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Fisher-Price kitchen toys recalled in U.S.
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Mattel Inc. on Tuesday recalled more than 172,000 Fisher-Price kitchen toys in the United States and Europe because several children choked and gagged on small, detachable parts.
The company has received 48 reports of small parts separating from these toys, which feature a sink, a refrigerator and a range. One child choked on a detached piece [...]
November is Adopt a Senior Pet Month
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Fall in love with a senior pet during November! Even though Senior Pets have a shorter life expectancy after adoption, they can be truly rewarding pets. Senior pets are already housebroken and more often than not have a few tricks already up their paws! Adopting a senior pet gives them a few more wonderful [...]
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 to [...]
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 [...]
Dogfighting not deterred by law in South Florida
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Buttercup arrived at the Tri-County Humane Society crippled and cowering, having served as easy prey in dogfight training. After surgeons repaired the legs her owners apparently broke, the pit-bull mix landed a permanent home at the shelter west of Boca Raton several years ago.
Each month, the humane society receives about 12 scarred dogs and 80 [...]
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