Dozens respond to plea for help for shelter’s pets
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »When Cindi Middleton learned that Lane County Animal Services is closing its kennels May 29, she knew now was the time to open her own heart. With sons Conner, 7, and Riley, 2, in tow, she visited an adopt-a-thon held at ...
Pets run wild at rec center
Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »It was animal madness at the CNY Pet Expo and Adopt-a-Thon at the New Hartford Recreation Center Saturday afternoon. “The second week in May is 'Be Kind to Animals Week,' so we want to come together,” said Robin Yager, director of ...
Keep exotic pets from becoming exotic pests
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission also is interested in the whereabouts of African rock pythons, Asiatic rock pythons, reticulated pythons, southern African pythons and venomous snakes not indigenous to the state. New state regulations requiring permits for exotic snakes went ...
Pets Left After Foreclosures Up For Adoption
Sunday, May 4th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Many pets around the valley are being left behind because of the foreclosure crisis. Local animal shelters are now looking for a place for these animals to go. Pet Adopt-A-Thon was held on Saturday at Russell and Decatur and featured dozens ...
Simulation Shows What It’s Like to Be Boss
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »Santa Clara, Calif. -- For three days in mid-March, software-development manager Ted Tabloski got a taste of what it would be like to run his company. Mr. Tabloski joined 25 colleagues in a game that made them top executives ...
Respect for diversity
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »At St Joan Antide School Primary School in Gudja, teachers and students were very proud to host their pets earlier this year to mark St Anthony the Abbot's Day. All kinds of animals were the protagonists of this memorable two-day event, ...
Giant python swallows family dog
Saturday, March 1st, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »A five-metre python stalked a family's dog for days before swallowing the pet whole in front of horrified children. Even the children themselves were at risk from the reptile in the family's north Queensland home, says a snake expert. The boy and ...
Japan experiments with robots as part of daily life
Saturday, March 1st, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust. Hooked up to a database of words clustered by association, the robot _ ...
Pets Day at San Anton School
Sunday, February 17th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »San Anton School, L-Imselliet, recently organised a Pets Day for its junior classes on the feast of St Anthony the Abbot, patron saint of domestic animals. Pupils excitedly brought their pets to school and turned the junior sector common area into ...
Coming up
Sunday, February 17th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »%26#149; The Non-Maltese Residents' Committee of the Legion of Mary is organising an ecumenical service at the Xag%26#295;ra parish church on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The programme includes spiritual thoughts as well as messages from Catholic and Anglican Ministers. The ...
