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How close are you to your pets - and what does responsible pet care look like?
National World - LocalTV
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08/07/2025
As the RSPCA highlights a rise in cruelty cases, we ask people in Birmingham how important their pets are to them - or, if they don’t have pets, what they believe responsible ownership should involve.
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Yeah, so I have a dog and they're called Luna, she's a sprudel.
00:05
And I'd say with dogs, I've got a special bond with her because I know she's obviously alive as well.
00:11
And it's, I don't know, you kind of just know she's there.
00:15
It's kind of like a child, for example, you don't know a bond until you have one.
00:18
We don't have pets. My sister has a dog.
00:20
And I feel like MSU got him during COVID.
00:22
And if he was to die, I think he would just shatter our entire world,
00:25
even though it was only four years ago.
00:27
It's really sad to think that people aren't treating them with care because they are part of the family.
00:31
They adopt your mannerisms as well.
00:33
Yeah, I've got a cat. I love my cat.
00:36
And over the last few years, I've had some mental health struggles
00:40
and it's really helped to have just an animal in the house.
00:43
Well, bring back the dog license for a start.
00:46
I mean, they could use that money to fund the RSPCA.
00:50
It stops people buying pit bulls and staffies just as a substitute for something else.
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than anything else.
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