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HOWND set to launch new Yup You Stink! Emergency Dog Wipes
Pets at Home hits back at 'misleading' Watchdog claims
All pet retailers are open to scrutiny following Watchdog programme, says PIF
Webbox company eyes fast growth after successful year
Pet chicken owner calls 'fowl' over garden centre dismissal
Pooch & Mutt founder swims, bikes and runs the ‘health’ talk
Friday is national Bring Your Dog To Work Day
Dog ban lifted in Manchester market as pet store gets set to move in
Meet the chubby cats and dumpy dogs battling for Pet Slimmer of the Year
Couple stole £400k from pet supermarket customers
CCTV helps to stop drug problem outside Cambridge pet store
Two new appointments at Grove Pet Foods
Ancol develops its range of dog training products
Pets Corner offer customers advice on how to cope with the loss of a pet
Webbs Garden centre to hold Love Your Pet Day
RVC Welsh Regional Veterinary Centre’s Dr Neil Paton elected as new BVA Welsh Branch President
Canadians warned not to flush 'invasive' goldfish down the loo
Doing the double three years running
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Canadians warned not to flush 'invasive' goldfish down the loo



Officials in western Canada are urging people not to flush their pet goldfish down the toilet because they're surviving and multiplying at an alarming rate.

Environmental officers in the province of Alberta say they've found goldfish the size of dinner plates in the region's storm ponds. Forty of the fish were pulled from a single pond in the north of the province earlier this year, the CBC News website reports.

"That's really scary because it means they're reproducing in the wild, they are getting quite large and they are surviving the winters that far north," says Kate Wilson from Alberta's environment department.

Goldfish are considered an invasive species in Canada, and the government is worried they could upset fragile local ecosystems.

As a result, it has launched a campaign warning people of the trouble flushed pets can cause - even if they have already gone to the big goldfish pond in the sky.

"Even if the fish are dead, they could have diseases or parasites that could be introduced, especially if the water treatment system is not top notch," said Kate. 

The campaign will also target pet stores and markets, as well as groups that engage in "mercy releases", where captive animals are set free in the belief it will create spiritual "good karma", CBC News says.

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