Archive for the 'Pet Health' Category
Pet Stores Spot Checked for Compliance – Does Yours Comply?
Friday, December 1st, 2006The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is conducting a statewide sweep of pet stores over the next five weeks to make sure consumers are protected when they purchase an animal. Under the law, dogs and cats must be at least eight weeks old when sold or offered for sale, and each animal must [...]
Woman works to improve lives of feral cats
Thursday, November 16th, 2006Feral cats have spent a long time as the low animal on the totem pole of the animal welfare movement. Their caretakers didn’t fare much better. They were often characterized as crazy old women who wear scarves in summer and spent their money on wild cats who don’t belong to them and run away when [...]
Broward County S.P.O.T. Program – Low Cost Spay and Neuter Program
Thursday, November 16th, 2006The S.P.O.T. Program offers $10 sterilization (spaying/neutering/fixing) of cats and dogs for Broward County pet owners who earn low-to-moderate incomes. Eligibility is based on the number of people in the household and yearly income compared to the Broward County median income. For example, a household of four with a yearly income of $60,200 would qualify [...]
Recipes for Pets and You
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006Ever wanted to make your dog or cat their very own natural biscuits? I ran across this recipe site listing a large assortment of recipes for humans and pets! They have very simple recipes for Dog Treats, and they look pretty good! One of the best features about the BigOven Recipe Archive is the ability [...]
Pets in need in Pensacola – Fight Overpopulation and Decrease Euthanasia, They Do NOT Spay and Neuter!
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006Six days a week, at 1:30 in the afternoon, a truck leaves the Escambia County Animal Shelter on Fairfield Drive hauling a trailer filled with dead cats, dogs, puppies and kittens bound for the Beulah Landfill. There, toward the back and out of public view, a freshly turned grave awaits the cargo. The animals are [...]
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