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Omaha veterinarian identifies rare rabies strain in kitten

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Several hundred wild animals, mostly raccoons, have been trapped and vaccinated around Omaha, Nebraska, after a kitten positive for a variant of rabies carried by raccoons that hadn’t been detected in the state before.

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The Kitten Connection

4 The Love Of Animals

Kittens are only kittens for a year, but this short time is the most significant stage of a cat’s development. It’s important for kitten owners to recognize how impressionable these animals are and arm themselves with tools and expert advice to ensure their kittens the best start in life.

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Getting a Kitten from Kansas

Critter News

Are there good breeders out there that care for their animals and run their business out of pure love of their work and the animals? Friday she showed me the new kitten she will be purchasing. It's a two-week old kitten from Kansas. Now, this kitten will have an excellent life with my division director.

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University of Utah Cited by Dept. of Agriculture

Critter News

They received citations for animal welfare infractions, although apparently few of these infractions overlap with PETA claims from an undercover investigation. From the Deseret News. Tags: animal research utah university of utah undercover investigation PETA. You decide.

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Animal Control Officer Shoots Cats Because They Hissed at Him

Critter News

Lackawanna animal-control officer Frederick S. I opened the door, I took two steps downstairs, and three cats — the mother and two kittens — came at me,” Grasso testified at his daylong trial on two misdemeanor charges. A mother and TWO kittens mind you. And I seriously doubt a mother with kittens is going to "come at him".

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My Uneventful 3rd Blogiversary

Animal Person

So here I am, on the third anniversary of Animal Person, asking for advice that has nothing to do with veganism or animal rights (and I've tweeted about this so some of you already know what's coming). Also, there are three kittens, who are the only kittens since Project Treadstone began, so that's not so bad.

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Brooklyn Woman Assaults Two ASPCA Agents

4 The Love Of Animals

Says Joseph Pentangelo, Assistant Director of ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement, “In response to the agents’ decision to seize the kitten, Stewart choked and knocked down one of the ASPCA uniformed officers and punched the other.&#. Brooklyn Woman Assaults Two ASPCA Agents originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on August 9, 2009.

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