Legendary children’s show Blue Peter is finally phasing out cats and dogs in return for gadgets and new technology in order to appeal to young people that are more enthusiastic about a Playstation 3 than a puppy dog.

The show just shifted from London to the BBC’s brand new northern base at MediaCity in Salford, and animals will certainly feature much less on the show in the future. The target age range of viewers of Blue Peter is 6 – 12 year olds, and also the show is fighting to keep the attention of kids away from dedicated channels of children’s programming.

Only one of the Blue Peter animals moved up north with the programme; present-day Blue Peter dog Barney is currently owned by presenter Helen Skelton and will still feature on the program. The show’s two cats, Socks and Cookie, have gone to live in Hertfordshire in retirement enabling them to put their feet up and also spend their days kicking back in comfy cat beds, and Shelley the tortoise also did not move to the show’s brand-new home.

Blue Peter has been famous for its pets as well as the charming mishaps brought on by the pets over the years, with many of the puppies and kittens featuring on the show getting more famous than the presenters! The thought behind featuring household pets on the show was to encourage those youngsters who had animals to care for them properly and behave as surrogate pets for people who did not have any.

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