4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

It’s that time of the year again when the humans start sniffling and sneezing! If you have ever wondered if your dog can get a cold, the answer is yes ! Not just dogs though, pet birds, ferrets, and even pet rats are all able to catch a cold from a person.

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Dogs Ferrets Vet Rats 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

Our small group spent a weekend at the Ferret Research Camp, a cluster of trailers tucked in the middle of a black-tailed prairie dog town and the site, as the name implies, of a black-footed ferret reintroduction program. Like the Rockies, though, this is a harsh beauty, not an ideal climate for the human animal by any means.

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Ferrets Wildlife Montana Prairie Dogs 174

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 24, 2012

The conference was for animal lovers, and it wasn’t just humans present! Dogs, cats, and ferrets, as well as “flat pets” and plush pets that represented real pets that didn’t make the trip. We just returned from a fun, furry, weekend in Salt Lake City for the BlogPaws conference.

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Ferrets Pets Cats Dogs 100

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Dogs are safe. According to theASPCA dogs have little chance of contracting swine flu. The ASPCA recommends taking “steps to limit possible transmission from humans to pigs and vice versa.&# Ferrets and birds are susceptible. Ferrets and birds may develop swine flu, or other human flu viruses.

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Swine Flu Pets Ferrets Pigs 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. Secondly, New Zealand had already experienced on wave of extinction due to the introduction or rats and human hunting. In many ways, that is exactly what happened.

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New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 161

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans. To quote Wikipedia the effects it has on the body: In humans, the symptoms of poisoning normally appear between 30 minutes and three hours after exposure. It is without question an unpleasant way to die for any animal.

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Animal Rights Rights Animal New Zealand 250