The past few days has seen the annual Crufts Dog Show take place in Birmingham, I must admit that I have mixed feelings about the show. On one hand there’s many beautiful, well-loved and talented dogs being celebrated and that’s lovely to watch but on the other hand so many of the breed specifications cause problems…
Burly & Grum and the Secret City
8 August 2011 by Leave a Comment
A children’s book with a good message – but not a good book
One of my passions is animal welfare. Ever since I was a little girl I’ve found zoos utterly repellent and the recent debate in Parliament on banning the use of wild animals in circuses sent me into a frenzy. A charity very close to my heart is the Born Free Foundation which campaigns to free animals from captivity and return them to their natural environment. Founded by actress Virginia McKenna they do a lot of great work and I urge you to find out more about them.
On Friday Born Free invited supporters to read the children’s ebook Burly & Grum and the Secret City by Kate Tenbeth. I was immediately intrigued – a book I could read in a couple of hours which had a strong animal welfare message seemed like my idea of Monday morning fun (no – really it did)…