[22.11.2005] Dogs - What Is Canine Flu?
Along with the common flu that we humans are apt to contracting at least once a year, there is now a Canine Influenza strain making its unpleasant mark in certain parts of the United States. |
[22.11.2005] Feds Say You Have To Register Your Animals
The signup is part of the National Animal Identification Program, designed to quickly track animals in case an illness such as mad cow disease breaks out. Wisconsin has become the first state to require owners to register their livestock.
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[22.11.2005] 'Cute' goats could become legal pets in Belmont
BELMONT - Like most household pets, Otis and Zoe are fuzzy and friendly. But unlike most household pets, Otis and Zoe are African pygmy goats
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[21.11.2005] Pets come to the rescue
Under a new surveillance system developed at Purdue University, pets may provide early warning of an impending epidemic of dangerous diseases such as SARS or avian flu - or even alert us to a bioterror threat.
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[21.11.2005] Animals increase in Uganda
The number of Mountain Gorillas has increased from 292 in 1995 to about 370 today. Elephants have increased from 550 in 1995 to 3,000 in 2004, buffaloes from 7,000 to 18,000, giraffes from 15 in 1995 to 320 todate and chimpanzee from 3,300 in 1997 to 4,495 in 2003.
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[19.11.2005] Dead animals found in frat house
MUNCIE, Ind. - Muncie authorities were scratching their heads over a dead doe, buck, coyote and possum found in a Ball State University fraternity house.
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[19.11.2005] Wanted: Dead animals to save threatened vultures
NEW DELHI, Nov 19 - The forestry department in the remote eastern Indian state of Assam is appealing for dead animals -- to feed vultures threatened with extinction |
[19.11.2005] Family charged with mistreating hundreds of pets
ROYALTON, Wis. Waupaca (wa-PAK'-uh) County prosecutors have charged a Town of Royalton family with misdemeanor crimes for allegedly housing hundreds of animals without proper care.
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[18.11.2005] Kenya sends animals to park with giraffe on menu
KENYA'S decision to ship 175 wild animals to a Thai safari park where the restaurant will feature a menu of giraffe, zebra and crocodile has provoked condemnation.
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[18.11.2005] Passport For Jet-Setting Pets
EL AL, Israel's national airline, now offers a passport for pets who fly from the U.S.A to Israel on the airline |
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