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Updated on Sunday, March 28, 2010
Animals in the news
- W.Va. considers restrictions on wild pets - CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia has joined a string of states looking to regulate or ban exotic animals kept as pets following the release of dozens of wild animals in an Ohio town last year. The Senate introduced a bill this week that would requ...
- Ohio bill would ban new ownership of exotic pets - Proposed legislation in Ohio would ban the purchase of lions, bears and other exotic animals, but current owners of the dangerous wildlife would be allowed to keep them as pets if they meet strict new requirements.
- Are We Feeding Our Pets to Death? [Animals] - # animals Look, I love dogs and cats as much as the next guy — probably more, unless he also spends a good chunk of his day watching videos of Corgis on YouTube. But I have to marvel at the inflammatory tone of CNN's report on the U.S. pet obesity epidemic. (Be advised: this story contains sad references to pets dying young and adorable photos of Garfield-sized kitties.) The lede alone is ...
- Ohio Exotic Pets Ban Would Prohibit Purchase Of Some Animals - In a Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 file photo provided by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium shows one of two macaques that were captured by authorities a day after their owned released dozens of wild animals and then killed himself near Zanesville, Ohio.
- Animals ready to go to homes with families for Christmas; shelter urges people to give rescued pets as gifts - Maumelle Animal Shelter officials and volunteers are urging residents this year to consider giving a dog or cat as a Christmas present.
- Pets - The following animals have been brought to the Helping Hands Humane Society, 2625 N.W. Rochester Road. The telephone number is 233-7325. Cats Sex and age unknown, black and tan tiger, found in the 800 block of S.W. Grand Court.
- Proposed Ohio bill would ban purchase of exotic pets - COLUMBUS, Ohio – Proposed legislation in the state of Ohio would ban the purchase of lions, bears, gorillas and other exotic animals, but it also would allow current owners of such animals to keep the pets if they meet strict new requirements.
- Woman who hoarded 69 animals gets life ban - A WOMAN who kept a staggering 69 animals in appalling conditions at her modest three-bedroom house in Bilton has been banned from keeping pets for life.
- Mitcham Pets' cries answered - IT'S a race against time for Deb Forster to save abused animals on death row.
- Thumbs Up: Racing to spay pets - Thumbs Up to Greenville County Animal Care and Speak for Animals for an aggressive campaign to spay and neuter pets this month in hopes of reducing what usually is a bumper crop of puppies and kittens in the spring.