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Articles about life with animals — care, adoption, loss, and what stays afterwards.
How to report animal cruelty
A dog on a short chain with no water. A cat shut in an empty flat. Most people see something like this once and do not know who to call — and by the time they find out, they have talked themselves out of it. This guide is here so that does not happen.
Dog microchipping in Europe: the rules country by country
Across most of Europe a dog must now be microchipped and registered in a national database, and the EU has agreed to make that universal for all dogs and cats. The details — deadlines, who registers the dog, fines — still differ by country. Here is what applies in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Germany and Poland.