Animal lover treats her furbabies to a pamper session to fight depressing winter

- North Devon, England -

37-year-old Emma Massingale is an animal lover and a professional horse trainer from Holsworthy.

Ms. Massingale has treated her furbabies to an extraordinary pamper session.

Her babies, (strictly in alphabetical order) Inca, Louis, Luigi, Nancy, and Percy have been treated to bubble bath, facial, hair styling, hot stone massage, soothing paws spa, claws filing and so on.

Everything Ms. Massingale has used is animal friendly and completely safe for her gang.

She said: “It's just a really nice way to bond with the animals. We get so much from our pets I just thought it would be a nice idea to give something back. I have had them all from babies so they are all used to each other. They are very relaxed in my company and each other's company too and they're also used to my crazy ideas which helps. Winter is quite a depressing time anyway and I just thought why not give them a little treat. They loved it. Luigi is actually surprisingly agile and he jumped straight in the bath as soon as he saw it."

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Illegal cockfighter killed by a blade tied to the rooster he was about to enter in a competition

- Pragadavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India -

Is this instant karma or what?

50-year-old SARIPALLI CHANAVENKATESHWARAM RAO was on his way to a cockfight when he was hit in the neck with a blade that was tied to the rooster’s claw.

This happened on January 15, but news outlets have only recently released the news.

The man was taken to a hospital where he died hours later.

RAO was a regular at local cockfights and when the incident happened, he was on his way to enter the poor rooster in a competition.

According to Gauri Maulekhi, trustee for India’s People for Animal Foundation, cockfighting has been illegal in India since 1960. However, animal fighting continues to be a problem in the country.

Shamefully and disgracefully the cockfight went ahead without any arrests.

Mr. Maulekhi said: "I don't think culture has anything to do with it -- it is purely a money game and hysteria takes over, reason and logic just take a back seat such that neither the animal's welfare nor the people's welfare is enough to stop it.”

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Fire at Orlando breeder’s home kills 19 dogs

- Orlando, Florida, USA -

On Thursday early morning, January 23, a fire broke out at a breeder’s home on Bay Lake Road near John Young Parkway.

19 dogs were killed. The breeder, Marcia Mobley, has saved some of the dogs while others were outside at the time of the fire.

Firefighters were called at 5:15 a.m.

They said the fire was contained to one room and likely caused by an air handler.

Crews revived nine puppies and six adult dogs.

The surviving pups were taken to the John Young Animal Hospital to be examined.

ClickOrlando.com reports that Mobley has been in business for over 20 years and that she has bred dogs for Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyers and Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs.

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