Monday, February 15th, 2010 at
10:03 am

NEW YORK (AP) — She is a hot dog, this little Sadie.
Tongue out and wagging tail up, the perky, 4-year-old Scottish terrier has won more than 100 best in show ribbons and is the overwhelping favorite to complete dogdom’s Triple Crown this week at Westminster. She’s already charmed the judge, in fact.
What in the show [...]
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Friday, February 12th, 2010 at
5:37 pm
Even though they may be taken for granted, pet vaccinations are vital for your pet. Properly vaccinating your pet is a very important part of pet care because vaccines can potentially help protect your pet against some serious health conditions and diseases.
“Vaccines are a suspension of altered microorganisms which will prevent, lessen, or treat disease [...]
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 at
9:22 am
By MARY PEMBERTON
Associated Press Writer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is famous for wildlife: moose, bear, whales. Not capuchin monkeys and kinkajous.
And the Alaska Board of Game wants it to stay that way.
The board considers exotic pet requests every four years, and this year’s petitions covered everything from allowing Alaskans to own the “organ grinder” monkeys [...]
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Monday, February 8th, 2010 at
5:42 pm

BAGHDAD (AP) — The American military is rushing delivery of dozens of bomb-detection dogs to Iraq after accusations that widely used mechanical devices are ineffective to pinpoint explosives at checkpoints and other search sites, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
The first shipment of dogs — 25 were expected Friday — comes amid pressure on Prime Minister [...]
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Friday, February 5th, 2010 at
5:37 pm
I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn. — Henry David Thoreau
The beauty of nature is awe-inspiring and magical. It [...]
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