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  • April 2008

    • Man's Best Friend Buried in Style

      Chicago Tribune  |  Apr 25, 08 10:29 AM CDT

      Man's Best Friend Buried in Style

      (Newser) - The family files into the chapel, signs the registry, and pays its respects before the coffin. It looks much like a normal funeral parlor, and it is—just not for humans. Instead Oak Rest Pet Gardens in Georgia buries beloved pets, charging $2,000 or more for the service. “Most people couldn't care less about the money when they come in,” says the funeral director. “They want what they want.” More »

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      dog  • pets  • funeral  • luxury

    • Cop Saves Woman in Python's Death Grip

      The Register Guard  |  Apr 19, 08 7:49 PM CDT

      Cop Saves Woman in Python's Death Grip

      (Newser) - A cop and several firemen struggled to rescue an Oregon pet shop owner after she stuck her hand in a python's cage, the Eugene Register-Guard reports. Teresa Rossiter was showing off 12-foot Darla to customers when the snake bit her, wrapped around her, and knocked her down. A policeman came to cut off the $850 python's head, but Rossiter begged him to find another way. More »

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      animal  • pets  • snake  • pythons

    • Martha Loses 'Loyal Companion'

      Associated Press  |  Apr 17, 08 9:20 AM CDT

      Martha Loses 'Loyal Companion'

      (Newser) - Martha Stewart's chow Paw Paw, a frequent gushed-over guest on her TV show, has died of renal failure, reports AP. The pooch got his name—Kublai Khan Paw Paw Chow Chow Chow—for his huge paws. "Paw Paw was a spectacular chow and an even more spectacular dog," the queen of domestic arts wrote in her blog. "He was always my loyal companion." More »

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      television  • dog  • pets  • Martha Stewart

    • Poop Scoopers Rake It In

      Chicago Tribune  |  Apr 14, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      Poop Scoopers Rake It In

      (Newser) - The economy might be slowing, but one man's poop-scooping business is, well, piling up. A sixth sense for sniffing out the goods is earning Ron Johnson's Poo-B-Gone $75,000 yearly, the Chicago Tribune reports. Pet owners who are too busy or grossed-out to handle their dogs' waste pay up to $25 a week to avoid doing the dirty deed. More »

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      pets  • weird  • poop

  • March 2008

    • Foreclosure Victims Also Furry

      USA Today  |  Mar 25, 08 1:36 PM CDT

      Foreclosure Victims Also Furry

      (Newser) - As foreclosure rates skyrocket around the country, animal shelters are feeling a heartbreaking byproduct: an influx of pets being surrendered, USA Today reports. Across the country, areas with high foreclosures are seeing increased rates of pet abandonment, and shelters worry that even more could be coming as unemployment rates rise and affects renters. More »

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      housing crisis  • foreclosure  • dog  • pets  • cat  • Humane Society  • abandonment  • ASPCA

    • Man Eats Man's Best Friend

      Salon  |  Mar 24, 08 1:10 PM CDT

      Man Eats Man's Best Friend

      (Newser) - While you're busy worrying about human rights in China, author and journalist Ted Kerasote argues, add animal rights to the list. After a trip to a ski camp in China where he was befriended by a "dead ringer for Lassie," he was appalled to find his canine pal served as the main dish at a feast in his honor. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • dog  • human rights  • pets  • animal rights  • animal cruelty  • cat

  • February 2008

    • Polly Want a Prozac?

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 26, 08 9:33 AM CST

      Polly Want a Prozac?

      (Newser) - With more pet owners working long days and leaving their furry and feathered friends alone at home, cases of animal depression are on the rise, writes the Daily Telegraph . A TV vet says the trend is hitting parrots especially hard, causing the talkative birds to pull out their feathers or peck at their own legs—until they're dosed with Prozac. More »

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      dog  • pets  • depression  • prescription drugs  • antidepressant  • Eli Lilly  • parrot  • medicating pets

    • Pet Ferrets: Cute, Cuddly, Illegal

      Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 23, 08 6:03 PM CST

      Pet Ferrets: Cute, Cuddly, Illegal

      (Newser) - Americans own about 2 million ferrets, and some are asking why they remain illegal in several states and cities. “Martin Luther King said an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” one ferret advocate said. “And this is an injustice.” Opponents say that owners are imprisoning wild animals, but defenders maintain that a common breed has been domesticated for centuries. More »

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      California  • Rudy Giuliani  • New York  • pets  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • ferret

    • Woman Orders Clone of Beloved Dog for $150K

      BBC  |  Feb 15, 08 10:57 AM CST

      Woman Orders Clone of Beloved Dog for $150K

      (Newser) - A California woman has placed the first order for a cloned dog with South Korean biotech firm RNL Bio, pledging $150,000 for a genetic duplicate of her dead pitbull, Booger, who once saved her from a dog attack, reports the BBC. Seoul National University scientists, who produced the first cloned canine in 2005, will use tissue from Booger’s ear. More »

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      South Korea  • dog  • pets  • cloning  • pit bull  • cloned pets  • RNL Bio

    • US, Chinese Firms Charged in Pet Food Scandal

      Associated Press  |  Feb 6, 08 6:16 PM CST

      US, Chinese Firms Charged in Pet Food Scandal

      (Newser) - US authorities today charged an American company and two Chinese businesses with manufacturing and importing tainted ingredients in pet food that killed thousands of cats and dogs last year, the AP reports. Las Vegas-based ChemNutra and its owners face a felony conspiracy charge and 26 misdemeanor counts for selling adulterated and misbranded food. The Chinese businesses face 26 counts each. More »

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      China  • FDA  • pets  • federal indictment  • pet food recalls

  • January 2008

    • Religious Belief Linked to Loneliness

      LiveScience  |  Jan 24, 08 8:05 PM CST

      Religious Belief Linked to Loneliness

      (Newser) - Most people can't stomach loneliness, and they're more prone to believing in the supernatural or creating strong bonds with pets and household objects to compensate, a new study finds. It's a throwback to our ancestors, who relied on group living to survive, LiveScience reports. "Being socially isolated is just not good for you," said the lead scientist. More »

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      health  • religion  • pets  • mental health  • study  • loneliness

    • Missing Dog Case Takes Cruel Turn

      Philadelphia Inquirer  |  Jan 5, 08 3:14 PM CST

      Missing Dog Case Takes Cruel Turn

      (Newser) - Philly police have arrested a 15-year-old in the case of a gentle brown dog whose disappearance led to a cruel chain of events for her owner. The youth and others called up the distraught owner after Edna's disappearance, demanded a ransom, then made a dog yelp in pain as he listened, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. Hours later, they called back to say they had killed Edna, whose fate remains unknown. More »

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      pets  • Philadelphia  • extortion  • Philadelphia police  • missing dog

  • December 2007

    • Chicago May Ban Pet Chickens

      Associated Press  |  Dec 12, 07 6:34 PM CST

      Chicago May Ban Pet Chickens

      (Newser) - Are chickens a city pet? Chicago’s city council is nearing a vote on a proposal to ban chicken ownership, even as green- and organic-minded citizens around the country increasingly keep the birds for eggs, yard work, and companionship. Among worries for Chicago politicians, the AP reports, are that chickens’ waste attracts rodents and that the birds might transmit avian flu. More »

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      Chicago  • pets  • chickens  • yuppies

    • Cat Diabetes Becoming a Weighty Problem

      Chicago Tribune  |  Dec 5, 07 9:04 PM CST

      Cat Diabetes Becoming a Weighty Problem

      (Newser) - If your cat is fat, he might have an even bigger problem. The rate of type 2 diabetes among pets—particularly cats—is soaring, reports the Chicago Tribune . Experts aren't in total agreement about why, but in general they think that our furry feline companions are developing the disease for the same reasons we are: sedentary lifestyles and lots of refined foods. More »

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      pets  • cat  • overweight  • carbs  • obese

  • November 2007

    • Meet Tom, Your New Pet

      New York Times  |  Nov 22, 07 11:02 AM CST

      Meet Tom, Your New Pet

      (Newser) - This is generally not the best of days for turkeys, though some have it better than others. The New York Times takes a look at several families who have spared turkeys the knife—by adopting them. "I instantly, totally fell in love, and now I just want to stay home with them," says one adoptive mother of two birds. More »

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      pets  • Thanksgiving

  • October 2007

    • Ellen Breaks Down Over Botched Dog Adoption

      People  |  Oct 17, 07 3:17 AM CDT

      Ellen Breaks Down Over Botched Dog Adoption

      (Newser) - Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres broke down in tears on her program yesterday as she described a doggie adoption flub.  She and her partner adopted a pup named Iggy from an agency, but when the dog didn't get along with the couple's cats, Ellen gave it to her hairdresser. That violated her adoption agreement, and the agency repo'ed Iggy from the home. More »

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      pets  • Ellen DeGeneres  • rescue dogs

    • Fido-Friendly Vacation Spots

      MSNBC  |  Oct 15, 07 5:23 AM CDT

      Fido-Friendly Vacation Spots

      (Newser) - Man's best friend has become a member of the family, so why shouldn't he get a break, too?  Make it fun and easy to travel with your pet by visiting one of these hound-hangout towns MSNBC recommends: San Diego, CA Long Beach, CA Carmel, CA More »

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      list  • California  • Chicago  • New York  • travel  • dog  • pets  • San Diego  • Seattle  • cat  • Colorado Springs  • Portland  • Long Beach

    • Cats of Iraq Bring Solace in War

      New York Times  |  Oct 14, 07 1:10 PM CDT

      Cats of Iraq Bring Solace in War

      (Newser) - As bombs rocked the outside world, New York Times correspondent John Burns found one hopeful symbol within the newspaper’s Baghdad compound—the growing cat population. Keen survival instincts brought the cats over the blast walls to adoring humans who fed and counted the feline population. It was “one small thing we could do to favor life over death,” he writes. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • pets  • cat

  • September 2007

    • Panhandler Begs For Lost Pooch, his 'Best Friend'

      Chicago Tribune  |  Sep 19, 07 8:27 PM CDT

      Panhandler Begs For Lost Pooch, his 'Best Friend'

      (Newser) - A Chicago panhandler has gone from begging for loose change to asking after a lost pal, the Chicago Tribune reports. Sixty-nine year-old Tom Finley says he last saw his canine "best friend" outside a McDonald's, and believes someone took her in the hope of giving the dog better care. Now locals and an animal cruelty society are rallying to support the itinerant pooch lover. More »

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      Chicago  • dog  • pets  • panhandler  • missing dog

    • Fido Knows What You're Thinking

      Der Spiegel  |  Sep 8, 07 4:03 PM CDT

      Fido Knows What You're Thinking

      (Newser) - Man's best friend, traditionally viewed by scientists as the drooling, complacent descendant of the noble wolf, are being given a fresh look by behavioral researchers who say their reasoning and ability to read human communication is unprecedented among four-leggers. Studies have suggested that dogs come out of the womb with innate human interaction abilities, Der Spiegel reports. More »

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      dog  • animal  • pets  • animal behavior

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