National Pet Month 2009
Healthy Pets make Happy Pets
2009 was a great year for National Pet Month – thanks to everyone who was involved!
- Media interest continued both nationally and regionally - NPM is definitely a calendar event not to be missed!
- Over 45 million people had the opportunity to see National Pet Month articles in the national, regional or specialist press, with nearly 500 pieces of coverage
- One third of this press coverage highlighted the promotion of responsible pet ownership, and 36% mentioned healthy pets
- Partnership with the Independent newspaper gave excellent national coverage to the week
- Crufts provided the public launch to the Month’s activities, with a ‘pin the tail on the dog’ competition attracting great interest
- Using the 2009 theme, a ‘Healthy Pets Make Happy Pets’ photographic competition was organised in conjunction with Your Dog/Your Cat magazine
- The winning photographs were displayed on the National Pet Month stand at the brand new Ultimate Pet Show, which acted as the climax to National Pet Month
- Over 11,250 people visited the National Pet Month website in the run up and during the month – over 1000 registered as supporters – why not join this number and keep in touch!
- A record number of events – over 450 – the length and breadth of the UK were registered on the National Pet Month website at least £13K (with much more to be declared) raised for
- At least 37 animal charities during the month
- Fantastic ‘Healthy Pets Make Happy Pets’ school art competition helped reinforce the benefits of pets to children
- Fantastic ‘best event’ winner – Bath and Frome pets
- Thanks to our 2009 sponsors - Iams, Pfizer and Countrywide
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Aims
National Pet Month’s aims are to:
- promote responsible pet ownership
- make people aware of the benefits of pets for people and people for pets
- increase public awareness of services available from professionals who work with animals
- raise awareness of the role, value and contribution to society of working companion animals
Understand National Pet Month in a Nutshell or discover the Top Ten Tips for Responsible Pet Ownership.
Get Involved
Help us achieve our objectives - it’s time to plan for this year’s fun:
Tell us what you’ve raised!
National Pet Month is keen to know which charities you supported during the month - and how much you raised.
Fill in our online form to tell us what you’ve raised!
Or make a donation to National Pet Month now.
Why not get involved in National Pet Month 2010 - 3 April - 3 May?
Looking for inspiration for your National Pet Month event?' Have a look at this video clip from David Finlay's veterinary surgery.
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