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Cat owning under scrutiny Mars Petcare acquires
Champion Petfoods
Since 1989, it has been prohibited or to outdoor cats defecating in
to keep cats as pets in dwellings the entrances to dwellings or in Pet food manufacturer Mars Pet- The dry food products of Cham-
belonging to the Housing and De- communal areas, for example. care has announced that it has pion Petfoods are produced in the
velopment Board (HDB) in Singa- finally signed an agreement to company’s own kitchens in both
pore. Keeping a cat illegally in an The official Animal and Vet- acquire Champion Petfoods. Canada and the United States. In
HDB apartment is punishable by erinary Service (AVS) has now The Canadian premium pet food conjunction with Mars Petcare,
a fine of up to 4 000 Singapore proposed to make it mandatory manufacturer Champion Pet- Champion Petfoods should be
dollars (approx. 2 800 euros). for pet owners to get a licence foods, which is represented in able in future to exploit in full op-
and have their cats provided with 90 countries worldwide with its portunities to expand its portfolio
Advertisement a microchip. Cat owning would Orijen and Acana brands, pre- to meet the evolving needs of pet
then potentially be permitted in viously belonged to an investor owners.
AYoguorodanteimamal-afnordaulsi!fetime. HDB dwellings, the online maga- group headed by Bedford Capital Blaine McPeak, chief executive of-
zine continues. and Healthcare of Ontario Pen- ficer of Champion Petfoods, com-
The online magazine Today sion Plan. mented: “We are looking forward
has now reported that in the last Cat owners and animal wel- Ikdeep Singh, global president of to working with Mars Petcare to
two years, up to 2 000 com- fare bodies told the magazine Mars Pet Nutrition, stated: “We are move Champion up to an entirely
plaints have been submitted an- that the new strategies would delighted to welcome Champion new level.” The terms of the trans-
nually regarding cats. Most of make it possible to punish negli- Petfoods and its staff of more than action were not disclosed. The
the complaints were reportedly gent cat owners and at the same 800 talented employees to the deal is subject to the usual of-
related to illegal cat ownership time give responsible cat owners Mars Petcare family. The team at ficial approvals and is expected
the opportunity to have their pets Champion Petfoods has pioneered to be completed in the first half
to live with them in their HDB the development of high-quality, of 2023.
apartments. top-class pet food in the natural Speculation has been ongoing
product category that is trusted by for a while in the pet sector re-
Big fire destroys warehouses pet lovers the world over. Working garding a takeover of Champion
and goods together, we will be even better Petfoods. There were rumours
equipped to support pet lovers back in 2018 that Nestlé Purina
A major fire has completely de- main headquarters in Brecon and to fulfil our mission of cre- Petcare wanted to acquire the Ca-
stroyed two warehouses belong- and our other sites in Llan- ating a better world for pets.” nadian enterprise.
ing to the UK treat manufacturer dovery are not affected – don’t
JR Pet Products in Llandovery. worry, we still have plenty of Hornbach opens in Constanta
Around 900 pallets containing stock,” the company announced
goods were lost in the blaze. “The in a post on its Facebook page.

Photo: Facebook.com/jrpetproducts The German home improvement ros in the site, construction and
chain Hornbach has opened a shopfitting. “Romania is now
new store in the Black Sea city one of the countries in which we
of Constanta in Romania. The are growing fastest,” said Erich
store has a total retail area of Harsch, board chairman of Horn-
20 000 m² as well as a 5 000 bach Baumarkt AG.
m² garden centre with aquatics
and pet product departments. Advertisement

It is the ninth Hornbach store AYoguorodanteimamal-afnordaulsi!fetime.
in Romania and the first on the
900 pallets of goods were destroyed along with two warehouses. Black Sea. The company has re-
portedly invested over 32 mio eu-

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