Category Pets News

April 2, 2024 Press Release from the City of Lima: The Spay and Neuter Assistance Program (SNAP) is designed to assist Lima residents with voluntary sterilization of companion animals as a proactive approach to controlling pet overpopulation. This assistance program will give first priority to low-income residents, but all residents in need of assistance will be considered.

Goals for SNAP:

• Reduce the number of unwanted animals and litter, thus reducing the overpopulation in shelters and/or in feral colonies
• Decrease instances of animal aggression and thus reduce the number of bites and injuries to both people and other animals
• Reduce the

Every year, the SPCA is looking after over 30,000 animals from sick to vulnerable, injured and abused. The society’s Hamilton The center currently has almost 300 animals in its care. One of them is a 1-year-old tabby cat, Slug.

Slug has spent over 100 days in care at the SPCA Hamilton and is now ready for her fur-ever home.

When a member of the public found him on an abandoned property just before Christmas, Slug was underweight, not microchipped, and

The Kerala High Court has stayed the implementation of a circular issued by the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying banning the breeding and licensing of 23 ferocious dog breeds.

The court, however, did not stay the prohibition on import and sale of the dogs contained in the circular dated March 12. The court passed the order recently on a writ petition filed by three persons who claim to be dog lovers and owners of the prohibited breeds.

23 breeds

The circular had directed the States to ban the sale and breeding of 23 breeds of ferocious dogs,

JACKSON, MI — The Jackson County Animal Shelter, 3770 Spring Arbor Road, has many pets available for adoption.

Here are two of them.

Rudy is a 5-year-old, mostly brown American Staffordshire mix. Rudy came in as a stray and had some hair loss due to ringworm. He is better now and his hair is filling back in.

Rudy is a happy pup, always happy to see everyone. He plays well with some of his kennel neighbors. Rudy is very treat motivated and likely able to learn some basic commands quickly. Instead of a chocolate rabbit this Easter, how about a

The charity says it is poisonous to dogs as it contains a substance called theobromine, which dogs and some other animals struggle to metabolize.

Symptoms of theobromine poisoning include vomiting, diarrhea, excessive thirst, excitability, drooling, and potentially seizures and fatal heart problems.

Dogs Trust says that if you think your dog has eaten chocolate, contact your vet immediately.

They have given some friendly tips:

• Never give your pooch any human chocolate as a treat. Ensure that children and visitors understand why and adhere to this rule too.

• If you are hosting an Easter egg hunt, make sure your dogs can’t

“He sounds a little like Janie,” Christy responded to Teddy’s rasp.

“Really?” I said half in disbelief and half hoping maybe we had a diagnosis.

Janie is Christy and her husband Ben’s approximately 5-year-old German Shepard they adopted from the Greene County Animal Control in 2021. The loyal pup’s name honors Christie’s mom, Beverly Jane, and Ben’s mom, Bettie Jane.

This past December, out of nowhere, Janie started hacking, sneezing, almost gasping as if she had something caught in her throat. These episodes started occurring about two to three times a day with each one lasting about 10 seconds.

Christy