River Rescue Dogs in Paris: Hardly a Seine-sation

20/12/2012

When we think of police dogs today, we might think of Springer Spaniels sniffing out drugs or German Shepherds bringing …

Dog for dinner: Paris 1871

02/11/2012

The French eating of dogs became a minor controversy in 2001 when actress and animal rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot criticised …

14/08/2012

A couple of weeks ago I was in Paris working at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (the French equivalent of …

10/06/2012

In 1899 feminist writer Marguerite Durand and lawyer Georges Harmois opened a pet cemetery at Asnières-sur-Seine on the outskirts of …