IN SOUTH Wales this Christmas many puppies given as presents will be enjoying their first days with their new families. Sadly, in many cases, the puppies are only wanted for days or weeks once the novelty wears off. Animals do not make good surprise Christmas presents and sensible people understand that looking after an animal is a long term commitment. After last Christmas, animal shelters in South Wales were full to bursting point with traumatised animals. Let’s make sure this doesn’t happen again. Father Christmas would not consider giving a puppy or any other animal as a Christmas present and neither should you.

Will Wright Four Paws