“Barbaric” electric shock training collars that blast cats and dogs with up to 6000 volts are still on sale – almost two years after the Government vowed to ban them. Our sister paper the Sunday ...

ANIMAL rights groups have slammed the sale of "cruel" electric dog collars to Irish owners. Banned in Scotland and Wales, the ‘training’ items can cause pain and ­distress and their use is ...

A dog trainer with more than 20 years experience has urged the Government to keep its promise to ban electric shock collars. The use and sale of the devices is currently not prohibited in England ...

Electric shock collars used to train animals are set to be banned in England under new Government proposals. Animal charities and the Kennel Club have long-campaigned for a ban on the "cruel" devices, ...

It's a dogs life at 'Biscuits & Bath' day care centres in Manhattan -- but the firm had to lay off most of its staff in March and business is only slowly creeping back AFP / Angela Weiss Petco has ...

Senior Minister of State for National Development Tan Kiat How said NParks is currently developing guidelines to highlight the risks of using aversive animal training devices such as electric collars.

As she often does, Kim Brophey wants to get a conversation started. A well-respected dog trainer in Asheville and the author of the new book, "Meet Your Dog," Brophey bent my ear about a subject I ...

Electric dog collars have been criticised by animal rights groups. (Credits: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Videos promoting the use of ‘shock collars’ for dogs on YouTube have been criticised by animal ...

A review of the ban on electric shock collar training for dogs in Wales has been ruled out. This is despite new data showing that farmers in the region lost more than £300,000 worth of stock last year ...