Dressing up your pet for Halloween? Here's why that's a scary idea

A Cowboy cat? Hotdog dog? Dressing up your pet for Halloween might seem like a cute idea but if you care at all about your furry friend, please don't put them in a costume, animal rights experts say. "Costumes not only restrict the animals' freedom of movement, but also their ability to communicate," says Karina Omelyanowskaya from the German animal welfare organisation Four Paws. Dogs communicate mainly through their tails and ears, but if the costume covers these body parts, that no longer works properly, creating a distressing situation for the animal, according to the expert. Animal rights...