Pets News Archive

'Legislation to include pets in protective orders fails (Provo Daily Herald)
An attempt to allow courts to include pets in protective orders failed on the Senate floor Monday. Legislators defeated House Bill 342, sponsored by Rep. Scott Wyatt, R-Logan, on an 11-15 vote. HB 342 would have allowed protective orders to give custody of pets to those who file for protection, and to prevent those who have orders filed against them from going near pets.

'One Stop Pet ER Available for Valley Pets (KFSN-TV Fresno)
It's been billed as a one-stop emergency treatment center for pets; the only facility with a CT/CAT scan designated specifically to animals and they also have an underwater treadmill for therapy after surgery.

'Humane Society urges neutering of pets (Battle Creek Enquirer)
The Humane Society of South Central Michigan is encouraging pet owners to mark today, the 13th annual Spay Day U.S.A., by spaying or neutering their pets.

'Coyotes mauling pets in upscale neighborhoods (Charleston Daily Mail)
GROSSE POINT FARMS, Mich. -- Coyotes with a taste for house pets are running wild in one of Michigan's most well-heeled neighborhoods. Residents in homes that cost as much as $5 million near the Country Club of Detroit are spooked following the deaths of a cat and a poodle.

'Road Salt Can Make Pets Sick (WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
Vets say road salt used to melt ice can make your pets sick, according to a new study.

'Legislative News: Lawmakers won't include pets in protection orders (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Posted: 7:47 AM- Senators have shot down a bill that would have allowed judges to issue protective orders for abuse victims that included their pets.

'Buying genetic pets; Exploding sap trees; Non-blinking cows (USA Today)
A website purportedly will market "genetic pets" in the near future. Could this all be true? Or is it a very elaborate joke? Do sap trees blow up in the winter? And how? Do cows blink?

'Get your pets vaccinated (Southeast Missourian)
To the editor:I had to have my cat euthanized. Rusty had feline leukemia plus the AIDS virus. I understand the importance of vaccinations and other shots for your pets. What I don't understand is...

'Dating Web site takes pets into account (CNN.com)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) -- A new dating Web site helps match people who are compatible with their dogs, cats or other pets.

'Alto woman seeks justice against teenage neighbor after two of her family pets are brutally killed in front of her (The Daily Sentinel)
Grace Briseno Sharp has seen two of her family's pets killed right before her eyes. Not by a wild animal ? but by her 13-year-old neighbor who allegedly used a family pit bull and a 12-gauge shotgun.

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