Archive for October, 2007
Animal Welfare Professional ASPCA Site
Sunday, October 14th, 2007Veterinarians, shelter staff, law enforcement officials and volunteers now have their own ASPCA Professional Website at ASPCAPro.org The site has been created by professionals for professionals. Resources include tools for specialty areas such as adoptions, Canine Parvovirus, Feline Upper Respiratory Infections, Spaying and Neutering Surgeries, Shelter Medicine and Fundraising techniques. ASPCAPro.org also contains information and [...]
Feral Cat Summit Coming November 10th
Sunday, October 14th, 2007On Saturday, November 10, volunteers and animal welfare professionals from all over the country are invited to the Fourth Annual National Feral Cat Summit in Orlando, FL, to learn some of the most effective and progressive techniques in caring for feral cats. The two-day conference offers a program packed with guest speakers, presentations and workshops [...]
Government considering using ferrets to control prairie dogs
Saturday, October 13th, 2007In Kansas, the federal government is considering an experiment that would use ferrets to reduce the exploding population of prairie dogs in Logan County. The five-year experiment would be administered by the Kansas Ecological Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Manhattan. Four landowners in the county said they would take part in [...]
BLM Auction of Ferret Habitat
Friday, October 12th, 2007Energy development and environmental protection are clashing yet again, this time in Colorado, where the Bureau of Land Management yesterday auctioned 150,000 acres of turf for oil and gas development. For months now, we’ve heard noise out of the BLM that their top goal is a reorganization to create a “one stop shop” for energy [...]
Rescued Ferrets in Trouble Again
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Disease that’s afflicting their only prey, the prairie dog, is slowing their rebound in wild. WALL, S.D. — Black-footed ferrets — weasels with a burglar’s mask that were brought back after reaching the brink of extinction — are facing a new challenge from the spread of plague in prairie dogs, their only prey. The disease [...]
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