As a pet parent, it can be difficult to learn that a pet is sick. As you begin treatment, you wonder at what point you might have to make an end-of-life decision.
A new guide called “What Now?” offers pet owners some guidance when faced with a pet’s illness or with the grief of losing a pet [...]
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Humane Education and Writings on Animal Issues
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Mar 31
“What Now?” A guide for people faced with the illness or loss of a pet
Mar 25
If a pet has no potential for adoption, they won’t get into a no-kill shelter
An SPCA in Danville, Pennsylvania says it wants to change its image as a dumping ground for animals. Their new policy, according to an article by John-Erik Koslosky in the Press Enterprise, is that if they don’t think a pet can be adopted, they will not accept it into the shelter. Oh and “cats are wild,” says [...]
Mar 20
Puppy dies from eating Sago Palm
In my hometown, San Antonio, Texas, sago palms are a frequent plant in the landscape. In fact, my neighbor has a huge one at the entry way to their front door. Because they can grow rather large here, I considered buying one and putting in a large clay pot for my patio. Now I am having second [...]
Mar 16
Obama orders ban on all downed cows
For years, animal groups have worked on the Hill to try to ban downer cows — cows that have fallen and are too weak or too sick to get up — from entering the food supply. Working on the Hill many years ago, this was one of the issues I talked to Congress about. It seemed [...]
Mar 06
You can train your fish to do tricks (no joke)
So your fish does nothing, but swim around the tank all day. Maybe that’s because you didn’t know that fish can actually learn to do tricks, if given the right training.
According to the R2 Fish School, tropical fish can learn tricks based on marine mammal training techniques. Using their kit, fish have been trained to play soccer [...]
Mar 03
Visit with a cat in a Japanese “cat cafe”
Sarah Marchildon, a blogger on the Hollywood North Report, is attending a university in Japan and has discovered the neatest new thing for felines in Kyoto that I have heard about in a long time — a “Cat Cafe.”
A Cat Cafe is a place where you pay the equivalent of $5 to go in and sip coffee in a cafe-like [...]
