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 ...
Methodology for Pets and Politics poll
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »The AP-Yahoo News Poll is a unique study that will track the moods and opinions of a group of people throughout the presidential election campaign. The fifth wave of this study included re-interviews of 1,759 people between June 13-23 who ...
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 ...
Protecting Your Pets from Fleas
Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »The warm weather is causing a rise in some unwanted pests. Protecting your pets from fleas can in turn protect you from harmful parasites. if (self['plpm'] && plpm['Mid-Story Ad']) document.write('<table style=\"float : right;\" border=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td align=\"center\" valign=\"bottom\">');if (self['plpm'] && plpm['Mid-Story Ad']){ document.write(plpm['Mid-Story Ad']);} ...
Pets are part of family grieving
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »When Millicent "Mikki" Kraushaar died, her obituary included this: "She is also survived by her dog Angel who provided unwavering love and comfort. They shared a special bond, and it was this little white dog that helped her understand how important ...
Video Report - Pets being abandoned by cash-strapped owners
Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »Uncertain economic times mean animal shelters across the country are more crowded than ever, and in Kingsport the number of pets being taken to the shelter is on the rise. “Here in the past five months we have noticed our population ...
Move afoot to spay Chicago pets
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Burke was asked how the city would go about enforcing the ordinance, since cats are not licensed and dog licenses are widely-ignored. “When you drive down the street and see a gang banger with all kinds of gang regalia walking along ...
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 ...
Air Canada no longer consigning pets to cargo
Sunday, May 4th, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »Pets travelling on Air Canada are being bumped up from cargo to checked baggage starting Sunday as the window closes to appeal a tribunal ruling that deemed the cargo rule unreasonable for pet owners. Air Canada is quietly making the change ...
Pets may be latest victim of economy
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »"We always have a lot of abandonments; that is an ongoing problem because of the somewhat transient nature of the population here," said Jayne Vaughn, executive director of the Sevier County Humane Society Animal Shelter on Gnatty Branch Road in ...
