Welcome to Domestic Animals Page
 

                                                                            This webpage is dedicated to  Domestic Animals Rescue. Our  great  dependence upon animals to serve our needs has, however, presented certain drawbacks. In order for these animals to be of optimum utility to humankind it  is imperative that they be kept fit and free from disease. The need for animal  medicine - in whatever shape of form it may take - has thus become pervasive to human societies.The twentieth century has most certainly borne witness to thexploitation of animal
resources upon a scale far grander than ever before. The most striking development as animal rights activists are keen to point out - is the way in which the cleft between  ourselves and agricultural animals has grown as these animals have been increasingly  accorded the status of `machines', through the development of the intensive farming  methods deemed necessary to meet ever-growing human food demands. Yet whilst the divide between ourselves and food-producing animals has continued to expand, our identification with and dependence upon the smaller, more cuddly species that  we keep as pets has also grown. We increasingly keep pets to satisfy our emotional,  rather than material, needs and seem to gain tactile comfort and trust from them  which might not be found elsewhere in our modern lives. This development has led  the birth of small animal medicine and the pet food industry, both of which have done  increasingly booming business since 1945. However, even the seemingly innocuous family pet that lurks in our homes, gardens and public parks can be potentially detrimental to our health. For example, pet animal excrement is not only an environmental nuisance, but can also harbour unpleasant infections, such as toxoplasmosis and toxocara, which can seriously threaten human health. Pets can  also expose people to a variety of bacterial infections and cause severe allergies.Rigorous animal management and veterinary controls greatly minimise the risks that pet animals pose to human health. Yet again providing evidence of the efficacy of the modern veterinary regime in reducing the potential risks posed by our intimacy with and exploitation of other species.