Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Millie was a 16-month-old spayed Bernese mountain dog who bounded into the veterinary examination room and greeted our staff with her wagging tail and bubbly personality. Her coat was sleek, her eyes were bright and her physical examination was normal. She tested negative for internal parasites and was at her ideal weight. She was in perfect health — or so we thought…more…
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(DISCOVERY NEWS & MSNBC) – The world’s largest lungfish tooth was recently unveiled at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa. The tooth belonged to a carnivorous “monster” of a fish that…more…
ARIZONA (MSNBC) – A hero dog named Target, credited with saving a soldier’s life in Afghanistan, was accidentally euthanized at an animal shelter. KPNX’s Kevin Kennedy reports…more…
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MSNBC – For Mona Ramouni, who’s blind, using a guide dog was just not possible. From an observant Muslim family, Ramouni’s parents objected to having a dog in the house…more…
IOWA INDEPENDENT - Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., was notified Monday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that one of its suppliers, Ohio Fresh Eggs, had a routine environmental study sample that tested positive for Salmonella. Ohio Fresh Eggs has had ties with both Orland Bethel and Austin “Jack” DeCoster, the two men behind Iowa egg production companies at the center of a recent massive egg recall…more…
BOLIVAR-HERALD FREE PRESS Missouri, - Proposition B that places new regulations on dog breeders was approved by voters Nov. 3, but because it is a statutory change, it can be amended by the state legislature without a vote of the people. “We could repeal the whole process,” said Senator-elect Mike Parson, who is now 133rd District Representative. “But that’s not practical and not going to happen, probably.”…more…
NEW YORK—Plaguing local homes and businesses alike, the recent spread of bedbugs has many people concerned about the well-being of their families, homes, and even pets. For worried pet owners, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) provides information about these insects and how to protect pets..more…
LOS ANGELES TIMES - Children may be most vulnerable to dog bites when they’re left alone, a new study finds, and the guilty party may most often be the family dog. Researchers from the University of Colorado, Denver looked at data on 537 children up to age 18 who were treated at Children’s Hospital in Denver for dog bites to the face from 2003 to 2008…more…
SEDALIA, Mo. (KCTV5) – While it’s easy to find veterinarians in metro offices such as the Lee’s Summit Veterinary Hospital, farmers in Missouri and across the country say they can barely find a doctor to help them with their livestock. It’s a shortage some veterinarians say isn’t getting enough relief. Dana Gillig is one of two large animal vets in Sedalia. The two cover a 30-mile radius and their job is integral to keeping the No. 1 industry in Missouri alive and well…more…
REUTERS (NY)- Doctors who reported the case caution that pet owners using the drug-commonly prescribed to patients with a form of skin cancer called actinic keratosis-should be aware of the risk it poses to their animals and take steps to keep the medication away from curious snouts…more…
(NY TIMES) – Veterinarians around the country are reporting a strange phenomenon: spayed dogs and cats, even some puppies and kittens, are suddenly becoming hormonal. In female pets, the symptoms resemble…more…
(LIVESCIENCE/FOX)- Sightings abound of a four-legged, hairless, fanged monster that kills and sucks the blood, and sometimes milk, from livestock in the United States and Latin America. Its name chupacabra literally means “goat sucker.” There is, in fact, a real monster behind the sightings, but it has eight legs…more…
The pros and cons of using puppy pads…more
COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE – After the fall of Baghdad, one surprise awaiting U.S. soldiers was the group of the lions that stalked the grounds of a lavishly appointed presidential palace – half-starved, man-eating lions, it turned out, to which Saddam Hussein’s wildly depraved son Uday routinely fed romantic rivals. Someone had to care for the lions…more…