A town in Italy has switched to silent fireworks in an attempt to reduce the anxiety that noises from a normal firework would cause for animals.
As any animal owner will know, dates such as Bonfire Night and New Years Eve can be a time of heightened anxiety for your pets as they are terrified by the bangs from fireworks.
Most dogs can hear four times the distance of a human and can pick up much higher pitched sounds at a frequency range of 67-45,000 Hz, so it's no wonder why they find fireworks so scary.
Although there are plenty of products available that claim to ease their nerves, we all know that the best way to do this is to stop the noise in the first place.
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This is why the local government of Collecchio passed a law in 2015, ordering that all firework displays must be done with silent fireworks.
The law endeavours to reduce the stress and impact of fireworks on pets and local wildlife.
It also means that pet owners can bring their pets to the displays, depending how sensitive they are to the flashing lights.
Silent fireworks still come with the same colours and explosions but they just don't have the terrifying bang at the end.
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Fantastic Fireworks is a company based in England that started selling a quiet fireworks package 30 years ago.
Senior Display Manager Rino Sampieri told the New York Times: "We've seen more competitors in the last decade or so. Today, quiet fireworks are part of everybody's inventory."
In the run up to Bonfire Night, an anxiety hotline for dogs has been opened by Edgard & Cooper.
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Dog-owners will be able to talk to specialists from 6pm on the 5th November to get advice on how to calm their dog's nerves.
Edgard & Cooper co-founder Louis Chalabi said: "Fireworks travel up to 150mph at up to 120 decibels, it's no wonder our dogs suffer on Bonfire Night.
"The service will go-live at 6pm on 5th November, and will run till 11.30pm that evening."
Details for Edgard & Cooper's hotline will be available here from 5th November.
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