ON TWITTER

#PEAKDOG

Over the past 12 months, many impulsively bought or rehomed a pooch. It's thought that the UK dog population has gone up by at least 10 per cent under lockdown, now totalling well over 11 million.

@killarockinbird wrote: "I'd really like a dog now as ours passed away a few years ago, but the prices are ridiculous and I won't line greedy breeders’ pockets. I will wait a bit longer until these poor dogs bought out of impulse filter through to the local rehoming centres."

@nuordrman tweeted:

"If there were someway to educate people dogs (any pets) are a life not a commodity."

@gillian522 wrote: "Good breeders who do all the health checks and really grill you as a prospective owner are ok .... it's the scumbag puppy farmers who've jumped on the bandwagon and charge silly prices who are to avoided. A lot of pups are coming in from abroad too."

@hippymid wrote: "What we were not prepared for, as non-dog owners, is the sheer volume of dog poo not picked up or left in a tree in a brightly coloured bag."

@ringlewood wrote:

"It's disgusting and unnecessary- def increased over lockdown! Everyone round here has bought a dog it seems! Just stupid unthinking people fulfilling selfish whim"

#vaccine

Indian government prioritising vaccines for its own citizens blamed for the delays in UK supplies.

@joerwallen wrote: "The Indian government is temporarily holding vaccine exports to the United Kingdom, the CEO of the Serum Institute, Adar Poonawalla, exclusively told @Telegraphworld"

@pallavii wrote: "I don't see a problem with ANY country halting exports to vaccinate its own citizens first. I'm sure if it was the other way around, UK would've done the same!"

@peterworby said: "We want our money back, then."

@humanbe wrote: "

This sounds so familiar, I wonder where I heard of a similar situation from..."

@corm5000 wrote: "Wow, something they can't blame on the EU."

@Mickhiggans wrote: "My wife and child went back to school last week and know they have Covid, schools going back and the lack of a vaccine aren't going to help the infection rate."