James A Oxley

Independent Researcher, 35 Farnes Drive, Gidea Park Romford, RM2 6NS

PDSA Animal Wellbeing report on pet health and welfare

The estimated pet population and proportion of UK adults who own pets is calculated each year. In 2022 there were an estimated 11.1 million pet cats, 10.2 million pet dogs and 1 million pet rabbits in...

The role of social media in promoting organised dog fighting

A content review of videos on three social media platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram) was conducted between the 1 and 18 September 2020. These social media platforms were used because of their...

Nurses' views of pet owners: online pet health information

An online survey was designed and adapted from a previous survey targeting veterinarians (Kogan et al, 2017). Before distribution, the authors reviewed and pilot tested the survey, incorporating...

A preliminary study investigating the use of rabbit-related Facebook groups in relation to rabbit health information

A survey was developed consisting of three sections including: i) general FB and FB rabbit group use (e.g. frequency of use and reason for joining FB rabbit groups); ii) receiving of rabbit health...

Rabbit health practices of 202 rabbit owners

Health checking is important to allow early detection of disease and maintain health (RSPCA, 2017a). The findings of this study suggest that while most owners performed some form of health checking,...