BILLY’S PET PROJECT

KENNEL owner Billy Woodhouse, left, has gone out of business because of the virus – but he has refused to close his doors. Instead, he’s looking after NHS workers’ pets for free while they are at work. The 21-year-old is offering the same service – at a discounted price – for patients in hospital. His Hatton Boarding Kennels in Shifnal, Shropshire, is currently caring for six dogs whose owner is in intensive care with the virus. ‘At least her family don’t have the stress of having to find a home for her dogs,’ he says. The lucky pets are walked three times a day.