Pets News Archive
28-Feb-2006
- 'Shelter helps pets connect, feel at home (The Buffalo News)
Walking into the Pet Connection shelter in Marilla actually is more like wandering into a sanctuary. Most of the animals aren't in cages. A long-haired gray cat with a white face lounges on a table. - 'Pets looking for a place to call home (phillyburbs.com)
Somewhere between 15,000 and 25,000 Greyhounds are destroyed every year, according to Linda Ann, president of Linda Ann's Greyhound Rescue, Inc. - 'Pill bottles call for care around pets (Albany Democrat-Herald)
?Oh, no!? Karen had just gotten home and found her dog had managed to reach up and knock some items off the kitchen counter. His treats were stored there, so she knew what he?d been looking for. It wouldn?t have been a big deal ? except her medications had been on the counter, too. - 'Cunard expands `Pets on Deck' (Miami Herald)
Can't stand to leave Poochie or Fluffy home alone while you cruise the Caribbean? No problem. Cunard Line, operator of the Queen Mary 2, says it's enhancing its ''Pets on Deck'' program to appeal to a growing number of people who prefer to travel with their dogs and cats. - 'Plenty of time for pets (The Davis Enterprise)
Published Feb 22, 2006 - 11:17:21 CST. Carmelle Hyson spends her Saturdays in the company of dogs. Carmelle, 13, is one of many youths who volunteer for the SPCA every weekend helping unwanted pets find homes. - 'Spoiled pets give boom to pet industry (The Arizona Republic)
The nation's pet boarding industry has figured out it doesn't take much persuasion to get pet owners to pay extra for pampering: In the last five years, spending on pet services including boarding and grooming has more than doubled to $2.5 billion. - 'PA's Island of Unwanted Pets (WPVI-TV Philadelphia)
Unwanted pets are becoming a problem at Presque Isle State Park, which is becoming a dumping ground for the animals. - 'Pets this week (NorthJersey.com)
CAT AND KITTEN ADOPTIONS -- Sponsored by Friends of Homeless Animals, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at New Jersey Pets, Route 3 west, Clifton. Information: (973) 427-3390; foha.petfinder.com. - 'New ER now open for pets (Watauga Democrat)
Ask a dog how he feels, and chances are he?ll say, ?Ruff.? There?s certainly no need for alarm, but if there is, dogs and pets of the High Country now have their very own emergency room. - 'Pets are packing on pounds (KSBY-TV)
Cats are fat and dogs need dieting. A new study shows that pets are plumper than ever, facing obesity rates as bad as humans'. One out of four pets in the Western World are obese, the study says, and that may be an understatement.
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