Pets News Archive

'Five Tips for Keeping Pets Healthy and Vet Bills Down (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - When it comes to caring for our pets' health, most of us don't bat an eye when it comes to spending money on expensive prescriptions or procedures, even for common health problems like skin allergies, digestive upset and urinary tract infections.

'Photo gallery: You can adopt one of these pets (Detroit Free Press)
Every week, the Free Press runs photos of animals available for adoption.

'Dying cat owner sends her 32 pets to Ala. vets, begs for new homes (USA Today)
The Associated Press has filed this animal-lover story from Opelika, Ala.: Five veterinary clinics in eastern Alabama received 32 surprises in the last week: Healthy cats in containers and carriers, along with notes from an anonymous donor saying she is dying from cancer. The notes signed by "Miss R" beg the vets to find her pets new homes. "My time is very, very short," the donor wrote. "There ...

'Inventor Michelson offers $75M for a way to sterilize pets (USA Today)
A very rich, very impatient retired surgeon, Gary Michelson, wants pet overpopulation solved.

'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.

'Local Company Produces Election Rap with Pets in Mind (FOX 4 News Kansas City)
PoliticalShop.com, a Kansas City area business makes campaign buttons for pets and people. Now, it's produced a new rap song about the 2008 Election, as seen through the eyes of cats and dogs!

'No exotic pets for youngsters (South Bend Tribune)
CHICAGO -- Warning: Young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets -- or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter -- because of risks for disease.

'Beach SPCA to stop taking pets; city shelter to continue (The Virginian-Pilot)
VIRGINIA BEACH The Virginia Beach SPCA will stop taking in stray pets Nov. 1 as part of an effort with the city to reunite animals with their owners, officials said. The city's animal control bureau and the private SPCA have battled over the treatment of pets at the city shelter on Leroy Road, where owners were likely to look for their lost pet.

'Pets de Nonne Recipe (About.com)
Will the real pets de nonne stand up? A small controversy erupted a few weeks ago when I sent out a newsletter featuring a recipe for Canadian pets de nonne....

'Families Struggle to Keep Pets During Bad Economy (KTVN Reno)
As the economy has gotten worse, local animal rescues are seeing an increase in the number of people giving up their pets because they can't afford to keep them.

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