Los Angeles and Beverly Hills join Santa Monica and San Francisco banning declawing pets (the council vote was 5-0. This is ahead of a  new state law stopping local councils from being able to vote on issues related to veterinary medicine, due to come into effect next year. This barbaric act of claw amputation can leave animals crippled and in pain for the rest of their lives.The bans are opposed by The California Veterinary Medical Ass... Read More

A Recent Survey Reveals Shocking Statistics
The AP/Petside survey reveals that single women (66%), were likely to say that their pet is a full member of the family.  Further research needs to be done, but on the face of it, it would appear that pets are responsible for women being single. No longer do women just have themselves to concider when selecting a future spouse.  As a bonifide member of the family it seems that pets also have a say.  What pet would want to share the at... Read More

Pit Bulls Cause Of 50 dogs Death
In a rather bizarre case a New Mexico shelter is prepared to euthanize more than 50 dogs to make room for 12 pit bulls.The pit bulls need to be transferred immediately from the Mesilla Valley Animal Services Center because their funding grant is not being renewed and they will be shutting up shop.  Curtis Childress, animal control supervisor, says they have until Saturday at the latest to have the dogs removed.The pit bulls are the unfortunate victims in... Read More

Girl Raised By Family dogs And Cats
Meet Natasha Mikhailova the girl who speaks "dog."

Story and photo care of Rebecca Evens Mirror News

Natasha, the five year old girl, has never been seen out of the house.  Neighbours say they didn't even know she existed and although the dogs get taken for walks no child was ever seen.The dogs taught Natasha everything she knows - from speech to table manners.  Although she is five she is undersized for her age, and can only... Read More

Reality TV Goes To The Dogs.The latest thing in reality TV is Animal Planets' extreme dog training program.  The working title for the show is "Fetch me a beer."  Which of course is one of the tricks that a dog is being trained to perform. Zak George, the famous YouTube dog trainer, has been working with a film crew preparing the new Animal Planet show.  Some of the tricks he has been teaching the dogs are amazing, such as riding a bike.  Others are quirky, such as helpi... Read More