Ordinance protects pets from abusers
Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »What kind of laws does New Mexico have in place to protect animals from being adopted by convicted animal abusers? That?s the question many people are asking after seeing the video of an Albuquerque city worker throwing her dog. Officials say ...
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 ...
Owners can’t afford to keep pets
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »The shepherd mix was dropped off at the Humane Society in Tampa Wednesday morning. His family was heartbroken, because they couldn't afford his care. "They came to us out of desperation, had lost their job and then their home.” Sherry Silk ...
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 ...
County-shelter pets don’t have heartbreak guarantees
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Chase Chandler doesn't make a lot of money. He's 21, works for a large retailer and rents a room from his parents. Relative to most of the rest of us, he's a kid. For him, the $95 he paid to adopt ...
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 ...
Quarantine needed for pets from most countries
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »ONLY a small number of people have been caught trying to smuggle in pets over the last three years, said the Agri-food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA). Most bring them in legally, said a spokesman. Student Liu Liangwu, 21, was ...
Welcome to the world of Animal Aunts
Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Imagine spending a few weeks in a beautifully converted barn in the gorgeous Surrey countryside with all mod cons, including cars, at your disposal. The only exertion involves feeding and exercising the clients well-trained field Labradors twice a day. Walking the ...
Dog suits and dung among my pet hates
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »People joke that the number of pet dogs in Beijing is more than the urban population. It is an exaggeration to some but Beijingers seem to love their pets more than most. They might address their offspring as "lazy little scamps", ...
Nearly Three Dozen Dogs, Cats Perish in Animal Shelter Fire
Saturday, March 1st, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »More than three dozen animals -- many of them puppies -- died Thursday in a fire at a Lake Elsinore animal shelter. The blaze at Animal Friends of the Valleys in the 29000 block of Bastron Street consumed part ...
