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pets News For 23-Aug-2008

  • Yogi Lama Gursam blesses pets (The Sault Star)
    Yogi Lama Gursam, a Tibetan Meditation Master, blessed pets during his week in Sault Ste. Marie, for his blessing and teaching series. He blessed about a half-dozen animals at Bellevue Park on Thursday evening.


  • Legislation banning motorists from holding pets moves forward (Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register)
    SACRAMENTO ? pets are one vote away from having to sit somewhere other than drivers' laps.


  • Emergency Alert System for Missing Pets (KBTX 3 Bryan - College Station)
    You've heard of Amber Alerts for missing children, now an internet service is applying that same idea to missing pets.


  • Pets' Corner: Who can I donate my terrapins to? (Independent)
    I will be emigrating to Dubai soon and I have four terrapins in a large tank and a tropical crab in another. As we are not taking them with us, I was wondering if I could donate them to any farm or zoo. Would they take our pets off our hands? Sharmaine, Staffordshire


  • Mortgage crises devastates pets, too; Bill passed to help endangered animals (The Humboldt Beacon)
    The subprime mortgage crisis that has devastated homeowners and the economy has brought with it a troubling trend: pets abandoned after home foreclosures. Those who assess deserted homes are often directed to leave property--including pets--untouched until the foreclosure process is completed.


  • Some pets belong on the job (Victoria Times Colonist)
    Most people leave their furry friends at home while at work but there are some pets that just belong on the job. Take three-month-old John IV, for example, the newest basset hound at the Quality Inn Waddling Dog Hotel in Central Saanich.


  • Celebrities pose with their pets for charity (ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
    pets are starring alongside their famous owners in a calendar to raise money for animal charity PDSA.