National Pet Month 2008
A time to celebrate Great British Pets National Pet Month, supported by Iams, returns on 5 April 2008, celebrating pets and animals throughout the United Kingdom. Promoting responsible pet ownership, last year’s move to a month-long fundraising event saw it become the most successful to date in the charity’s 18 year history. Over 690 events held across the UK raised around £69,000 for local pet and animal charities. With the help of our nation’s pet lovers, the aim is to smash this record in 2008. The 2008 theme is 'Great British Pets'

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.

Hall of Fame at Selfridges
National Pet Month celebrates ‘Great British Pets’ in its first ever ‘Hall of Fame’ photographic exhibition at Selfridges, London. Pop down to Selfridges pet department before 6 May to enjoy some precious pet moments!

Pet fanatics from across the nation bombarded the National Pet Month headquarters with their nominations through a competition with Your Cat and Your Dog magazines. Over 700 photographs of cute, crazy, dynamic, talented and lovable pets were judged by an expert panel according to seven different categories. For each category, a winner and two runners up have been chosen to go on display. Find out more ...

Get Involved
Help us achieve our objectives:

• Thinking of running an event? Tell us you're interested and we'll put you on our database and keep you up to date what’s going on.
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• Register your Event with National Pet Month