Showing 105 posts from January 2009
The city of Phoenix is enlisting help from Phoenix School of Law students to run a free, downtown barking-dog mediation service.
The service, which will start this month, is similar to one in nearby Chandler — Solve-It!, which opened in 2007. About one of every four cases it handles is about barking dogs.
According to the Arizona Republic, [...]
More than 100 feral cats and dogs living in squalid conditions were euthanized after authorities found them with the remains of 200 other animals placed in trash bags on the grounds of a home in rural Temecula, Calif.
Ten dogs were rescued, but authorities had to remove the dead bodies of 318 cats and dogs from the [...]
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is advising pet owners to discontinue using peanut butter products in light of last week’s recall by the FDA, which traced sources of Salmonella contamination to a plant owned by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), a distributor of peanut butter and peanut paste used [...]
The World of Pets Expo, which ended yesterday, had a little something for everyone — whether their pet of choice was dog, cat, gerbil, rat, snake, bird or goldfish.
But dogs clearly ruled, dominating most of the vendor space, workshops and demonstrations.
It was our first visit to the show, and, having the camera along, we took [...]
Honey the dog is just as sweet as her name implies, yet she has remained shelter-bound for nearly seven years. She’s only one of millions whose minor quirks — whether behavioral or medical — keep them waiting endlessly for someone to take them home.
NEW YORK — While animal shelters are designed to serve as [...]
