BETA International has announced that its chosen charity for 2024 will be Medical Detection Dogs

The charity started in 2008, utilising a dog’s incredible sense of smell to help support humans, whether this is in detecting cancer, neurological diseases, specific bacteria, and even malaria; or supporting people with complex medical conditions such as Type 1 diabetes, PoTS, Addison’s Disease and more.

Working with the Bio Detection Dogs in this way is hoped to improve the speed of diagnosis for diseases, and Medical Alert Assistance Dogs continue to support people all over the country with life threatening conditions, helping to them lead more normal lives, saving lives, and also preventing many hospitalisations. The work done by the charity is ground-breaking and extensive, and BETA International is delighted to be able to provide a platform to showcase this at the 2024 event.

Claire Williams from BETA International said: “We are so excited to welcome Medical Detection Dogs to BETA International. The charity was suggested to us by various members of the committee and when we started to research them in greater detail, we were in awe of what the charity is doing and how life changing this is.

“We have many pet retailers visit BETA International each year, lots of equestrian retailers stocking pet products, and there’s a real affinity between horses and dogs which is well known. We have lots of exciting and interactive activities planned at the show with Medical Detection Dogs, and we can’t wait to learn more and meet some of these four legged lifesavers during the event too.”

BETA International will be held at NAEC Stoneleigh from September 22-23, 2024. You can find out more about BETA International and register to visit by clicking HERE.