The number of unvaccinated pets doubled between 2016 and 2017

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Wonder cures promising to provide immunity from many fatal conditions have been adopted by many loving pet owners who have been misled by the products’ adverts online.

And as a rising number of owners choose to switch from conventional vaccination to “homeopathic nosodes”, the RSPCA revealed that these products, made from the diseased flesh of dead animals, put pets at risk of “horrific suffering”.

RSPCA veterinary director Caroline Allen said: “We are very concerned to see unlicensed, potentially dangerous and ineffective treatments being sold online and would urge people to report these products to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD).

“While there does seem to be an increasing amount of “anti-vax” material online, this is not supported by a genuine evidence base.”

Online shopping giant Amazon announced this week it will remove advertisement related to these anti-vaccination materials to curb the sales of the harmful treatments.