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A visit to Banbridge high school where Margo the Longdog offers therapy and friendship.A celebration of birds with Ciara Laverty from Lough NeaghYou can contact vet Rob Adams any time with your queries to alrightpet@bbc.co.uk 

Comedian Frank Skinner pontificates about his pup Poppy. Dealing with animal amputation - Rob and client Fiona discusses how to prepare yourself and your pet for an operation. You can contact vet Rob Adams any time with your queries to alrightpet@bbc.co.uk 

Comedian and actress Lou Sanders shares her love for her cats Baby and Bobert, including the alternative therapies she's used to help them. Let's see what vet Rob Adams makes of this!AM goes batty with a cauldron of bats in County Down and what happens when they land on her.You c ... Show More

PETS: Laurie Taylor talks to Jane Hamlett, Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at Royal Holloway, University of London, about her study of the British love affair with pets over the last two century. She found that the kinds of pets we keep, as well as how we relate to and ... Show More

We’ve lived side-by-side with domestic cats for thousands of years, yet they maintain an aura of mystery and a reputation for aloofness and even outright disdain for humans. But are cats really so enigmatic – or are we only just beginning to understand them? In this episode, Ella ... Show More

Delving into animals' minds - and our relationships with them - Claudia Hammond wonders whether our pets care if we get hurt. Would a dog - or even a cat - give a monkey's if their owner fell over? Researchers like Dr Karen Hiestand are keen to explore the differences between can ... Show More

Können wir Tiere verstehen? Die Verhaltensbiologie sucht nach wissenschaftlichen Antworten, Tierfreunde ziehen ihre Erkenntnisse aus dem Zusammenleben mit dem Vierbeiner. Und Philosophen haben dazu ihre eigenen Meinungen. (BR 2019) Autorin: Christiane Seiler Credits Autor/in dies ... Show More

Realising your pet cat has brought home a 'gift' or perhaps a snack they plan to eat in front of you is never pleasant. Many owners will scramble to intercept and release the poor prey but that may be too little, too late. Cats have been blamed for an estimated 100million wildlif ... Show More

Cats started hanging out with humans thousands of years ago, and nowadays these fluffy, lovable pets are found in many of our homes. But there is no doubt lots of them still have keen hunting instincts - witness all the birds and small mammals they kill each year. CrowdScience li ... Show More

Dogs. We snuggle up with them on the couch. We pamper them with treats and toys and songs. We even give them prime placement on our dating profiles! But how—and why—did we become BFFs with canines? And what does our love for dogs say about us? This week, anthrozoologist Dr. mayth ... Show More

Some pet owners feel a special bond with their pets and at times they even seem to know what their owners are thinking. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine whether people really can have a telepathic connection to their pets and look at what the scientific evidence says. The po ... Show More

Meet Velma: a cat with attitude. (Possibly...)And her owner, ​comedian Suzi Ruffell, who adores her pet - but thinks she's been getting a tad tetchy since they started spending more time together during the past year's various lockdowns.Is Suzi just projecting her own feelings on ... Show More

In this episode, we will look at one of our favourite animals, the dog. We will look at their powerful eyes, nose, and ears. We will go back to see how dogs evolved from wolves and became such good pets. We will also answer some listener's questions about cats purring, litter box ... Show More