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Peter Purves, Honorary Patron
Pets and animals have been part of Peter's life since
he was a lad - his first dog was a Spaniel named Rusty and continue
to play an important role. He has been the BBC's principal Presenter
and Commentator at Crufts since 1989. and has presented many other animal
programmes including 65 editions of Pets Go Public for Channel 5, the
Discovery Channel's Breed All About It, All About Dogs and Superdogs.
"MRSA is going to become a serious problem for companion animals
if we don't take action now, and we need as much information about it
as we can get. The Bella Moss Foundation is taking the lead in bringing
support and awareness to pet owners and vets on this emerging problem
and I am pleased to be associated with their work."
He has been editor of the monthly magazine, Mad About Dogs, is Vice
Patron of Dogs for the Disabled and President of The Canine Supporters
Charity and the Rugby Animal Trust
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Vice Honorary Patron TV vet Marc Abraham
Marc Abraham is a Brighton-based TV vet, writer and journalist. He is passionate about promoting responsible pet-ownership and as co-founder of www.ThePet.net, understands the importance of pet-friendliness, customer service and value-for-money in today's pet industry.
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Claire Rayner, Former Honorary Patron
Claire Rayner, social activist and patron of the Patients
Association, has encouraged those who work on behalf of animals and
infection prevention.
"We as a society need to be concerned with animals
contracting MRSA. It is a very worrying situation. More research needs
to be done for the future I am concerned about cross-contamination from
people to animals, and vets should be diligent about infection control.
We should all be concerned with protecting pets from unnecessary suffering
and death."
Claire is passionate about the issue of MRSA and believes
that there can be no relaxation of all our efforts to reduce its threat
to the very minimum.
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Vice Honorary Patron VINCE HOGAN
Managing Director and Editor in Chief of OUR DOGS Newspaper
Vince Hogan has been invloved in the world of dogs since 1973 when he joined OUR DOGS newspaper as Advertising Manager. Since then he has gained tremendous experienece in the canine world having attended dog shows all over the globe on behalf of the paper, from New York to Hong Kong and from Dublin to Darlington.
He has been involved on many levels, having served as President of Blackpool Championship Show for six years, attended 34 consecutive Crufts shows, served on the Future of Canine events committee at the Kennel Club, co organised Superdogs at Wembley Conference Centre, hosted awards dinners and events and has also been known to give after dinner speeches.
Married with two sons, Vince currently owns a Boxer dog and a cross breed and has previously owned a Cairn terrier as well as a British ShortHaired cat…back in the days when he also edited OUR CATS newspaper.
He has been a member of the Kennel Club since 1987 and is also a member of the Welsh, Scottish and Irish Kennel Clubs, and was recently presented with a special award by the Hungarian Kennel Club for his assistance with the World Dog Show in Budapest in 2008.
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