10/12/2008
New rules would allow pot-bellied pigs to be kept as pets in Atlantic Highlands (Asbury Park Press)
After months of thinking she might have to get rid of her pet Lucy, Melissa Card recently received good news. An ordinance that would allow residents to keep pot-bellied pigs as pets is expected to be introduced at the Borough Council meeting Oct. 22.
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10/12/2008
Number of Pets in Aminal Shelters Increases, Economy the Cause (FOX 13 Utah)
The economy is not only affecting people; pets are also being affected. The Utah Humane Society says Utah animal shelters have experienced an increase in the number of pets being donated by owners. Families have been forced to give up their pets, because they can't afford to tend to them during the current economic crisis. Maintaining a healthy pet requires hundreds of dollars a year, when ...
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10/12/2008
Homeless Pets has neighbors up in arms (Helena Independent Record)
BILLINGS — Help for Homeless Pets, a popular animal rescue group, is coming under fire from some neighbors because they say dogs are running loose and wreaking havoc in the neighborhood.
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10/12/2008
Five Tips for Keeping Pets Healthy and Vet Bills Down (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - When it comes to caring for our pets' health, most of us don't bat an eye when it comes to spending money on expensive prescriptions or procedures, even for common health problems like skin allergies, digestive upset and urinary tract infections.
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10/12/2008
Pets die in city fire (The New Britain Herald)
NEW BRITAIN - Three pets perished in a Tulip Street fire Saturday when a blaze broke out on the home's first floor. Neighbors called firefighters at 1:09 p.m. when they realized the house was ablaze but no one was home.
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10/12/2008
Nevada Humane Society Seeing Record Number Of Abandoned Pets (KOLO 8 Reno)
Shelter temporarily discounting adoption prices to increase demand for unwanted pets
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10/12/2008
Pets suffer when owners split (ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Stressed-out cats and dogs are suffering compulsive disorders because of Britain's high break-up rate between couples.
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10/12/2008
Nut Club pets on parade (The Gleaner)
Patrick Beyers and his 12-year-old daughter, Maggie Beyers, have different names for caged turkeys they pulled along Franklin Street in the Fall Festival's pet parade, Saturday. Maggie calls the big colorful male "Tom" and and the smaller hen "Tiny." To her father, however, they're "Lunch" and "Dinner." Maggie insists they won't wind up on a platter this Thanksgiving or any other day for that ...
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10/12/2008
Howlin' Halloween for pets (Provo Daily Herald)
I simply love this time of year. School is back in session, which means that college football is back; the leaves change colors to display nature in all her grandeur; the temperatures drop such that there is no need for heating or cooling your house; -- just open and close your windows as needed -- and Halloween arrives to kick off the holiday season. The spooky holiday is full of tales of ...
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10/11/2008
Don’t poison your pets (The Facts)
Most people know that chocolate is dangerous for cats and dogs, but there are a number of other human foods to keep away from pets — even some it’s hard to imagine them wanting in the first place.
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