P&A News @ November 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
For animal-lovers, the above picture is hard to look at.
However, the newborn kitten is showing signs that it is healthy despite the fact it has two heads.
Louisa Burgess, the nurse who helped deliver the kitten said, “it has a full tummy and it survived the night so that is a good sign. It seems content, [...]
P&A News @ August 10, 2008 # Comments Off
Eurasian Badger
German police in the town of Linz were called into action Monday night, August 4.
Screams of a distressed woman were heard in the nearby woods and reported to the police.
Helicopters with night vision were scrambled to locate and assist the woman needing assistance.
By night’s end, all that had been found in the woods were [...]
P&A News @ July 24, 2008 # Comments Off
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Mark Hoffman
A turkey vulture perches atop of the Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin in Glendale.
The day someone arrives at a hospital is stressful. Between doctors warnings, frighteningly-worded liability waivers and internet horror stories, the fear of what could go wrong lingers in the minds of patients. Now add to the mix a vulture sitting outside [...]
P&A News @ July 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Japan’s human population is getting older at the same time that the birthrate is dropping. As a result, there are more dogs and cats in the country than children under 15. In fact, the pets have become like children in these families.
Pet products and services are bringing in the equivalent of almost $9.5 billion annually. [...]
P&A News @ July 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Marley the cat got a thrill that not even his namesake, Bob Marley, had experienced - a fall from 14 storeys up. No one is sure why the cat felt the urge to leave the high-rise condo via the window, but the owner, Angela Bester suspects that the birds which fly nearby may have been the temptation.
Ms. Bester, before [...]
P&A News @ July 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
At three years old, he’s already an accomplished painter. Ziggy, a pekingese owned by Elizabeth Monacelli of Fallbrook, CA will sometimes paint for nearly an hour at a time.
“Ziggy is a ‘true’ artist,” said Ms. Monacelli via an e-mail. “On some days, he paints so beautifully. He rushes over to the paint box, anxiously waiting to paint. [...]
P&A News @ July 5, 2008 # Comments Off
“Cats who fall into the drainage pit openings on the sides of the road have no way of getting out,” explained Dr. Moshe Rafaelovich, head of the Gush Dan Veterinary Services. “Usually the cats that fall into the shafts find their deaths down there. Sometimes people hear them yowling from down there and call us [...]
P&A News @ June 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Sunday, June 1st, 2008 at 9:59 pm
By Daniel Beatty, DVM
One of the biggest contributors to poor dog health is obesity. About 35 to 40% of dogs are overweight and almost 25% are obese and just as in people this really increase health problems such as joint issues, diabetes, liver disease, and other health issues.
Well one [...]
P&A News @ June 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Dog Cloning Business Taking Off
By Cho Jin-seo
Staff ReporterMass commercialization of pet dog and sniffing dog cloning is imminent, as companies armed with Korean technology are expanding their facilities.
One Korean and one American biotech company have respectively launched the dog cloning business this year. RNL Bio, a Seoul company which received its first commercial order in [...]