MEMA Urges Pet Owners to Prepare for Gustav
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency asks residents who own pets and livestock to have disaster plans in place for their animals as Gustav approaches. Pets are not allowed in most public shelters. Plan in advance for shelter alternatives that will work ...
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 ...
Church provides space for pets’ ashes
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »The Church of the Epiphany's columbarium is the final resting place for members' cremation ashes, but the next personalities to be interred could well be a Rottweiler and a cat. In July, the Episcopal congregation's vestry, or governing board, approved parishioners' ...
Foreclosures force families to leave pets
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »The home foreclosure crisis has affected The Humane Society of Ventura County shelter in Ojai. Families losing their homes and moving into rental properties must leave their pets behind and are turning to the Humane Society Shelter to take dogs and ...
Popular summer pets in Japan
Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »DURING summer, some children would go around with long-handled nets to catch butterflies, dragonflies, cicadas, rhinoceros beetles and stag beetles to rear or play with. Those beetles and cicadas give me the creeps. To me, the cicada (semi) resembles a ...
Pets Suffer From Heat Exhaustion
Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »Lying in the grass, unprotected from the blazing July sun while donning a fur coat would not appeal to many, but for others it's not a choice. Some pets are suffering from heat exhaustion this summer due to the thoughtlessness ...
The Dog Spot is a real treat for pets and owners
Saturday, July 26th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »A few days ago, a friend and I took my dog, Dixie, to an area on Cleveland Avenue, just past the railroad tracks. We let her roam freely and happily under a bridge. She sniffed at grass and rocks in this ...
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 ...
Pampering your pets in style
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Espeso may be a brand-new high-end accessories mecca for dogs and cats with style, but the partners behind it aren't latecomers to the pet-pampering scene. They helped create it. Fourteen years ago, long before the proliferation of organic dog treats and ...
Animal whisperers come out of the shadows to help troubled pets
Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Nikki and Lucy are my 10-year-old cats. They were nice to each other up until a year or so. That’s when the hissing started, and the bullying, and the sporadic indifference. That’s also when Nikki, shy and small-boned, began packing on ...
