ES Views Letter of the Day: Spare our pets the stress of fireworks

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Trauma: fireworks night may be fun for families but far less so for our cats and dogs

31 October 2017

Our research has revealed that three-quarters of the nation’s pets are afraid of fireworks; this means around 11 million cats and dogs will be suffering over the forthcoming noisy nights.

We should look again at firework regulations and see how we can improve them to relieve the huge amount of stress on pets and their owners at this time of year.

We believe there should be tighter controls on the time of year and time of day fireworks are allowed to be set off. There should also be more emphasis on making those who host a fireworks display responsible for alerting their neighbourhood in plenty of time to allow those with frightened pets to prepare.

We understand many pet-owners will be worried at this time of year and we want to reassure them that we are always here to help.
Becky Thwaites, Blue Cross