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In This Issue
Job losses at Spectrum Brands Pet Division
Westland to spend £1m on marketing Peckish bird food range
PATS Sandown is already 83% full of exhibitors
The reptile products of tomorrow
Cat Mate launches two new cat flaps
Revealed: The UK's most popular dog-friendly places
Bumper festive season for fraud on the cards
Old English Sheepdog could risk extinction
"Walking my dogs helped me lose six stone"
Smart point of sale can help drive Christmas sales
RSPCA struggling to rehome abandoned pets
New DNA testing scheme for Golden Retrievers
New head of comms at the RSPCA
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RSPCA struggling to rehome abandoned pets

The RSPCA says it is finding it harder to rehome abandoned pets, with 12,711 dogs rehomed in 2011, compared with 16,659 in 2009.

They rehomed 29,880 cats in 2011, less than the 36,070 two years before.
Both animals are taking longer to rehabilitate and rehome than a year ago, meaning their average cost of stay is also rising, the RSPCA said.

The average stay for a dog in the year so far is 59 days, five more than last year and their average cost of stay has risen from £810 to £885.

Cats have also averaged stays of 59 days this year, four more days than in 2011 and the average cost of their stay has risen to £554.60 from £517.

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