goats and are of an impateint disposition, Thursday’s Courier simply cannot come quickly enough. That’s because we have a simply terrific story about clever goats.
From intergalactic news to stories about goats, there really is something for everyone in Thursday’s Courier (not a boast I would ever dare to make lightly) so I going to grasp this opportunity to urge you in the strongest possible terms not to miss out on your copy. If you simply will not take print, why not try our digital edition?