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Symposium explores psychological impacts of euthanasia, depopulation

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Speakers at the AVMA Humane Endings Symposium, held January 26-29 in Chicago, shared their personal experiences with depopulation of cattle and sheep for disease control and euthanasia of pigs after a fire.

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Beyond Companionship: How Pets Can Help Your Health

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Humans and animals share an extremely important bond. Spending time with animals or keeping them as pets is associated with a number of health benefits especially those concerned with mental, social, and physiologic health issues. Psychological benefits. Physiological benefits. Social benefits.

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How Pets Can Improve Your Health

4 The Love Of Animals

Expert cites scientifically-proven therapeutic, physical and emotional health benefits of loving and caring for a pet. Pet ownership runs far deeper than simply caring for a possession. Yes, the sheer responsibility of caring for a pet has notable benefits in and of itself. Caring for a pet may even help you live longer.

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The Power of Pets Initiative

4 The Love Of Animals

Mars Petcare recently launched The Power of Pets! What is The Power of Pets? Mars Petcare is collaborating with the YMCA in 5 cities to start, to bring pet-friendly health and physical activity education and programming to communities. Mars Petcare and Human-Animal Interaction. New York City; Nashville, Tenn.;

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Stupid TLC Show Called "My Monkey Baby"

Critter News

It's a TLC show about humans that adopt monkeys and treat them as their children. There are hundreds of videos on the Internet of proud parents enjoying their monkeys, and an estimated 15,000 monkeys live with humans as pets or surrogate children in the United States. This is seriously weird stuff. Remember Travis?

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Where to Place Your Birdcage

4 The Love Of Animals

So you’ve got a new pet bird. The height of a birdcage can affect your bird’s psychology. Presence of Humans. Where to Place Your Birdcage By Ernie Allison. It looks pretty and healthy, and he/she seems to get along with you well enough. All you need to do is set the cage down somewhere and you’re good to go, right?

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Teach Your Dog To Go Potty On Command!

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in Mass Communications and Human Psychology helped create her unique training tips for dog owners. Today we welcome top Celebrity dog trainer and behavioral expert Inger Martens as a guest blogger. She is an author, television and radio personality and dubbed “Best Dog Trainer in LA&# by Los Angeles Magazine.

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