Pets News Archive
14-Oct-2008
- 'Pets Drive Gift Giving Trends This Holiday Season (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
GREENWICH, Conn.----More than half of all dog and cat owners will be buying gifts for their pets this holiday season- about 83 million households estimated to spend billions! Overall Americans spend 43 billion dollars each year on their pets according to the American Pet Products Association . - 'Exotic pets, young kids a bad mix (Gretna Breeze)
CHICAGO (AP) -- Warning: Young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets -- or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter -- because of disease risks. - 'Pediatricians: Exotic Pets Can Pose Dangers to Your Kids (WEAU Eau Claire)
A new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics shows exotic pets can transfer dangerous diseases to your kids. - 'Call for ban on primates as pets (BBC News)
A loophole in UK animal welfare laws that allows primates to be kept as household pets needs to be closed, an MP urges. - 'Five Tips For Keeping Pets Healthy And Vet Bills Down (The Post-Journal)
We all love our pets and for good reason. They provide a great deal of joy in our lives and offer unconditional love. That's why whether it's a routine annual exam, ongoing flea and heartworm control, » Full Story - 'PhotoVote: Show Us Your 'Pets At The Park' (WCVB Boston)
We know it's not just dogs who love the park, so this week PhotoVote invites you to share your best "Pets At The Park" photos. - 'Seniors bond with pets at Grandell Rehab Center in Long Beach (New York Daily News)
A Long Island-based animal owner is finding a new way to bring comfort to nursing home residents. Andre Ricaud uses his collection of exotic animals - boa constrictors, chinchillas, tortoises, lemurs and more - as therapy pets. - 'Pets Drive Gift Giving Trends This Holiday Season (wallstreet:online AG)
More than half of all dog and cat owners will be buying gifts for their pets this holiday season- - 'Aging Pets, Medical Advances Driving Pet Meds Market: Study (Progressive Grocer)
The humanization of pets has expanded into the realm of medicine, as pharmaceutical companies adapt human technologies to develop pet-specific ones, and the category is seeing double-digit growth, according to a new study by market research firm Packaged Facts. - 'Keep Your Pets Safe In Cold Weather (WHIZ News Zanesville)
It may be unseasonably warm for October but colder weather is around the corner and along with it brings concerns about keep your pets safe. Executive Director of the Muskingum County Animal Shelter Larry Hostetler has some advice when it comes to keeping your animals protected.
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