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Shock over Channel 4 coverage of 'puppy cloning' competition! It trivialises the issue, says KC
Dogs Trust against cloning
Mars buys P&G's pet food brands in $2.9bn deal
Tetra’s AquaArt Explorer Line highlights stylish design
Councils fail to follow industry advice on pet shop licensing
Break the mould with Hill's Ideal Balance
Photographer uses Photoshop to help abandoned dogs find homes
British pet firms clinch impressive export orders in America
How a PetQuip Award can give a business an added boost
Global pet food brand set to take UK market by storm
100% mark-up on own pet food brand with no minimum order
New Chair for British Dog Groomers' Association
Whisker-friendly feeding bowl returns to pet stores
Lily’s Kitchen launches new game recipe ‘Wild Woodland Walk’
The best in-car comfort and safety for dogs
Record number of petcare product suppliers exhibiting in British group at Interzoo
Sneak preview of what will be showcased at Interzoo
New Jungle Green LED Lights from WhitePython
TopLife Formula sponsors Flyball puppy in training
Get your paws on discounted Crufts 2015 tickets
Call for a ban on electric shock collars reaches the House of Lords
Barley straw situation ‘still bonkers’ says industry body
Follow the Sleddog Championship action free online at CSJ
Trainee solicitor who left a dog to die is jailed
BVA supports campaign to keep dogs on lead near livestock
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1. Profitable Lincolnshire pet store is closing down
2. Finalists of new industry awards revealed
3. Telford pet shop closes down on the spot
4. Bespoke pet furniture firm seeks retail outlets
5. The Giant Pet Store in Norfolk goes into administration
6. RRPs should be protected, says pet shop
7. Poundstretcher expands its pet business
8. Leading vet responds to claims by dog behaviourist
9. Taking on the giants of the pet food industry
10. Small Irish firm is a big player in the dog treat market
11. Award-winning Just for Pets aims to open more stores
12. Pressure from retail giants and the internet force pet shop to close down
13. Hundreds of UK pet shops selling inadequate hutches
14. Secrets of success of an award-winning pet store
15. Sales grow for ‘natural pet store’ that refuses to stock food from major suppliers
16. Vets should share some of the blame for falling pet welfare standards
17. Dog Rocks stop supplying Amazon Retail
18. Seahorse Atlantic and Soopa share winning formula
19. Pet GPS device sets its sights on Europe
20. Pure Pet Food is an instant hit
21. Pet retailers react to Crown's distribution move
22. Divided opinion among some retailers
23. Lancashire pet shop to close down at the end of the month
24. Dragon's Den star backs Southampton pet firm
25. Mars Petcare looks to close Peterborough factory

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Trainee solicitor who left a dog to die is jailed

A female solicitor was jailed today after she condemned her pet dog Roxy to an horrific slow death locked in the kitchen for over a week.

Katy Gammon, 27, a trainee lawyer specialising in medical negligence cases, went to work leaving her five-year-old boxer puppy trapped without food and water.

She failed to check in on the dog for a week and went to stay with her mother - during which time the animal died in agony.

Tragic Roxy lay undiscovered for ten weeks by which time her body was so decomposed an RSPCA inspector had to use a snow shovel to pick it up.

Gammon was sentenced to 18 weeks behind bars and banned from owning animals for life, at Bristol Magistrates Court.

Animal lovers launched an online petition and gathered 100,000 signatures for justice for Roxy the boxer dog.

A number of protestors gathered outside the court in anticipation of Gammon's appearance, campaigning for "tougher sentencing for animal cruelty".

The court had previously heard Gammon trapped the dog in the kitchen by tying a rope to the handle and fixing it to a hook in the hallway.

Roxy had frantically clawed at the door, leaving fragments on the floor, as she tried in vain to escape before dying in agony - which would have taken around six days.

It was heard Roxy, which was never house trained, was known to urinate and defecate in the house in Lawrence Weston, Bristol, so Gammon decided to confine her.

The body of the pet was found at the end of August last year after Gammon started staying with her mother at a nearby address and initially began returning to feed Roxy.

But she then dislocated her knee and was unable to get to the house and instead claimed her ex-boyfriend was feeding the animal.

But Gammon admitted that this was a lie and on November 3 a neighbour alerted police after seeing flies swarming in the kitchen of Gammon's house.

Police arrived and were greeted by a strong smell of decomposition and the kitchen still closed with the rope.

They called the RSPCA and the remains of Roxy were removed for a post mortem.

A vet said Roxy would have taken up to six days to die gradually, painfully, first becoming blind and falling into a coma before finally passing away.

Gammon, who worked for the eminent Bristol-based legal firm of Lyons Davidson, previously pleaded guilty to two counts of cruelty.

She admitted to causing unnecessary suffering to the dog and failing to prevent causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

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