Group Seeks Donations For Pets
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »Twelve-week-old Suzie needs help to make it through the winter. Suzie, a dachshund puppy weighing in at a meager five pounds, relies mostly on donations and government funding for her food. To help Suzie and others like her, Forgotten Friends, an advocacy ...
Economy Forces Pet Owners To Abandon Animals
Thursday, November 13th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »A pair of black cats sits in a cage at Pets Lifeline, surrendered by an owner who could no longer afford to care for them. The cats purr loudly, rubbing their whiskers against the bars and stretching their paws out ...
Home Always Have Room For Pets On The Mend
Friday, October 10th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »Luisa Carr shares her Tempe home and her busy life with two dogs and two cats. But there is always time - and room - for one more. Carr, an interior designer for Dick and Fritsche Design Group, has volunteered for ...
Rabid Pet Is Among Dogs Flown Here From Iraq
Sunday, October 5th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »An effort by good Samaritans to rescue abandoned dogs from Iraq and bring them to the United States has led to a national public health warning after a puppy named Crusader was belatedly found to have rabies. The rescue mission, Operation ...
Pets Haven extends coverage
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Woodend's pro-life animal shelter Pets Haven has now agreed to take in strays from Moorabool Council. Owner Trish Burke said the latest agreement brought the number of Victorian councils handing over its strays to the Woodend shelter to three. "We take Macedon ...
Help pets beat the heat
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »With these steamy hot days, the town’s newest Health Department employee is handing out tips on how to keep your dogs and cats safe from the side effects of too much heat. Public Health Director Peter Mirandi was delighted Tuesday to ...
Microchipped pets don’t get lost for long
Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »There's no place like home for pets, but if cats and dogs manage to get loose and do not have identification, the odds of reuniting with their owner are significantly reduced. To help keep pets connected to their owners, the Oakville ...
Disaster separated many pets from their keepers
Sunday, May 4th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Somewhere amid the tornado-tossed rubble and collapsed homes is a cat named Clyde. If you find him — a big, furry, black-and-white fellow — his owner, Chuck Slye, is looking for him. Clyde is just one of many missing pets since ...
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 ...
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 ...