<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(38, 50, 56); color: rgb(38, 50, 56); font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">“Across the UK, pet owners and wildlife enthusiasts leave brushed pet fur outside for birds to collect. But with around 80% of the country's </span><a href="https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/pdsa-animal-wellbeing-report/paw-report-2023" target="_blank" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 101, 255); text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 101, 255); font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">22 million cats and dogs</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(38, 50, 56); color: rgb(38, 50, 56); font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> receiving regular </span><a href="https://phys.org/tags/flea/" rel="tag" class="textTag" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 50, 56); text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 101, 255); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); caret-color: rgb(38, 50, 56); font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">flea</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(38, 50, 56); color: rgb(38, 50, 56); font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> and tick treatments, this well-meaning act can inadvertently expose birds to harm.”</span></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#263238" face="Quicksand, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 50, 56); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br></span></font>https://phys.org/news/2025-02-pet-flea-treatments-wildlife-owners.html</div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div></body></html>