Big W has entered the pet product market

On Saturday 23rd June Big W at Pagewood opened the first "Pet Centre" store which was followed by Winston Hills on 29th June and then  Penrith on Saturday 30th June.  These are to be followed by Blacktown that is in the process of being built. These stores are sections within the larger Big W complexes.

Although called "Pet Centre" PIN has been advised that they are in no way associated with "The Pet Centres" which have been trading in Sydney for the past 20 years.

Although not carrying livestock they have a full range of products - live crickets, frozen mice and rats -some vet lines including "Frontline" and "Advantage" -some of the supermarket pet foods as well as two of the major Premium dog and cat foods.

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Promote your products Pet Fair Asia 2007

Pet Fair Asia is about to celebrate its 10th year in 2007, and this is your chance to network with China’s top manufacturers, importers, exporters, agents, dealers, distributors and retailers.

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Herd of humpbacks move north 

Last Tuesday the first of an estimated 10,000 humpback whales were spotted making their way past North Stradbroke Island on their yearly migration into the Great Barrier Reef.  

In the midst of this spectacle was Migaloo, the rare all-white whale.

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The passing of Freddie Waffron

As a close associate of F.C.(Freddie)Waffron for the past 25 years, I was very saddened to hear of his passing. Fred really was one of the memorable characters of the international pet industry. A man who always looked and acted much younger than his years , Fred was agent in the U.K. for many of the industries well known manufacturer's. Visiting the U.K. trade shows will never be the same again .

Fred visited with us in Australia many times attending Pet Expo on a least 3 occasions. He was a great mate to many of us, and will be long remembered very fondly.

Frank Williams

Peter Kemp, good friend of Freddie Waffron from the UK writes of Freddie.

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Genetic Technologies’ dog attack DNA kit  

A new dog DNA kit has been developed by leading Melbourne DNA company Genetic Technologies, allowing local councils, livestock owners and police investigators to collect canine DNA evidence at dog attack scenes.

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THE JUNE ISSUE OF PET INDUSTRY NEWS IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE -THE PRINTED COPIES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED

 

Pet Trade Shows coming up

AusGroom 2007 - Sydney - 8th to 10th July 2007

AusBoard 2007 - Cairns - 27th to 30th August 2007

Glee - Birmingham UK - 16th to 18th September

Pet South America - Brazil - 26th to 28th September 2007

Pet Expo 2007 - Melbourne - 5th to 6th October

CIPS'07 - Guangzhou China - 15th to 18th November