Critter News

JULY 18, 2010

Pet sales would be banned altogether, except for the sale of pet fish. All companion animals including dogs, cats, hamsters, mice, rats, chinchillas, guinea pigs, birds, snakes, and lizards would be considered as pets. I can't believe the pet industry would allow such legislation without a fight.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Now, one million hamsters are kept as pets, an increase of 41 percent since 2001. Sadly, though, some 200,000 hamsters were used for research in the United States in 2000, third behind rats and mice. Tags: hamsters. Prior to the 1970s, virtually all were descended from one breeding pair.

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Critter News

MARCH 14, 2010

Please do not advertise to sell your pets. Tags: animal research Obama. As billions flow into this waste, 44 million Americans lack adequate health care coverage. Each year, millions of cats, dogs, non-human primates and other animals suffer and die in research laboratories. Gundl Bhutani Sarasota.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 4, 2009

The first week in May is Be Kind to Animals week, and the folks at Iams are helping us celebrate by offering an amazing prize package for your pet! Tags: giveaways. The winner will get their choice of a special package for dogs, cats, or, if you don’t have a dog or cat, you can choose to donate your prize to a shelter.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 14, 2008

The raptors feed on these things (mice, rats), snakes feed on these things, it’s in the wild food chain and the cat interrupts that because it’s not part of the natural setting.” Tags: spay and neuter quantico military feral cats. They’re a big impact on wildlife. That’s why I’m concerned,” Frizzell said. ‘‘The Whiskers" or "Frisky?"

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

Beloved family pet Dalmatian, Pepper, is stolen, and after several weeks of searching is discovered to have been experimented on at a hospital and died on the table when researchers tried to implant her with an experimental cardiac pacemaker. Let's deconstruct: Part I: Where's Pepper? I addressed this one last week.

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