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In This Issue
Leading vet responds to claims by dog behaviourist
Mars Petcare looks to close Peterborough factory
Gear up for a surge on collars and leads
Pet Quip helps British firms to exhibit at Global Pet Expo
Stamp out the growing trend of showrooming
£3 million in sales saved after OATA steps in
New additions to Sansome pet mat range
Koi carp stolen from garden centre in Norfolk
Two new Chuckit Ultra Ball products launched
Nineteen jobs created at new Pets at Home store
The Pet Show tickets go on sale
New face at Dog Rocks
Confused.com launches 'If Pets Could Talk' app
Tortoise survives in locked store room for 30 years
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Tortoise survives in locked store room for 30 years



A family have found their missing pet tortoise in a store room – more than 30 years after they lost her.

Manuela disappeared from her home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1982 and despite a lengthy search was never seen again.

Her owners, the Almeida family, assumed she had run away after builders working on the house left the front door open.

It was only after their father Leonel died earlier this month that the Almeida children began clearing out a second-floor room in the house that had always been kept locked.

Leonel's son Leandro said he was astonished to find Manuela alive inside a box containing an old record player.

He told a Brazilian website: "I put the box on the pavement for the rubbish men to collect, and a neighbour said, "you're not throwing out the tortoise as well are you?"

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