Big and strong with a face radiating pure joy, Julian sweeps his tail back and forth in a fast, smooth arc, like a windshield wiper in a gully washer.
But Julian, as happy a dog as you’re likely to see, faces life with a couple of huge impediments. He’s big. He’s black. And that means he’s [...]
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One of my goals for Kitty Mowmow’s Animal Expo is for the site to remain mostly an impartial purveyor of animal-related information.
This article, however, is not impartial. It is an opinionated editorial piece, one that does not pretend to be professional news journalism. I’m just telling you what I know and how I feel. The [...]
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It takes a special kind of person to adopt an unwanted animal, even more so to take on more than one such creature. One local couple, Don and Cindy White of Hampshire, have elevated this special breed of compassion to an art form.
After rescuing nine stray cats, two guinea pigs, two parakeets, and a [...]
A pet food company has come up with a novel way of gauging the public mood ahead of the New Zealand’s general election - which political leader would you like to see fed to the dogs?
Masterpet has made rubber chew toys for dogs with likenesses to the two politicians vying to run the country [...]
Q: Our cat is a very fussy eater and will only eat one type of food. We have tried everything to get him to eat other foods, but all to no avail. We will be getting a kitten soon and want to make sure that it does not end up as fussy as our current [...]
Tampa fire investigators say an elderly couple’s dog may have helped save them from an early-morning blaze. Authorities said 82-year-old Alice Ferrari and her 83-year-old friend Ted Kolanko were asleep around 4 a.m. Saturday when their small dog started acting up.
Ferrari thought the dog needed to go outside, but when she opened the door, he [...]
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A family dog brought home a child’s foot, but searchers combing surrounding woods in northwest Alabama found no signs of any other remains and don’t know where the child might be.
No children have been reported missing, killed or maimed in or around Russellville. Police Chief Chris Hargett said investigators were studying missing persons reports from [...]
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An employee with a Tacoma veterinarian clinic called Bremerton Police on Friday to report a suspicious incident.
The employee told an officer a Chihuahua had been brought into the clinic Thursday by a 40-year-old Silverdale man.
The veterinarian believed the dog had ingested methamphetamine based on its strange behavior. They also believed the Silverdale man might [...]
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Catricia the kitten will get fresh kitty litter - and maybe a new home - thanks to the digestive talents of Blueberry the cow.
It was no typical game of chance that drew dozens of determined gamblers to the Wrentham Town Common on a recent Saturday afternoon. The lure was Cow Chip Bingo, a [...]
FORMER US president Harry Truman once said: “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.”
It’s advice that has been followed by successive presidents, like Richard Nixon, whose cocker spaniel Checkers is remembered more fondly than its owner. Modern politicians know that they need to flaunt their relationship with their animals to seem more [...]
