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Animals News tagged with Toxic

25 Common Foods That Can Be Toxic for Your Pet
Animals  (tags: Pet, Food, Toxic, Veterinary )

Sophie
- 20 days ago - veterinarytechnicianschoolsonline.com
These 25 common household foods can be lethal to your furry or feathered buddy. As a pet owner, your best bet is to stick with veterinary approved foods specifically made for your pet.
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Algae on French Beach Kills Horse: Prime Minister Vows Clean Up
Animals  (tags: algae, french beaches, tragedy, horse died, investigation, toxic, clean up )

Simone
- 88 days ago - examiner.com
It must have been horrifying for Vincent Petit when within minutes his horse stumbled into a mire of algae on a beach in Brittany and died. But by then he had already lost consciousness. Luckily his plight was witnessed and Petit was dragged out of the
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Toxic Marshes Deadly to Swans: Coeur d'Alene River Laden With Lead From Silver Valley Mining
Animals  (tags: animals, tundra swans, pollution, mining, toxic, waste, killing, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, wildlife, protection, death )

Cher
- 221 days ago - seattletimes.nwsource.com
As they feed on roots and tubers in Rose Lake in Idaho, swans swallow sediment polluted with heavy metals from mining waste. At high enough levels, the lead shuts down their digestive systems, causing the swans to gasp for air as food backs up into the
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Cane Toad Menace Within 4km of WA Border
Animals  (tags: australia, amphibians, cane toads, toxic, moving, dangerous to wildanimals, wildlife )

Jacquelin
- 276 days ago - news.com.au
CANE toads are within 4km of the WA border and are expected to cross into the state within weeks, ABC's Stateline reports. Scientists have accused successive governments of failing to stop the spread of cane toads. The pests are four kilometres away
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Cane Toads Have Wiped Out Kakadu Goannas: Tour Guide
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, amphibians, cane toads, invasive species, toxic, kakdu goannas, endangered, extinction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 332 days ago - news.com.au
CANE toads have almost completely wiped out some of Kakadu's native wildlife, an experienced tour guide says. Sean Arnold, who has been running tours to Kakadu since 2000, said goannas and frill-necked lizards had been all but destroyed by the invading
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Toxic Toads Killing Australian Crocs
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, amphibians, reptiles, cane toads, toxic, killing, fresh water crocs, endangered, extinction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 371 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
Nov. 18, 2008 -- Toxic cane toads are killing alarming numbers of Australia's freshwater crocodiles as the alien pests hop inexorably across the continent, research showed Tuesday. The warty amphibians, which have poisonous sacs on their heads, have c
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Dog Dies After Eating Toxic Mushrooms in Yard (Video)
Animals  (tags: toxic, mushrooms, yard, dog, suffering, dies )

Kathy
- 419 days ago - wcnc.com
Toxic mushrooms have killed at least one dog in the Charlotte area and have made several others ill, according to local veterinarians.
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Love Your Pets: Poison First Aid
Animals  (tags: animals, health, poison, toxic, first aid, pets )

Jana
- 552 days ago - care2.com
You love your cats and dogs like they were one of the family. And chances are, you've got a first aid kit in some form around the house in case something should happen to one of the human members of your family. But what about the animal members?
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500 Birds Feared Dead in Toxic Pond
Animals  (tags: birds, oilsands, toxic, animals, AnimalWelfare, death, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 573 days ago - cnews.canoe.ca
Premier Ed Stelmach downplayed the impact of up to 500 dead birds in the toxic sludge of a Syncrude tailings pond as critics called for stricter oilsands controls yesterday. Only three ducks were expected to survive after a flock of waterfowl landed
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Toxic Chemicals Causing Cancer In Dogs, Cats
Animals  (tags: dogs, cats, chemicals, toxic, Cancer, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, pets )

Cher
- 583 days ago - ecanadanow.com
According to a new study, the amount of toxic chemicals in cats and dogs continues to increase, along with the rising rate of cancer in these pets. The study was carried out by the Environmental Working Group. They stated that chemicals such as mercury,
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Toxic Dead Beached Whales
Animals  (tags: whales, beached, death, toxic, animals, AnimalWelfare, protection, environment, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 591 days ago - healthnewsdigest.com
Whether wildlife officials in a given region consider a dead beached whale a biohazard or not is local decision, but nevertheless experts agree that only trained professionals should go anywhere near a dead wild animal to prevent the spread of bacterial
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Toad Search Croaks
Animals  (tags: australia, wildanimals, wildlife, amphibian, cane toads, toxic, habitat, humans, animals )

Jacquelin
- 640 days ago - abc.net.au
The search for rogue cane toads around the northern Adelaide suburb of Mawson Lakes will be called off soon because none have been found. The Department of Land and Biodiversity has been searching for cane toads after one was found in a backyard last w
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Most Supermarket Pet Food Lethal For Cats
Animals  (tags: cats, food, FUS, supermarkets, toxic, cheap food, animals, AnimalWelfare, pets, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 651 days ago - israelnewsagency.com
One of the most common diseases that we see is FUS or Feline Urologic Syndrome," says Dr. Kobi Tannenbaum the director of the Sharon Veterinary Center in Ra'anana, Israel. "FUS is directly caused by cheap, commercialized cat food sold in most supermarkets
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Pollutants in Orcas Enough to Make Them Sick
Animals  (tags: pollutants, toxic, orcas, sea, ocean )

Michele
- 776 days ago - seattlepi.nwsource.com
A rare peek at the blubber of local orcas shows that the endangered animals are so contaminated with pollutants that it could be making them sick.
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Researchers Find Link Between Pet Food, Kidney Failure
Animals  (tags: Toxic, cyanuric acid, melamine, animal, animals, petfoodrecall, pets, University of Guelph )

Christine
- 941 days ago - cbc.ca
Canadian researchers said Friday they've made a chemical discovery that may explain how contaminated pet food blocked animals' kidney function, sickening hundred of dogs and cats in Canada and the United States.
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