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Million Pound Pledge For Pets

4 The Love Of Animals

Did you know that one out of every two pets are overweight? She has now teamed up with Hill’s Science Diet to launch the Million Pound Pledge – a national call-to-action for pet owners to help their cats and dogs lose weight and get back on track to living a happy, healthy lifestyle.

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USDA Issues Warning Letter to Oregon National Primate Research Center

Critter News

In December, the United States Department of Agriculture issued a warning letter to the primate center for violations of the Animal Welfare Act, which regulates treatment of many commercial animals from pet kittens to laboratory guinea pigs. And the center added training and banned one researcher from animal contact in response.

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That Awkward Moment With Feral Cats and Family

10,000 Birds

She captured the cats, the “mom” kitty and her kittens were all taken from their neighborhood where they were not wanted, all were fixed and then…all were released in her yard. “Why can’t the kittens be adopted,” I asked in her comments section. “They don’t want to be inside. .