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 ...

Aggressive dogs a growing local problem, officials say

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »

Verdis Pennington doesn't think his dogs would bite anyone. But a man passing through his yard, claimed Pennington's dogs attacked him. %26rdquo;I wouldn't have a dog that bites,%26ldquo; said Pennington, who voluntarily quarantined his dogs after the allegations were made ...

New law would make spaying and neutering mandatory for some pets

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »

A new bill just introduced in the California legislature would make spaying and neutering your cats and dogs mandatory, that is, unless your pet is a registered purebred, with a government-issued permit. Proponents of the proposed law say it ...

Experts say, keep pets safe from local wildlife

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »

Wildlife experts are warning pet owners to keep an eye on their dogs and cats. Recently, a womans small dog was attacked during a walk in the middle of the day in Palm Springs. The dog park off ...

Dog’s attack on baby called ‘freakish accident’

Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »

And Justin Mozer and Layne Crim were doting parents, he said, who took safety precautions and "tried to do everything just right," Jeff Mozer said."This is the most freakish accident. It was a dog you would never think would harm ...

Santa set free

Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »

Unfortunately, he was kidnapped and held for ransom recently. A rescue mission was mounted and after a tip-off he was reclaimed from his roost in another department, albeit in pieces. Here is happy Santa back in finance imbibing some Xmas ...

Dog attacks up 38pc, report says

Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »

For the year ended June 30, 2007, the animal control unit responded to 239 complaints, which included attacks, aggressive behaviour, barking, fouling, wandering and dogs that were contained by members of the public. Forty dog attacks were reported -- an ...