Photo: Naugatuck Police Department We’re no strangers to things being thrown at cars. Similarly, we’ve all seen someone toss litter from a vehicle without a care in the world. This, though, is a new level of cruelty: Tossing kittens into traffic from a moving car. I Need A Fun Weekend Track Car | WCSYB? Police … Read more
Lupita Nyong’o is crediting her work on “A Quiet Place: Day One” for silencing her fear of cats. The Academy Award winner plays Samira in a horror movie that sees her accompanied by her cat, Frodo, as aliens invade Earth and take over New York City. “I’ve been terrified of cats my entire life,” Nyong’o … Read more
Fox did not specifically recommend location-tracking devices, but based on her emphasis on pet identification and our own experience as owners of pets afraid of fireworks, we think Apple AirTags are another great tool to have in your arsenal. I found out the hard way that my cat is absolutely terrified of fireworks. The first … Read more
NEW YORK — As a city kid, Amy Attas had big dreams of roaming the countryside, healing animals a la James Herriot’s classic “All Creatures Great and Small.” How did it go? Well, the veterinarian made it from Queens to Manhattan, spending the last 32 years traversing the streets of her hometown as a full-time … Read more
NEW YORK — As a city kid, Amy Attas had big dreams of roaming the countryside, healing animals a la James Herriot’s classic “All Creatures Great and Small.” How did it go? Well, the veterinarian made it from Queens to Manhattan, spending the last 32 years traversing the streets of her hometown as a full-time … Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will sign legislation to criminalize the misuse of a powerful animal tranquilizer called xylazine that is showing up in supplies of illicit drugs and contributing to a growing number of human overdose deaths, his office said Wednesday. Xylazine, which is being mixed into fentanyl and other illicit opioids, … Read more
Nearly half of the UK’s pets now have their own dedicated room where they can relax in peace and store their belongings, research has revealed. A poll, of 2,000 cat and dog owners, found 48 percent have a reserved room for their pets, or a space in the garden. Just over half (55 percent) want … Read more
Scientists, conservationists, and cat advocates all agree that unchecked outdoor cat populations are a problem, but they remain deeply divided on solutions. While some conservationists propose the targeted killing of cats, known as culling, cat populations have been observed to bounce back quickly, and a single female cat and her offspring can produce at least … Read more
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If you want to understand how different the human and animal medicine and vaccine industries have historically been, you don’t need to look much further than weight loss drugs. On the human side, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly struggled to meet the demand for Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound, respectively, since introducing them, as the … Read more
