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 ...

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 ...

A humane law regarding pets

Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »

Black and white plastic trash bags lay stacked, floor to ceiling, in the corner of a conference room Monday at the Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley. Officials called it "Body Bag Mountain" - meant to illustrate the average total number ...

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 ...

Pet Neutering Act Postponed in State Senate

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »

Assemblyman Lloyd Levine opted to withdraw his proposal rather than have it fail in a Senate committee Wednesday. That follows months of protest from breeders, service organizations and rural governments who opposed a mandatory six-month spay and neuter mandate ...