‘I feel sorry for them’: how do you keep pets safe on bonfire night?

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Bonfire night can be an anxious time for pet owners and their four-legged friends. Cats and dogs in particular can be highly affected by the noise outside, so we’re asking people how they feel about the anxiety it causes pets.

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00:00My dog hides anywhere where no-one can see her, and the cat, he doesn't even go out.

00:06But I do get quite a thing. I want to take care of them when the old fires are out, because God knows what happened.

00:14We had a cat, and we were very scary.

00:19It can cause anxiety. It's like, imagine us and I were in our homes, and we had bombs going off outside.

00:29That's going to scare you. It's going to scare anyone.

00:31And for the dogs, they haven't got a clue what's going on, do you know what I mean?

00:36It's sad. It's sad to see, you know, and it's dangerous.

00:39Every dog I've had hates it. I still celebrate it, but we don't do it as much as we used to.

00:45We like to have one or two fireworks, just to have a bonfire night, do you know what I mean?

00:49Even if it's small. But I do, I get it.

00:52Even though, it could be, after all, if it's a young child, do you know what I mean?

00:56They could be scared of fireworks. It's a family at the end of the day.

00:58Pets of like family.

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