ABC NEWS/AP - Their fur caked with mud, pet dogs trot forlornly in rubble-filled streets along Japan’s devastated coastline, foraging for scraps and searching for owners. Luna, a six-year-old Beagle mix, is tied to a tree, barking for attention or sleeping in a cardboard box on a dirty cushion, two bowls of frozen water before her. Still she is one of the lucky ones. She has food. Passers-by pet and comfort her...more…
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Tragedy in Japan Leaving behind homeless pets.
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Why Your Dog Likes to Dig and How to Stop it.
Thursday, March 31st, 2011MICHIGAN – (Lansing State Journal) - The American Kennel Club notes that while certain breeds, terriers in particular, tend to dig more because it’s in their genes, dogs dig as an outlet for frustration when they are left alone outside in the backyard. Digging provides something to do when an active, intelligent dog is bored out of his mind. “Dogs dig for a number of reasons,” said AKC Canine Good Citizen Director and Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist Mary Burch…more…
Nature’s Logic Celebrates 5 Years of Making 100% Natural Pet Food
Thursday, March 31st, 2011NEBRASKA – (MBB News) Nature’s Logic, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is celebrating five years of making high-quality, 100% natural foods for dogs and cats. Since 2006, the company has introduced canned, dry, and raw formulas, all without chemically-synthesized vitamins or minerals. Over the years, Nature’s Logic has expanded the selection of protein choices, now offering chicken, lamb, duck, venison, beef, rabbit, salmon, and our newest flavor, sardine...more…
Winter Coat Saves Chihuahua’s Life
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (UPI) – An Illinois man credited his Chihuahua’s winter jacket with saving the small canine from a great horned owl attack…more…
Rat Poisoning of Pets on the Rise
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011Bismark ND – (KFYR-TV) – Pet Owners need to keep a watchful eye on their dogs. A Williston veterinarian says he`s seeing more cases of rat poisoning than ever before.
Dr. Vince Stenson says cases of rat poisoning involving dogs in Williston are on the rise.”With oil activity and more out buildings, sheds and shops and things like that there`s just more places for rats and mice to live and probably more dogs are spending times in these places with their owners” says Stenson…more…
Just this week, Stenson saved the lives of two dogs from rat poisoning.
Blackbirds that fell in AK. died of blunt trauma!
Monday, January 3rd, 2011(MSNBC) BEEBE, Ark. — Preliminary autopsies on 17 of the up to 5,000 blackbirds that fell on this town indicate they died of blunt trauma to their organs, the state’s top veterinarian told NBC News on Monday. Their stomachs were empty, which rules out poison, Dr. George Badley said, and they died in midair, not on impact with the ground. That evidence, and the fact that the red-winged blackbirds fly in close flocks, suggests they suffered some massive midair collision, he added. That lends weight to theories… More…
11 Startling Myths About Pets Explained
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010MSNBC – (Petwave) – Regardless of whether you own a pet that barks or purrs, you still have probably heard a myth or two about them. Here are some truths, facts and falsehoods about the top 11 most common myths about dogs and cats…more…
When You Die Will You Make Your Pet Follow?
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010MSNBC - We’ve all heard of people who love their pets too much. But what about loving your pet to death? Such was the case with Tom Tom, a healthy 2-year-old Yorkshire terrier who was euthanized and laid to rest last March after its late owner, Donald Ellis, left explicit instructions that his beloved Yorkie be put down and buried with him. While startling, it wasn’t an anomaly. Tom Tom isn’t the only pet to find his days numbered after an owner shuffles off this mortal coil…more…
United States Senate moves on food safety bill…finally
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010THE HILL – Almost a year to the day after a unanimous committee vote, a long-stalled bill to promote food safety is poised for Senate passage within a week. The bill by Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) passed the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Nov. 18, 2009, with a 16-0 bipartisan vote. It had already passed the House in July 2009 on a 283-142 vote. But it was then forced onto the Senate’s back burner while the upper…more…
Lyme disease rates up among pets in PA. Humans also at risk.
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Millie was a 16-month-old spayed Bernese mountain dog who bounded into the veterinary examination room and greeted our staff with her wagging tail and bubbly personality. Her coat was sleek, her eyes were bright and her physical examination was normal. She tested negative for internal parasites and was at her ideal weight. She was in perfect health — or so we thought…more…
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10317/1102863-51.stm
Carniverous ‘monster’ fish had fist-sized teeth
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010(DISCOVERY NEWS & MSNBC) – The world’s largest lungfish tooth was recently unveiled at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa. The tooth belonged to a carnivorous “monster” of a fish that…more…
Afghanistan Hero Dog Accidentally Euthanized
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010ARIZONA (MSNBC) – A hero dog named Target, credited with saving a soldier’s life in Afghanistan, was accidentally euthanized at an animal shelter. KPNX’s Kevin Kennedy reports…more…
Miniature guide horse opens doors for blind student
Monday, November 15th, 2010OUTSTANDING STORY!
MSNBC – For Mona Ramouni, who’s blind, using a guide dog was just not possible. From an observant Muslim family, Ramouni’s parents objected to having a dog in the house…more…
New Ohio Egg recall has ties to DeCoster, Bethel
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010IOWA INDEPENDENT - Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., was notified Monday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that one of its suppliers, Ohio Fresh Eggs, had a routine environmental study sample that tested positive for Salmonella. Ohio Fresh Eggs has had ties with both Orland Bethel and Austin “Jack” DeCoster, the two men behind Iowa egg production companies at the center of a recent massive egg recall…more…
Bed Bugs possible on your pet? 50-50 chance!
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010NEW YORK—Plaguing local homes and businesses alike, the recent spread of bedbugs has many people concerned about the well-being of their families, homes, and even pets. For worried pet owners, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) provides information about these insects and how to protect pets..more…