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Monday, December 1, 2008
Alternatives to rock salt to keep pets safe in the winter
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Monday, September 8, 2008
Our pollution is now reaching to our cats and dogs!
In the first study of its kind, Environmental Working Group found that American pets are polluted with even higher levels of many of the same synthetic industrial chemicals that researchers have recently found in people, including newborns.
The results show that America’s pets are serving as involuntary sentinels of the widespread chemical contamination that scientists increasingly link to a growing array of health problems across a wide range of animals—wild, domesticated and human.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Did Texas animal control poison man's dog?
TEXAS CITY — An outbreak of an unknown illness at the county’s animal shelter in Texas City has prompted officials to euthanize 16 dogs and temporarily suspend all canine adoptions.
A La Marque man said his $1,500 pit bull mix breed died Monday at the shelter. He accused the shelter of poisoning the dog named Capone, because it attacked and killed a neighbor’s dog in February. The shelter denies the poisoning allegation.
Kurt Koopmann, a spokesman for the Galveston County Health District, said Thursday the illness outbreak could be distemper.
“We have implemented controls to lessen the chance of the spread of disease.” Koopmann said. “We don’t want to adopt animals that may be ill.”
Adoptions have been stopped for 10 days, Koopmann said, until laboratory results pinpoint the animals’ affliction.
“The dogs are examined four times a day,” Koopmann said.
“And if any symptoms are present, then they are euthanized.”
The shelter continues to take in stray dogs, but they are separated from those in quarantine, he said.
According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, distemper is a highly contagious and serious disease caused by a virus that attacks dogs’ respiratory, gastrointestinal and nervous systems.
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A La Marque man said his $1,500 pit bull mix breed died Monday at the shelter. He accused the shelter of poisoning the dog named Capone, because it attacked and killed a neighbor’s dog in February. The shelter denies the poisoning allegation.
Kurt Koopmann, a spokesman for the Galveston County Health District, said Thursday the illness outbreak could be distemper.
“We have implemented controls to lessen the chance of the spread of disease.” Koopmann said. “We don’t want to adopt animals that may be ill.”
Adoptions have been stopped for 10 days, Koopmann said, until laboratory results pinpoint the animals’ affliction.
“The dogs are examined four times a day,” Koopmann said.
“And if any symptoms are present, then they are euthanized.”
The shelter continues to take in stray dogs, but they are separated from those in quarantine, he said.
According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, distemper is a highly contagious and serious disease caused by a virus that attacks dogs’ respiratory, gastrointestinal and nervous systems.
More...
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Medicine In Small Dose Deadly To Thousands Of Pets
Vets sometimes treat pets with people medications, but those drugs can kill four-legged consumers.
Last year, 89,000 of the 130,000 animal poisoning emergencies handled by the ASPCA's national poison control center were related to pets eating human medications.
"One of the most common misconceptions is that human medications are as helpful to pets as they can be to humans," explains Dana Farbman, senior manager of the poison control center at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. "In fact, human drugs can be quite harmful, even deadly, to pets depending on the circumstance of exposure."
Just one extra-strength acetaminophen tablet (found in brands such as Tylenol) can kill an average-sized cat.
Recently, the poison control center released a top 10 list of the most common dangers based on the frequency of calls. Human painkillers, cold medications, antidepressants and dietary supplements topped the list.
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Last year, 89,000 of the 130,000 animal poisoning emergencies handled by the ASPCA's national poison control center were related to pets eating human medications.
"One of the most common misconceptions is that human medications are as helpful to pets as they can be to humans," explains Dana Farbman, senior manager of the poison control center at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. "In fact, human drugs can be quite harmful, even deadly, to pets depending on the circumstance of exposure."
Just one extra-strength acetaminophen tablet (found in brands such as Tylenol) can kill an average-sized cat.
Recently, the poison control center released a top 10 list of the most common dangers based on the frequency of calls. Human painkillers, cold medications, antidepressants and dietary supplements topped the list.
More...
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