SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — While states across the nation grapple with national health care reform, a new population of patients is gaining attention in California: Fido and Fluffy.

Many feline and canine companions face health care challenges similar to those that confront humans. Veterinary care costs are skyrocketing as pet owners are offered a sophisticated menu [...]

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SPANISH LAKE, Mo. (AP) — When retirees in wheelchairs recently gathered at a nursing home here to trade some stories, a guest with perhaps the most improbable story had nothing to say. She was Holli — not a person but an alpaca, maybe the only one on wheels.

Doomed twice but still going strong, the domesticated [...]

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If an area is not safe for you, it is not safe for your pet. As hurricane season is upon us, remember those words when preparing for any emergency evacuation with your pet.

“I never advise that you or your companion animal stay at home if an evacuation is ordered,” explains Dr. Wesley Bissett, assistant professor [...]

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WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — It’s hard work trying to be a very good dog all the time.

And when it comes to succeeding in preschool, it’s equally hard to be a well-behaved little boy or girl for hours at a stretch.

Nobody understands these two things better than Waco, a floppy-eared, doe-eyed chocolate Labrador Retriever whose destiny [...]

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SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) — A local animal rescue organization has found a way to put homeless animals in the hands of those who want them — even if those hands are hundreds of miles away.

Pilots N Paws is a website that provides a forum used by animal rescues and animal-loving pilots to arrange and coordinate [...]

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