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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

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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. Tags: cute video news.

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Getting a Kitten from Kansas

Critter News

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. The other is also quite ill and will probably not last out the year.

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A Dietary Alternative for Feral Cats?

10,000 Birds

A possible solution may be hidden in recent news from New Zealand. An abandoned kitten nicknamed Frankie had staked out a McDonald’s restaurant as its feeding grounds, and for more than a year, subsisted mainly on handouts from employees and customers. And the TNR/exterminate debate rages on.

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University of Utah Cited by Dept. of Agriculture

Critter News

From the Deseret News. They received citations for animal welfare infractions, although apparently few of these infractions overlap with PETA claims from an undercover investigation. The Salt Lake Tribune claims the infractions are only minor (interesting how different publications will provide different spins). You decide.

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My Uneventful 3rd Blogiversary

Animal Person

Also, there are three kittens, who are the only kittens since Project Treadstone began, so that's not so bad. The good news is that, including the kittens' mom, there are only four cats remaining at the site who need to be sterilized! But we have made progress, and that's good news to me.

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Brooklyn Woman Assaults Two ASPCA Agents

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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.&#. Tags: ASPCA news.

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