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pets News For 19-Aug-2008

  • Get free pets from the Houston SPCA Aug. 23 (The Potpourri)
    Tomball and Magnolia area residents may want to head over to the Houston SPCA between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 when the animal shelter will give away free pets.


  • Friendly reminder: Keep candles away from pets (East York Mirror)
    Dear UrbanAnimal, Just a quick note to ask if you could remind your readers to be extra cautious when pets and candles are in the same room. I just finished cleaning up after a small fire caused by...


  • Meetings with a Mutt? More Pets Sharing Office Space (Carteret County News-Times)
    (ARA) - Dogs and cats and fish, oh my! More than 63 percent of American households own a pet today, which equates to 71.1 million homes and a whopping 382.2 million pets, according to a recent American Pet Products Manufacturers Association survey of pet owners.


  • Even During Tough Economic Times, New Survey Shows Making Better Choices for Pets Is a Priority (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
    Even when balancing lighter checkbooks, 1 out of 4 people agree they wouldn't cut anything from their pets' lives, according to new survey results released today by The Goodlife Recipe® brand.


  • Stinky pets? Domesticated skunks find love (22 WSBT South Bend)
    DELAWARE, Mich. (AP) ? After a long day at work owning and operating the Delaware Copper Mine in the Upper Peninsula, Tom and Lani Poynter curl up in bed with their beloved pets ? their skunks.


  • Pause for Pets: Taking the worry out of anesthesia (The Adobe Press)
    Most of our pets have been anesthetized for common procedures such as neutering, fox tail removal or wound repair. These procedures could not be done without the use of medications that allow patients to ?sleep? during the procedure.


  • Pets: Yours, mine and ours (The Wichita Eagle)
    Of course, blended families bring together children from past lives and previous marriages. But the same goes for pets, who often -- through marriage or cohabitation -- must play nice together, share a room and compete for Mom and Dad's attention. Meow. WichiTalk is on the lookout for local families who have combined households with pets. How did you get that husky and ferret to act ...


  • Paws for Life microchips pets, aids Edmond Animal Shelter (The Edmond Sun)
    Paws for Life Inc. now offers pet owners a way to help Edmond?s homeless shelter animals while protecting their own cats and dogs. Through Paws for Life, the Edmond Animal Shelter will microchip pets from 1:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, at the shelter.


  • Province plans law for pets in suites (Winnipeg Free Press)
    The Doer government plans to introduce legislation, possibly before the end of the year, to encourage landlords to let tenants bring pets into their apartments. Among several proposed changes to the Landlord Tenant Act is a provision enabling landlords to charge a "pet deposit," similar to a damage deposit, to cover replacement costs if Rover chews up the carpeting.