Critter News
MARCH 16, 2009
Here is an article about the high cost of vet care and the ethical questions of how much do you spend. Do you ask the vet to euthanize the animal? I measure our cat Charlotte (pictured above in the masthead) in 42" HDTV's. She's at about 3 at the moment. Maybe 4 with all the meds and followup visits.
Animal Person
JANUARY 20, 2010
We have a request, and it's an issue I've written about a handful of times but never had this particular question answered by readers: How do you talk with your vet--who is against feeding your dog vegan food--about your choice to do so? I'm fortunate to have a regular (non-specialist) vet who has no problem at all with a vegan diet for dogs.
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Animal Person
JULY 21, 2010
I somehow became the non-vet, go-to person regarding dogs and diabetes, I suppose due to my frequent blogging about Violet Rays (left), my greyhound who has been through diabetes, blindness (then cataract replacement), glaucoma and retina detachment. My vet's other clients, however, often had the opposite problem, and hypoglycemia resulted.
Animal Person
MARCH 22, 2009
The woman from the coalition knows and respects the vets at Pahokee, which of course isn't as good as my own vet being on the case, but I'm sure it'll all work out fine. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. She has brought over a dozen cats there in just two weeks, 11 of whom were pregnant. Can you imagine?
Animal Person
APRIL 8, 2009
You may recall that when I took him to the vet (and at that time I thought he was a she) I asked them to check him out and they said he looked fine. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. He didn't look at all comfortable. And if he looked fine he wouldn't have been tested. cats, many of whom are pregnant.
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 22, 2009
Dr. Newest Vet sent this to me from yesterday's day at "camp" for Charles. And the "strict ethical vegan" to come.) Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters Language. CharlesCamp1 from Mary Martin on Vimeo (which it looks like I'm going to have to upgrade to improve the picture).
Animal Person
DECEMBER 4, 2009
Boone's wife) was largely responsible for Oklahoma State University canceling its planned anthrax experiments on baboons after she threatened to cancel the Pickens' $5 million donation to the university's vet school. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics. Here 's a local news article about the situation.)
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