Pets in Focus

Current Poll

Lee Richardson Zoo has met the fundraising goal for Cat Canyon. Do you think the new exhibit will bring visitors from other towns to our local zoo?

  • Yes (100%, 4 Votes)
  • No (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 4

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Polls Archive

Rescue Alliance Helps Blind Dogs

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — His name was Rocky, and he was a real-life underdog. The 8-week-old Siberian Husky-mix puppy was a stray found in a remote section of western Canada, “with nothing in his belly but worms on rocks,” Brier Cadden wrote in a Feb. 7, 2010, e-mail. “No one wanted to touch him because they [...]

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Puppy With Four Prosthetic Paws Makes News

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — To watch Naki’o bound around the green yard of Aspen Grove Veterinary Care with his fellow puppy friends, he appears just like any other dog – happy and carefree trying to sniff out treats. But Naki’o is not just any other excitable puppy. The 8-week-old red heeler mix has four [...]

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Summer Means It Is Dog Show Season

FILER, Idaho (AP) — Those four cages stacked by the table inside Mary Stotz’s RV speak volumes about an absorbing way of life. So does the bathtime reaction of a corgi named Lacey. “When I give Lacey a bath she knows she’s going somewhere special,” said the corgi’s owner, Dorothy Sayers. Both Buhl women are [...]

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Vet Treats Furry Friends

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa veterinarian Steven Hodges often likens his work to that of a pediatrician. Though his patients are four-legged versus two-legged, many are regarded as children, or family members, by their owners, Hodges said. And like infants and young children, dogs and cats can’t verbalize their feelings or symptoms, so to diagnose [...]

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Take Extra Care When Handling Pet With Broken Bone

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Broken bones for dogs and cats may not be life threatening, but a trip to the vet can guard against more serious injury. Even for the most mild-mannered of pets, a car crash, fight or fall can be traumatizing and require extra care in handling, said Dr. Ann Hohenhaus, a New [...]

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