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San Francisco Considers Banning Pet Sales

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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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Breast Cancer in Pets

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In fact, I experienced it first hand when my pet rat developed breast cancer late in her life. BREAST CANCER IN PETS FACT SHEET. Many people don’t realize that pets can also suffer from breast cancer. Mammary exams for pets are important and early detection is key. That simple decision can save a pet’s life.

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Hamsters Celebrate 70 Years in the US

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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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Quantico Has No Compassion for Feral Cats

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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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Tails of Aloha

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We also do foster homes for misplaced pets and pets whose owners have been placed into nursing homes, long term hospital care or hospice. We also assist the homeless population with the care and feeding of their pets by educating them on the requirements for inoculations and treatments they can give their pets.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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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. Scientists mapped out the entire mouse genome in 2002 and the rat genome in 2004.)

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Custom Pet Portraits from Little Tank

4 The Love Of Animals

Recently, we got a pet portrait from Little Tank. You may remember that our dear little rat Yoshi crossed the rainbow bridge in February, so getting a fun portrait of her means so much to us! Not only is it a fun way to remember our sweet pet who passed, but it’s also a really fun style of painting that looks great in our space!

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