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NEWS ABOUT: pet owners

pet owners stories: 10 news summaries

 Pets' Carbon Pawprint 
 Cause for Alarm 

Fido, Fluffy fetch bad news for environment

Oct 27, 09 3:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forget the gas guzzler—it's Fluffy and Fido who are delivering a carbon blow to the global environment. That's the odd warning from a pair of New Zealand professors who claim the carbon pawprint of a large dog delivers twice the impact of a Toyota Land Cruiser driven 6,000... More »

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pets • environment • global warming • carbon footprint • designer dogs • Man's best friend • cat • pet owners • dogs

3-Year Court Case Ends in Joint Custody—of Dog

NJ couple will trade visits with Dexter the pug

Sep 21, 09 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A case that has taken up the time of the New Jersey court system since 2006 apparently ended today with a judge's ruling that the litigants will share custody of their dog. Dexter, a 6-year-old pug, will spend 5 weeks at a time with each of his owners, the Philadelphia ... More »

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New Jersey • joint custody • dog • animal • pet owners • pug • Linda Houseman • Eric Dare

(Newser) - A Florida man has been arrested on charges of possessing child pornography, but he claims the cat did it, reports WPBF-TV. Keith Griffin told police that his feline companion would habitually mash the keys on his keyboard while he was away from his computer, causing strange things to appear. More... More »

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Florida • Internet • child pornography • computer • cat • pet owners • criminal charges • keyboard

(Newser) - A good-hearted pet lover paid $4,000 to outbid a Coney Island operator to save a five-legged puppy from life in a freak show, reports the New York Daily News. North Carolinian Allyson Siegel, 45, called the owner of the Chihuahua terrier mix when she learned the puppy would be... More »

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New York City • Coney Island • puppy • Man's best friend • dog • pet owners • freak show • Allyson Siegel

(Newser) - A British dog is healthy after emergency surgery to remove an alphabet’s worth of fridge magnets from his belly, the BBC reports. Jack had just returned home from being neutered, and his owner put him in the kitchen to rest. “The next morning I noticed the whole alphabet... More »

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surgery • England • alphabet • Labrador Retriever • pet owners • gastrointestinal • yellow lab • kitchen magnets

 Om My! 
 Dogs Take 
 to Yoga 

Downward-facing dogis more popular than ever

Apr 10, 09 4:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Fido lifts his leg, he might not be watering a tree, but attempting the challenging yoga position Downward Facing Dog. At least, that's what owners all over America are hoping as they pack yoga classes that cater to people and their doggies—or dogis—reports the Independent. "Doga"... More »

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pets • exercise • Yoga • rich dogs • human pets • dog • fads • pet owners

Heart of a Lion: YouTube Fave Lives On in Memoir

One-time owners of Christian the lion recall the wild years

Mar 31, 09 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A lion who went wild after being raised by his hippy "parents" in their London shop, and later became a YouTube fave, has been immortalized again in a new memoir, Time reports. The emotional reunion in Africa between Christian the lion and his former owners has been viewed over... More »

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Africa • lion • viral video • animal • pet owners

 Fido's Clone Just Ain't Fido 

Doggie behavior, physical traits can differ

Jan 1, 09 10:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Lou Hawthorne's canine cloning business is well on its way—with clients paying upwards of $130,000 to duplicate their pets—but the copies of his own beloved family dog have hardly replaced her. Clones Mira and MissyToo vary in size and color, and Hawthorne's mother—keeper of the original... More »

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South Korea • cloning • dog • cloned pets • animal cloning • pet owners • Lou Hawthorne

Locals in Fla. Keys Stay Back for Animals

6-toed cats, nervous birds among the lucky as Ike moves in

Sep 8, 08 7:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Animal lovers are staying back in the Florida Keys to make sure six-toed cats and frisky dolphins survive a brush from Hurricane Ike, the Fort Mill Times reports. While some residents flee, kennel owners and wild life managers are bunking up with extra food and medicine. "They are very,... More »

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Florida Keys • animal • animal shelters • pet owners • Hurricane Ike

Dogs Get Their Own
Social Networking Site

Pooches and their owners meet through Doggyspace.com

Aug 7, 08 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dog owners are using a crossbreed of MySpace and YouTube to network—all on behalf and because of their four-legged friends, the AP reports. Since launching last month, Doggyspace.com has attracted more than 700 users, mostly female, who share photos, videos, advice, and stories, as well as supply their... More »

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pets • social networking • dog • pet owners

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