- 24/12/2011
Jumping Bunnies Jet in from Sweden - 01/12/2011
Celebrating 90 Years of the Small Animal Show - 29/11/2011
2012 Small Animal Show Hotel Partner - 01/11/2011
Countdown to the 90th Small Animal Show - 01/09/2011
Celebrating 90 Years of the Bradford Small Livestock Society - 09/02/2011
Small Animal Show Hits Headlines for Burgess Pet Care - 24/01/2011
Showcase Square Line Up Announced! - 21/01/2011
Jet-Setting Bunnies Hop to Yorkshire for the UK's First Rabbit Grand National - 18/01/2011
Young Grand Designers Win Pet Palace Competition - 23/12/2010
Ready Steady Show!! - 06/12/2010
Last Call for Traders... - 25/11/2010
Little Hoppers Set For Big Competition At The UK's Largest Small Animal Show - 17/11/2010
Have you got the Pet Factor? - 09/11/2010
Setting the Stall Out for Success - 04/10/2010
Design Your Pet A Palace - 17/09/2010
Burgess Premier Small Animal Show Celebrates the 100th Edition of Fur & Feather Magazine - 18/08/2010
New website and identity launched for January event - 17/05/2010
Big changes for the Small Animal Show...
Young Grand Designers Win Pet Palace Competition
Caitlin Lethbridge, five from Harrogate, Lara Lewis, 10 from Jersey, and Charlotte McLatchie, 14 from Doncaster, have taken the top spots in The Burgess Premier Small Animal Show's My Pet Palace competition, which encouraged budding young artists and small animal lovers from across the UK to design their pet a palace of the future.
After trawling through hundreds of entries from all over the UK, including a house for a mouse and new digs for guinea pigs, the judges marked Charlotte, Lara and Caitlin the winners, as their designs took into account originality, practicality and animal welfare. Bespoke hutch designer www.runaround.co.uk is bringing the winners' designs to life as part of their prize and the winning hutches will take pride of place at the UK's largest small animal show.
Caroline Lord, from Runaround.co.uk, said: "We received some fantastic entries, but Charlotte, Lara and Caitlin were chosen not just for their creative designs, but for their consideration of animal welfare. My advice when thinking about the ideal pad for your pet would be to find out how they would behave in their natural habitat and the sorts of things they'd probably enjoy doing.
"Small pets love to have the option to move around, play and have fun. They also need somewhere to hide and sleep safely. While we like to be tucked up in bed at night, there are animals who are just the opposite. Night-time can be playtime for them. An outdoor habitat is the most natural so long as you provide a dry, warm shelter or cool shade in summer. Remember that they like to have choices about what to do, just like us!"
