Overcrowded Pets Without Parents seeks relief
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Space is running tight and low at Clintonville's Pets Without Parents Animal Shelter. In addition, adoptions of kittens and puppies and cats and dogs are down because people don't have the funds to adopt, she said. To that end, in addition to ...
Neutering pets can prevent cancer
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Several times in the past couple of months, I have had to do what no doctor looks forward to - deliver the diagnosis of cancer. While the pets afflicted were different in age, breed and residence, they all possessed a common ...
The latest local news from the Union-Tribune’s newsroom
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Dogs tied to trees. Lizards in a child's room. Turtles in garages. All heart-wrenching victims of California's mortgage meltdown as homeowners abandon their pets, sometimes left behind locked doors as the foreclosure sign goes up. The measure provides bank employees with ...
Pender prisoners to train family pets
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »Raab, the founder of Monty's Home, has been working with the Pender Correctional Institution to start a dog-training program at the Burgaw prison, bringing together unwanted dogs and locked-up people for the benefit of both. The Pawsitive Partners Prison Program will ...
Foreclosures make Arizona families give up pets
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »The pooch was rescued as a pup from the streets seven years ago and has lived snugly in the Strohmeyers' southwest side home ever since. That home went into foreclosure proceedings two weeks ago. The family has less than three months ...
Car can be furnace for pets
Friday, July 25th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »The letter from "No Dogs in the Car" you printed last year appeared one day too late for me. I pulled into a supermarket parking lot on a hot afternoon, and I heard a dog barking and whining. It was ...
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 ...
Pets need donations due to floods
Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »The recent floods in Indiana have affected not only the human population, but have also taken a massive toll on animal shelters and animal rescue groups. In a coordinated effort to help relieve the devastating effect that the flood waters have ...
