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Animal-loving Brits who Can’t Bear to Leave Their Beloved Pets are Taking Them Away on Countryside Escapes, to ski Resorts – and even on SPA BREAKS #CreatureCritics – Katzenworld

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05
Oct

Animal-loving Brits who can’t bear to leave their beloved pets are taking them away on countryside escapes, to ski resorts – and even on SPA BREAKS.

We are famously fond of all creatures great and small, and now a survey of 1,000 UK pet owners has revealed 41 per cent have taken theirs on holiday.

But 54 per cent find it difficult to find pet-friendly accommodation, the study by Hotels.com found.

The countryside was the top holiday destination for pets, followed by the beach and a woodland retreat.

Remarkably, 10 per cent have taken their pet to a ski resort and 11 per cent have gone on a spa break with their animals.

The study of more than 8,000 animal owners across 15 countries was carried out as part of the Hotels.com’s ‘Creature Critics’ initiative to recruit animals to review its accommodation.

The lockdown, where many humans have spent more time than ever before with their pets, has led to a growing anxiety about going on holiday without them.

This has seen a 300 per cent spike in demand for pet-friendly hotels over the past six months.

Not wanting to leave the animals alone after months of being at home with them is the most common reason for taking their pet away, followed by the fear that they would miss them too much and the realisation of how much they love them.

Although 10 per cent of British pet owners admitted to taking their pet on holiday to help their flirting.

Emma Tagg, from Hotels.com, said: “With lockdown making us clingier than ever, it’s no surprise that no-one wants to leave their pet pal behind.

“At Hotels.com we want to make sure each pet-friendly hotel is up to scratch, which is why we launched the Pet Friendly category within our ‘Loved by Guests’ awards.

“But the reality is we can’t review all the hotels ourselves, and honestly – what do us humans know?

“We’re ready for a red-hot team of Creature Critics to take the lead, so pet owners, and pets, can rest assured that the hotels have been reviewed by the best.”

To make finding pet friendly accommodation a happier experience, Hotels.com has launched a global search for animal travellers to make up their team of ‘Creature Critics’, who will review their Loved by Guests, best pet-friendly accommodation.

Three pets can be part of the #CreatureCritics team and win 10x $150 (£115) coupons each, enabling them to review pet-friendly venues.

To coincide with the global search, Hotels.com has filmed a hilarious video of its own ‘Canine Critic’, the pint-sized chihuahua Dolly Pawton, meeting potential reviewers.

This includes an adorable hedgehog named Lionel and an extraordinary dog called Agador, which has almost 200,000 followers on Instagram.

*If you think your travelling creature has what it takes to be part of the Creature Critic team, post a pet pic on Instagram detailing why your pet should be part of the team and tag and follow @hotelsdotcom with #CreatureCritics.

Or, you can explain why your pet should win on Twitter, tagging and following @hotelsdotcomUK and #CreatureCritics.

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Last Chance for the iCatCare Photo Competition 2020! – Katzenworld

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28
Jun

International Cat Care (iCatCare) is on the hunt for the best feline photographers with the 2020 launch of its annual photography competition. With mere days left to enter, now is your chance!

For the competition this year, the charity is exploring the six different life stages of cats, from kitten to super senior, with the theme ‘The Six Stages of Cat’. This means that all cats are suitable subject matter and it’s a great opportunity for photographers to get creative with their pictures. The iCatCare judges would like to see some behaviour you might not associate with the life stage, for example super senior cats playing with toys, but entries are by no means limited to this.

Pictures of cats from all six life stages, kitten, junior, adult, mature, senior and super senior, are requested and entrants are asked to enter the life stage of the cat in the photo, or at least an estimate, when submitting their pictures. To help in determining the life stages of cats, iCatCare has created a poster that shows the life stage alongside the cat’s age and the equivalent human age. The poster can be viewed and downloaded from the iCatCare website at: https://icatcare.org/advice/how-to-tell-your-cats-age-in-human-years/

The charity’s annual photography competition was launched in 2013, and since then it has attracted tens of thousands of entries. Previous themes have included ‘Cat-human relationships’, ‘Kittenhood’, ‘Street cats’, ‘Cat naps’, ‘The beauty of cats’ and ‘Cats for all seasons’. This year’s theme allows for a much broader spread of ideas from entrants and the judges are looking forward to seeing how it’s interpreted.

There will be twelve winning images, with one overall winner who will receive £500 in prize money. All twelve winners will have their images feature on charity merchandise (such as greetings cards, postcards, calendars) which will be sold to raise funds for the charity’s work.

To find out more and to enter, visit: photography competition. The competition is now open for entries and will run until 10 am (BST) on 1 July 2020. Winners will be announced on iCatCare’s social media accounts shortly after.

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The Six Stages of Cats: Take a snapshot of your cat’s life for charity photo competition – Katzenworld

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27
May

International Cat Care (iCatCare) is on the hunt for the best feline photographers with the 2020 launch of its annual photography competition.

For the competition this year, the charity is exploring the six different life stages of cats, from kitten to super senior, with the theme ‘The Six Stages of Cat’. This means that all cats are suitable subject matter and it’s a great opportunity for photographers to get creative with their pictures. The iCatCare judges would like to see some behaviour you might not associate with the life stage, for example super senior cats playing with toys, but entries are by no means limited to this.

Pictures of cats from all six life stages, kitten, junior, adult, mature, senior and super senior, are requested and entrants are asked to enter the life stage of the cat in the photo, or at least an estimate, when submitting their pictures. To help in determining the life stages of cats, iCatCare has created a poster that shows the life stage alongside the cat’s age and the equivalent human age. The poster can be viewed and downloaded from the iCatCare website at: https://icatcare.org/advice/how-to-tell-your-cats-age-in-human-years/

The charity’s annual photography competition was launched in 2013, and since then it has attracted tens of thousands of entries. Previous themes have included ‘Cat-human relationships’, ‘Kittenhood’, ‘Street cats’, ‘Cat naps’, ‘The beauty of cats’ and ‘Cats for all seasons’. This year’s theme allows for a much broader spread of ideas from entrants and the judges are looking forward to seeing how it’s interpreted.

There will be twelve winning images, with one overall winner who will receive £500 in prize money. All twelve winners will have their images feature on charity merchandise (such as greetings cards, postcards, calendars) which will be sold to raise funds for the charity’s work.

To find out more and to enter, visit: photography competition. The competition is now open for entries and will run until 10 am (BST) on 1 July 2020. Winners will be announced on iCatCare’s social media accounts shortly after.

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Work From Home Pet Awards + Our own Photo Series of Working from Home Pets – Katzenworld

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17
Apr

Hi everyone,

First of all, we’d like to post a new entry in our Working from Home Series

This weeks entry comes from Rachelle and shows Giselle Minou who got a little tired of the family mask construction project which was underway, which Giselle Minou found less than exciting, so she took a little snooze.

Please do continue to send us your awesome photos of how your pets continue to help you with your daily life while the lockdowns continue.

Secondly, as part of this weeks call out for how your cats are helping you work from home we would also like to draw special attention to the Work From Home Pet Awards by Mayhew:

Does your four-legged friend have what it takes to be our Furry Employee of The Month?

Now is your chance to put your pet to the test or name and shame the ones who always leave their lunch area in a mess, all in support of Mayhew! We’ve launched the Work From Home Pet Awards to recognise our four-legged colleagues that are lending a helpful paw during our time at home. Submit the best picture of your pet for the right to brag that you have the Most Disruptive Dog, Clingiest Feline Co-worker or that your working from home companion really is Furry Employee of The Month.

Categories

You can enter your dog or cat into any of the following categories. Our panel of expert judges will pick a shortlist of five dogs or cats for each category. These will then go through to a special public vote on social media! The winner of each category will battle it out at the end of the week to be crowned Mayhew’s Furry Employee of the Month.

For Cats

Clingiest Feline Co-worker: Does your cat like to lie on your keyboard when you’re trying to email your team?
Most Socially Distant Cat: Tucked in corners, staring at you from the tops of cupboards with those stay away eyes.
Top Boss: It may not be an official title but they sure act like it.

For Dogs

Messiest Workmate: The ones who choose to spend their time tearing up paper rather than filing.
Most Disruptive Dog: Wet noses popping up in Skype calls, climbing onto laps when you are in the middle of something and giving you those puppy dog eyes.
Asleep on the Job: It’s a dogs life! Pooches worn out after a hard day at the office, passed out in the most inconvenient places or tucked up while you work on the sofa.

The Final

Furry Employee of The Month: The top cats and dogs from each category that are always there to lend a helping paw while you are working from home!

How does it work?

Voting will take place over three days commencing Monday 27 April across Mayhew’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Two categories will be available to vote for on each day – one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

The entry with the most votes from each category will be declared the winner. For the morning categories, this will be determined at 1pm and for the afternoon categories, this will be determined at 5pm. There will then be a final heat on Friday 1 May where all of the category winners will be put to a vote for Furry Employee of the Month – one dog and one cat!

Each lucky winner will receive…

  • A virtual rosette and certificate
  • Their pet’s image hosted on the Mayhew website
  • The winners of Furry Employee of The Month will be featured in the Summer issue of Mayhew’s Tails magazine.

The Rules

  • Human entrants must be 13 years or older
  • Your submission must be of an animal you own or have permission to enter in the competition
  • Mayhew reserves the right to disqualify any image we believe to be submitted without permission
  • Submissions for each category will be voted on my a panel of Mayhew expert judges with their top five selected entries going to public vote.

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Calling all Artists: Get Creative and Design a Feline-Inspired Artwork to Feature on an iCatCare T-Shirt – Katzenworld

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13
Jan

We are excited to help iCatCare spread the word about their Artwork Competition to raise money for International Cat Care and we need your help!

If you have an artistic streak and would like to create a design to feature on a t-shirt to be sold in the iCatCare shop, then this is the competition for you. As some of you might know, the charity holds an annual photo competition – this competition is to give people who enjoy creating artwork the opportunity to get involved too.

What are the rules? 

Create a unique feline-inspired piece of art that would look good on a t-shirt. This could be a drawing, cartoon, rhyme or any other original work – be as creative as you like!

The competition is running from 19th December until 10.00 am (GMT) on Monday 17th February 2020. There is no limit on the number of entries a person can make, so if you have more than one design please enter them, as long as it’s before the competition closes.

All entrants must agree to the terms and conditions, click here to view.

How to submit?

The size of the artwork can’t exceed 210 × 297 millimetres (A4) and must be submitted using Woobox or by post. Entries should be submitted in high-resolution format, either editable EPS or PDF file.

What will you win?

The winning artwork will be selected by the iCatCare judges and then be printed onto a t-shirt (and potentially other materials) which will be sold to raise funds for the charity’s work. The winner will receive their design on a t-shirt AND £50 in prize money.

We can’t wait to see what you create…

It’s time to get CATreative click here to enter.

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Win £500 in Amazon Vouchers with Pet Pawtraits From Agria Pet Insurance – Katzenworld

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23
Nov

Your pet could pay for your Christmas! Do you have a great snap of your cat, dog or rabbit? Agria Pet Insurance is on the lookout for photos with the ‘wow’ factor in their fabulous Facebook competition, Pet Pawtraits.

Owners are invited to share their best shots of their four-legged friends to be in with a chance of winning an amazing £500 Amazon voucher!

Dog in beautiful landscape. Dog at the lake between mountains. Travel with mans best friend.

All you have to do is submit your best photo in the comments under the competition post on Agria’s Facebook page, @agriapet

Entries are open until 5 December 2019, and the winner will be drawn by a panel from the Agria Pet Insurance team by 13 December 2019. So, get sharing and good luck!

Enter on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/agriapetuk/

Full terms and conditions can be found at: bit.ly/2P5GROd

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Tigga Towers Memory Foam Cat Pillow & Cat Toy Set Winner Announced + Discount – Katzenworld

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01
Oct

Hi everyone,

For those of you that entered our competition with TiggaTowers. Apparently the present went down very well with the two cats and one dog of the winner!

“Thank you so much for the lovely prize which arrived safely. The cats absolutely love it, as does the dog! He patiently waits his turn and sneaks on to the bed when they’re not around. 🙂 by Melissa”

But don’t fear if you’ve not won as you can use KATZ15 to get 15% percent off on your purchase over at Tigga Towers until the 20th of October! And they have plenty of different sizes of beds and cushions for your cat (or dog) as well as of course their towers and toys.

Thanks,

Marc

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Worldwide Giveaway win a NEW premium cat toy from 4cats – September 2019 – Katzenworld

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17
Sep

Hi everyone,

With the days getting shorter we thought you’d all need some cheering up with another 4cats competitions. For those that don’t know their toys, they are handmade in Germany. : )

You even have a chance to win one of the new top range premium wrestlers as part of your prize! That’s right the amazing toy that Bean reviewed for us:

Bean and the 4cats Premium Cat Wrestler!

This one will be running until midday of the 15th of October 2019 to give plenty of people a chance to win some of these fabulous toys!

Most people are always surprised how potent both the catnip and valerian toys are, so do give yourself the chance of trying these out.

If you want to make your cat happy as this little beauty above read on!

Giveaway:
So to be in it for a chance to win this box that is sure to delight your cats simply enter by completing the actions below:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck everyone! The deadline for entering is the 15th of October 2019

As well as one of the premium kickers we will make sure to include some other toys of the 4cats range!

And if you happen to be the lucky winner don’t forget to send us some cute photos.

Don’t want to wait to find out if you won? You can get the premium kicker here:

4cats Premium Cat Wrestler

And best of all any confirmed purchase will give you an extra 10 chances in the giveaway!

Good luck everyone.

Thanks,

Marc

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Competition Time! Win a Memory Foam Cat Pillow & Cat Toy Set – Katzenworld

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18
Aug

Hi everyone,

It’s me, Oliver, here today! And with a very important update for that matter. ;D

Our friends from TiggaTowers are giving you all a fabulous chance at winning a super fantastic prize!

One of their memory foam cat beds which is precisely what I look so cosey on in the feature image and more importantly… a MINI ME in form of a catnip cat! 😀 I really do think they should call it your purrsonal Oliver, shouldn’t they?!?

So what do you need to get your humans to do in order to win this fabulous prize for you? Well it’s simple just get them to head over to this link and to paw-up to the TiggaTowers newsletter and secondly… get them to guess which one the seven TiggaTowers cat toys in their cat toy selection came first: https://tiggatowers.com/collections/toys

Need a hint? Well… I shall not give you one. ;o

Once your humans are sure of the right answer tell them to send it into sales@tiggatowers.com but no later than 31/08/2019

Entrants will be randomly selected and notified by Monday 2nd September 2019.

Good luck everyone,

Signed by,

His Meowjesty King Oliver the Maker of Mischief

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Worldwide Giveaway win a NEW premium cat toy from 4cats – August 2019 – Katzenworld

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13
Aug

Hi everyone,

It’s once again time for one of our 4cats competitions. For those that don’t know their toys, they are handmade in Germany. : )

You even have a chance to win one of the new top range premium wrestlers as part of your prize! That’s right the amazing toy that Bean reviewed for us:

Bean and the 4cats Premium Cat Wrestler!

This one will be running until midday of the 10th of September 2019 to give plenty of people a chance to win some of these fabulous toys!

Most people are always surprised how potent both the catnip and valerian toys are, so do give yourself the chance of trying these out.

If you want to make your cat happy as this little beauty above read on!

Giveaway:
So to be in it for a chance to win this box that is sure to delight your cats simply enter by completing the actions below:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck everyone! The deadline for entering is the 10th of September 2019

As well as one of the premium kickers we will make sure to include some other toys of the 4cats range!

And if you happen to be the lucky winner don’t forget to send us some cute photos.

Don’t want to wait to find out if you won? You can get the premium kicker here:

4cats Premium Cat Wrestler

And best of all any confirmed purchase will give you an extra 10 chances in the giveaway!

Good luck everyone.

Thanks,

Marc

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