Archive for October, 2007
Abused ferret finds a few friends
Sunday, October 7th, 2007Buddy was near death a year ago. He was malnourished, underweight and severely dehydrated. He required weeks of intensive veterinary care. Almost more shocking than his condition was his recovery. Buddy is one of numerous pet ferrets that are mistreated, neglected and abused each year. Buddy’s original owner was a member of Ferret Friends of [...]
Animal cruelty is considered a felony
Sunday, October 7th, 2007Betsy McLeod returned home last September to find her bunny’s cage empty. The bunny, Coco, wasn’t hiding under the bed or with McLeod’s roommates though. She was dead. The bunny that McLeod, Overland Park sophomore, bought nearly three months before had been thrown off her balcony by a man who claimed he was too drunk [...]
Discount Stores pull tainted Halloween Items
Thursday, October 4th, 2007Three specific items sold at Dollar General and Family Dollar discount stores have tested positive for lead up to 65 times (3.9 percent lead by volume) the U.S. allowable level (.06 percent lead by volume). An Ashland University chemistry professor, Jeffrey Weidenhamer, recently bought several Halloween seasonal toys that are Chinese imports from Dollar General [...]
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