JILL MOSS lost her beautiful Samoyed BELLA in a terrible tragedy, this is their story reproduced with kind permission of www.thebellamossfoundation.com           "Bella Louise Moss (Kennel Club name 'Pricilla Princess'), a Samoyed, was 10 years old when she ruptured a cruciate ligament and underwent surgery at a London multi-chain veterinary clinic. During the operation her wound was infected with MRSA and Pseudomonas. Misdiagnosed, Bella later died in agony and distress, abandoned by young and inexperienced staff who were afraid of catching the infection..

"As a result of seeing my beloved companion and best buddy die in the most traumatic way, I began a website www.pets-mrsa.com. I want the Foundation to help pet owners and vets to know more about the risks of MRSA to pets so that no owner or pet would have to go through the same terrible experiences."   
  Jill has been seen all across the media this week highlighting her campaign.On her website she says:

"The Bella Moss Foundation is soon to be a registered charity.
Its main aims are to:

Provide information and sources of advice to veterinary practices to allow them to improve infection control;
Encourage Continuing Professional Development for the veterinary profession on infection control;
Support and publicise research into MRSA superbug and other serious infections affecting companion animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits and horses etc;
Provide support for pet owners whose pets have post-operative infections;
To work towards the establishment of a veterinary clinic for the care of pets suffering from MRSA and other serious infections;"

Quote from the site's Honorary Patron Claire Rayner, regarding MRSA in animals. "It is a very worrying situation. More research needs to be done for the future.

I am concerned about mrsa cross contamination from people to animals and vets should be diligent about infection control. We should all be concerned with protecting pets from unnecessary suffering and death."

Russianbear will be supporting www.thebellamossfoundation.com  & we urge you to do the same! Remember this could happen to your pet..your dog..or even you! Vets & pet owners across the country are reporting increasing cases of MRSA