Fay takes toll on pets and wildlife
Sunday, August 24th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »The chocolate brown Labrador retriever stared out the car window, his red-rimmed eyes speaking volumes about his predicament. He was sharing half the back seat of a friendly state transportation worker's car with a German shepherd, and his rear leg was ...
Pet owners gear up for spay-neuter law dogfight
Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »The state Legislature has pet owners barking up a storm once again. Nearly a year after controversy stopped the mandatory spay and neuter bill in its tracks, the proposal is back, this time in a watered-down form that hasn't ceased the ...
Officials Tout Pets’ Rabies Shots
Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »A single rabies vaccination could have been enough to save the family dog last week. Instead, the pooch, lacking up-to-date shots, had to be euthanized following an attack by a rabid skunk. The attack, last Thursday on Mountain City Road outside ...
Pit bull suspected of terrorizing PSL neighborhood pets
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »The male pit bull with close cropped ears might have killed two other cats, a rabbit and some birds in Torregrosa's central Port St. Lucie neighborhood, prompting an animal control official to suggest that area residents keep their pets inside ...
Help pets beat the heat
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »With these steamy hot days, the town’s newest Health Department employee is handing out tips on how to keep your dogs and cats safe from the side effects of too much heat. Public Health Director Peter Mirandi was delighted Tuesday to ...
Immunize Your Pets During Rabies Awareness/Dog Bite Prevention Week
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »The Alabama Department of Public Health has designated June 9-14 as Rabies Awareness and Dog Bite Prevention Week in Alabama, a time to remind the public that Alabama law requires all dogs and cats to be vaccinated against rabies each ...
Greece group finds homes for stray pets
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »Spring has arrived. Love is in the air, and, as Jennifer Coykendall knows all too well, stray cats and newborn kittens seem to be everywhere. "Kitten season has started. It's our busiest season," says Coykendall, a volunteer with Greece Residents Assisting ...
Abandoned Pets Overcrowding Animal Shelters
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »The slump in the housing market and subsequent rise in foreclosures are causing animal shelters to be overcrowded. According to Metro Animal Control, the number of abandoned animals is growing. They said they are typically seeing more dogs left chained up or ...
Disaster separated many pets from their keepers
Sunday, May 4th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Somewhere amid the tornado-tossed rubble and collapsed homes is a cat named Clyde. If you find him — a big, furry, black-and-white fellow — his owner, Chuck Slye, is looking for him. Clyde is just one of many missing pets since ...
Victim fights for death-row dogs
Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Hana Tangohaus mixed-breed dogs, Rhyme, and Rhymes eight-month-old pup Whirl, escaped from her property on the morning of February 15 when a closed gate was left open. The dogs crossed the road and killed two pet rabbits. A third rabbit disappeared. When ...
