Pet Health - Page 47

January 26, 2017

Why your smoking habit is seriously harming your pet

Smoking is known to be bad for people, but have we been neglecting its effects on our pets’ health?

January 25, 2017

Family fights to keep therapy pig after health department intervenes

The family of a New York man battling cancer is fighting the city’s health department ruling that ordered their father’s 180-pound therapy pig to be removed from the home.

January 20, 2017

Terminally ill Arizona shelter dog has a bucket list

An Arizona shelter dog with terminal cancer is being treated to a bucket list of activities for his final days.

January 19, 2017

Rescue cat recovers after shedding 5 pounds of matted fur

After being discovered dragging around 5 pounds of matted fur, Sinbad the Persian cat is looking like a brand-new kitty and settling in to his new home.

January 18, 2017

FDA warns of skin cancer cream that killed 5 dogs

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning veterinarians and pet owners against the toxicity of a topical cancer cream that killed five dogs that ingested the product.

January 16, 2017

People are now maiming their pets to score drugs

Of all the consequences of the nation’s opioid epidemic — which last year killed 33,091 people, or one overdose death every 15 minutes — the strangest may be how it has increased the abuse of dogs.

January 16, 2017

Neglected dogs become best friends after rescue

After animal control officers rescued two neglected dogs in Georgia, the pair are now inseparable.

January 13, 2017

City quarantines hundreds of cats amid bird flu outbreak

This is a cat-astrophe!

January 12, 2017

Dog stays with owner for 20 hours after man breaks his neck in Michigan

While most of Michigan and the country were out celebrating on New Year's Eve, a northern Michigan man was lying in the snow — paralyzed after he slipped and fell.

January 6, 2017

Puppy Bowl 2017 will feature 3 pups with special needs

Animal enthusiasts will get a special treat on Feb. 5— not when they tune into the Super Bowl, but to the annual Puppy Bowl,  where they’ll watch team Ruff square off against team Fluff.