PDSA, the UK's leading animal charity, is looking to find eight overweight pets to take part in a new diet and exercise challenge.

The charity says that nearly half (48%) of all pet owners spoil their pets daily with extra snacks and human treats outside of regular meals, and that this is resulting in too many fat pets.

The eight lucky participants will be selected by celebrity health and fitness expert Kevin Adams and PDSA senior veterinary surgeon Elaine Pendlebury. These eight animals will follow a 100 day diet and exercise program that will be regularly monitored by their local PDSA PetAid hospital. At the end of the program, the pet with the greatest proportional weight loss who best stuck to their new exercise regime will be crowned PDSA pet fit camp champ, winning the owner and their pet a weekend away at Knoll House Hotel at Studland Bay in Dorset.