article thumbnail

H1N1 and your pets.

4 The Love Of Animals

With the latest news of finding the virus in a cat, here is an update about the H1N1 virus and how it affects your pets. Although it was previously believed that cats were also safe, a cat in Iowa has now tested positive for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. Pet pigs may contract swine flu. H1N1 and your pets. Dogs are safe.

Swine Flu 100
article thumbnail

Good Idea: Literary Pets

4 The Love Of Animals

And do you love animals too? They are called Literary Pets and they feature 20 great authors as you have never seen them before! Have you ever wondered what your favorite author would look like as an animal? They are available online at Literary Pets , and you can even get individual prints of your favorite author!

Pets 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Pet Photo Contest

4 The Love Of Animals

In the spirit of the season, Mambo Sprouts is teaming up with Wellness® Natural Food for Pets to help our fellow critters! So get out all those crazy, cute pictures of your pet (or pets!) And the best part is that the Grand Prize winner will get to choose which animal related charity the money will go to!

Pets 100
article thumbnail

The Shelter Pet Project

4 The Love Of Animals

Did you know that every year, of the 8 million dogs and cats that enter animal shelters, 3 million of these healthy and treatable pets are euthanized? Luckily, The Shelter Pet Project hopes to change this! The campaign has one unified goal, to increase pet adoption. It is such a sad statistic.

Shelters 100
article thumbnail

Prepare a pet rescue plan.

4 The Love Of Animals

Hurricane Season’s Here: Six Steps to A Rescue Plan that Includes Pets. Even with the aid of disaster response teams, many evacuees permanently lost their companion animals. As hurricane season 2009 heats up, the message couldn’t be clearer—you can help prevent losing your pet by putting emergency evacuation plans into place.

Rescue 100
article thumbnail

H1N1 and Your Pets

4 The Love Of Animals

It can spread to other pets however, such as turkeys and pigs. You should also be careful if you have a pet bird as they have sensitive respiratory systems that are susceptible to other human illnesses (such as colds). H1N1 and Your Pets originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on October 20, 2009.

Pets 100
article thumbnail

Bring Pets Home

4 The Love Of Animals

Begun in 1996 by the Humane Society of America, National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week encourages everyone who loves animals to bring public awareness to all the important work shelters do throughout the year. If you are like us and shop online often, this is a great way to help animals by doing something you would be doing anyway!

Pets 100