Record numbers of family pets abandoned as economic crisis deepens (Daily Telegraph)
Record numbers of pets are being abandoned or handed in to animal charities as families struggle to look after them in the economic crisis new figures show.
14 pets rescued from euthanasia already adopted (Sewickley Herald)
Thanks to a local shelter, 41 animals lived to see another year, and 14 of them started it with a new home. read more »
Animal talk - Psychotherapist Kathleen Mensing says she connects with people's pets (Missoulian)
Kathleen Mensing holds her dog, Sneakers, earlier this week at her home in Missoula. Mensing calls herself an animal communicator, having learned how to tap into what she says is an innate psychic ability to telepathically connect with animals.
For lost pets, this is a magic wand (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Jim Dohr, community services officer with the Albany Police Department, says the first thing he does when he finds a stray animal is scan it with this wand to check for a microchip. Several dogs in Albany were reunited with their owners recently because an encrypted, rice-sized identification microchip had been implanted near the pets’ shoulder blades. Even more lost dogs and cats could get home ...
Recession Impacting Pets (KTVA Anchorage)
It looks like the state of the economy is having an impact on our beloved animal as sour financial conditions are squeezing some pets out of their homes.
|
