Pets News
 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.
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.
FieldTurf Tarkett Revamps Its 'FieldTurf Greenscapes' Division for Landscape, Playground, Pets, and Golf Applications (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) MONTREAL, Aug. 20, 2008 -- FieldTurf Tarkett announced today that it has revamped its Golf, Playground, Landscape, and Pets divisions to form the FieldTurf Greenscapes division. Each application has its own proven products that are specifically engineered to accommodate the different needs of each sector.
Financial assistance for spaying/neutering pets still available (Paris Beacon) A program started in May to help low-income families spay or neuter pets has had little use. “We haven’t had a great response,” said Ben Jenness, Edgar County Board member.
Advocates keep pets out of shelters (The Record) The idea behind Companion Animal Advocates is simple. Instead of a shelter for abandoned pets, why not create an organization designed to prevent people from abandoning them in the first place?
Skunks Make Great Pets (WLBZ Bangor) DELAWARE, M.I. (AP) -- When you think of pets, you probably don't think of skunks. But Tom and Lani Poynter say they make ideal pets.
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 of the Week (Texarkana Gazette) The pets of the week are a black and white male husky in cage D9 and a white and orange cat in cage C37. The Texarkana Animal Shelter has 57 dogs, 38 cats and 26 kittens for adoption, said a shelter official. There were 47 adoptions in the past week.
Bollywood, Here They Come! Emmy Award-Winning The Wonder Pets! Take Preschoolers on a Musical Adventure in 'Save The ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Linny, Tuck and Ming-Ming will have preschoolers shimmying and singing along in an exciting Bollywood-themed half-hour The Wonder Pets! primetime special, "Save The Bengal Tiger!," premiering Monday, Sept. 8, at 8:00 p.m. on Nickelodeon.
HARRIETTE COLE: Make choices for your kids and pets (Detroit Free Press) Dear Harriette: I'd like to join the discussion about play dates. I have three children. My oldest is 11. I, too, grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, and I never had play dates because it was a different world. I roamed my suburban neighborhood with my friends. We went to each other's houses. I called and checked in with mom or dad to let them know I was OK, but that was it. I'm raising my children ...
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