SUE MANNING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tahlula started life as a victim of bad breeding and will end it as a victim of arthritis. The Rottweiler had hip dysplasia and ruptured knee ligaments when she was adopted in 2006 at age 4. Ligament surgery followed, then a diagnosis of a dislocated spinal disc and arthritis so ...

** - This past weekend's storm on the east coast should be a reminder about planning for your pets during evacuations. The guidelines below apply to all of us. - Ed. EILEEN AJ CONNELLY, AP Personal Finance Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the rush to prepare for Hurricane Irene, it might be easy to overlook the ...

SLIPOFF HOLLOW, Ala. (AP) — Sometimes a wrong turn is all it takes to end up in the right place. That's how it happened for Carl and Katrina Hubbard when they got lost in 2007 looking for a property in the foothills of the Appalachians in northeast Alabama. Instead they found what they now call Crow ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society and The Espanola Valley Humane Society housed more than 260 pets during the evacuation of Los Alamos because of the Las Conchas fire. Although nearly all of the animals have returned to their owners, the effort came at a high cost. "We spent more ...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Please, please, please can I have a bunny? The answer is probably yes -- at least for a few days -- if you're asking Everett's Animal Farm. All summer long the city's petting farm at Forest Park allows people to take home a domestic rabbit for three nights. It's an opportunity for families to ...