Foreclosures make Arizona families give up pets
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »The pooch was rescued as a pup from the streets seven years ago and has lived snugly in the Strohmeyers' southwest side home ever since. That home went into foreclosure proceedings two weeks ago. The family has less than three months ...
Prozac for Pets
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »With behavior-fixing drugs ubiquitous in the United States, it was only a matter of time before we started drugging our pets. The New York Times Magazine goes soup-to-bones on this booming billion-dollar industry, founded on two sea-level cultural changes: a recognition ...
Animal whisperers come out of the shadows to help troubled pets
Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Nikki and Lucy are my 10-year-old cats. They were nice to each other up until a year or so. That’s when the hissing started, and the bullying, and the sporadic indifference. That’s also when Nikki, shy and small-boned, began packing on ...
Foreclosures taking toll on pets
Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »When a homeowner has to leave his home because of foreclosure, often his pet is left behind. Now services are emerging to help pets navigate the mortgage-crisis fallout. Houston-based No Paws Left Behind offers a database of shelters financially distressed homeowners can ...
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 ...
Foreclosure Pets Program Selects First 10 Shelters
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »An increase in the number of surrendered or abandoned pet cats and dogs as a result of nationwide home foreclosures has spilled over into animal shelters, and new requests for the Foreclosure Pets Grant Program keep rolling in. The program, launched ...
Suffering from foreclosure crisis in North County
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »The American dream — owning a home — has transformed into an unexpected nightmare for people and their pets. Point the blame on the rising, sometimes surprising, adjustable mortgage rates that are forcing foreclosures. We in North County reside in ...
Tiny Travelers Welcomed with Open Arms
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »Traveling with your kids is getting easier than ever before. In recent years the travel industry has experienced a boom in family travel and rather than assuming that parents will only take children to family oriented sites such as ...
World briefs
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »In the case of United States of America vs Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins, the shark fins have prevailed. The lawsuit stemmed from the US seizure of $618,956 worth of the fins, used in Asian soups, from the King Diamond ...
As pets’ place in American home grows, more employers offer animal health insurance
Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »At a time when employers are scaling back on costly health benefits, pet insurance is gaining popularity as an employee benefit. Veterinary Pet Insurance, the nation's largest pet insurer, saw its corporate accounts balloon from 15 to 1,600 in the past ...
