Wednesday, June 15th, 2011 at
1:46 pm

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Veterinary Medical Association recommends that people keep their pets inside and close windows and doors as much as possible to limit exposure to smoke from wildfires. The group issued a statement last week about potential health problems for animals because of smoke from a large wildfire in [...]
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Monday, June 13th, 2011 at
11:18 am

HOUSTON (AP) — Whatever happened to CC, the world’s first cloned cat? It seems like only yesterday CC’s baby pictures were being flashed around the world as Texas A&M University researchers presented their scientific triumph to the media. Almost 10 years later CC, aka Copy Cat, is still in the College Station area. She has [...]
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Friday, June 10th, 2011 at
11:15 am

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Life after the military is looking brighter than ever for America’s four-legged veterans since one of their own helped in the mission to kill Osama bin Laden. War dog organizations say the number of people asking about adopting retired military canines has risen dramatically since the mission involving Cairo, the Navy [...]
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Monday, June 6th, 2011 at
11:07 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Veterinarian Kim Nicholas lost several patients because fleas sucked the blood out of them. He was skeptical 10 years ago when the first topical treatments came out, but for his patients’ sake, he decided to give them a try. A 10-pound cat was brought in covered with thousands of fleas and [...]
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Friday, June 3rd, 2011 at
11:05 am
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gary Silverglat could tell some great stories about himself. The guy went through several million dollars taking care of stray dogs, and he once lowered his daughter from a bridge over the Missouri River so she could grab a kitten. Then there’s Willie the Cat Man of Leavenworth. Silverglat and [...]
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