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 ...
2 central Florida towns differ on how many pigs can be pets
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Two towns in central Florida are at odds over how many potbellied pigs can be kept under one roof as pets. In Kissimmee, officials plan to restrict the number of pet pigs to one per household after one home drew complaints ...
More Than 500 Defensless Pets Stranded In Chile Volcano Zone
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »The pro-animal rights Coalition for the Ethical Control of Urban Animals (CEFU) disclosed on Wednesday that 500 pets in communities surrounding the Chaitén Volcano remain in imminent danger. This news came after rain and increased snow melt attributed to the ...
Activists want pets rescued from volcano
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Help is on the way for hundreds of household pets left behind in the wake of a volcano eruption in southern Chile, an animal welfare group said Saturday. The Coalition for Ethical Control of Urban Fauna, which has been critical of ...
Activists Require Pets in Chile Be Rescued
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Although the population near the erupting Chaiten volcano in southern Chile has been evacuated, the pets were left behind. The Coalition for Ethical Control of Urban Fauna didn’t accept the situation and requested that the pets be rescued as well. “They ...
Program helps pets of victims of domestic abuse
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Research has shown people who commit animal cruelty also have a propensity to hurt humans. Abusive individuals will also sometimes threaten, injure or kill pets to control, humiliate, punish or silence their partners, parents or children. Studies of battered women indicate ...
Dogs driven wild
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »Pets travelling in cars need to be firmly secured. WE'VE all seen it. Cruising down the freeway, doing (almost) the speed limit and a ute overtakes at some ridiculous speed. As it goes past, there's the obligatory dog, leashed to the back of ...
The full honours list
Sunday, January 27th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »ORDER OF AUSTRALIA COMPANION (AC) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION Emeritus Professor Denise Irene BRADLEY AO, Darlinghurst, NSW. For service to higher education through leadership and sector-wide governance, to the promotion of information-based distance learning, and to the advancement of Australian educational facilities internationally. The Honourable Sir John ...