Animal Friends Pet Insurance
January 22, 2009 by admin
Filed under Animal Friends
From the Animal Friends Website:
Animal Friends Pet Insurance is your ethical choice; whether you require a policy for a dog or cat you can get a quote online or call us for your pet insurance quote over the phone. We are the only UK pet insurance business to donate 100% of our net profits to help animal charities worldwide.
Our revew:
Insure your pet and give money to a good cause at the same time. If you are looking for an ethical company to insure with this may be the right choice.
Click here to get a quote from Animal Friends
Pet insurance can help with veterinary costs (if you plan ahead)
January 11, 2009 by admin
Filed under Pet Insurance
How much would you be willing to spend to care for your beloved pet when he or she is sick? For most readers, we’d guess the answer would be “whatever it takes.” But what happens when your pet becomes suddenly ill or injured and you’re faced with a ginormous vet bill?
To answer that question, pet owners are beginning to turn to pet insurance (although it’s far more popular in Europe than in the United States). The Associated Press reports:
Less than 1 percent of pets are insured in the U.S., according Petplan USA — one of just 13 plans available in the U.S. The company was founded by British natives Natasha and Chris Ashton, who said that in England, over 20 percent of all pets are insured and in Sweden the figure is close to 50 percent.
Dogs are most popular pet
Dogs or cats: it’s an emotive subject likely to start heated debates between cat and dog lovers nationwide. Tesco Pet Insurance conducted a survey to shed some light on the subject.
In a recent poll of pet owners: 58% said they would rather own a dog. While dogs were described as loyal and affectionate, cats are seen by respondents as being lazy and arrogant!
Unsurprisingly, when asked how individuals would choose to spoil their pets, a majority said affection and food. When asked which pet they would most like to spoil, 56% of the poll said their dog while a measly 24% preferred to spoil their cat.
3% of pet owners would spoil their pets with clothing and holidays abroad and for once this wasn’t the opinion of WAGs as the 3% were mainly male respondents.
Janet Wickens, Cats Protection’s Director of Fundraising and Communications said: “According to the most recent figures published by the Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association, the number of pet cats and dogs across the UK is very similar and as the UK’s leading feline welfare charity, Cats Protection is glad to hear that so many people understand and value the companionship and joy that both cats and dogs bring to millions of households.”
“Our survey suggests that we really are a nation of dog-lovers, while cats unfortunately didn’t fare as well. This may be down to characters like Lassie contributing to the reputation of dogs, saving children from the bottom of wells and dragging the unconscious from train tracks. Cats on the other hand are famous for their evil owners such as Blofeld, and Dr. Evil. However, it was interesting to see the strength of responses, which goes to show how much as a nation we care about our pets.”
Allan Burns, Head of Tesco Pet Insurance.