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Animals News tagged with illness

Life in UK Proves Fatal to Reindeer
Animals  (tags: reindeers, england, illness, diseases, farm animals, dying, wild animals )

Simone
- 8 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
Reindeer imported to Britain for Santa's grottoes and festive parades are dying prematurely after exposure to diseases from British farm animals, a senior government vet has warned. An official investigation has revealed a sharp increase in deaths in
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Pedigree Dogs Debate Hits Australia
Animals  (tags: pedigree dogs, inbreeding, suffering, illness, diseases, breeding to death, cruelty, study )

Simone
- 71 days ago - petstreet.co.uk
The film that caused such controversy over pedigree dogs recently has just been shown in Australia. The same footage of the boxers having epileptic fits and cavalier king charles spaniels writhing in pain from syringomyelia has shocked many Australia
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Pet Health 101: Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV, Cat AIDS)
Animals  (tags: FIV, disease, contagion, treatment, adapting, cats, illness, immunodeficiency )

Raffi
- 78 days ago - examiner.com
Feline immunodeficiency virus, also commonly referred to as FIV, feline AIDS or cat AIDS, is a contagious disease which can be passed from one cat to another. What is feline immunodeficiency virus and how is it spread? Feline immunodeficiency
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Urban Cat League - Socializing Feral Kittens
Animals  (tags: ferals, trust, kitten, treatment, illness, socialization, protection )

Raffi
- 78 days ago - urbancatleague.org
Some Helpful Guidelines for Medicating Feral Kittens With sickly feral kittens try to use your vets most effective, but least traumatic, treatment available. Handling kittens unnecessarily to medicate them will set back the socialization process
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Bid to Attract More Tourists Makes White Tiger Cubs Ill
Animals  (tags: swhite tiger cubs, premature viweing, public, illness, sickeness, greed, humans, zoo tiger cubs )

Simone
- 86 days ago - economictimes.indiatimes.com
Three white tiger cubs have fallen ill at Madhya Pradesh's Indore zoo allegedly due to the authorities' decision to prematurely release them into an enclosure for public viewing in a bid to attract more tourists, wildlife experts said.
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Zoo Tiger Dies After Giving Birth to Cub
Animals  (tags: sadness, tigeress, tira, died, death, illness, cub surviving, hand raised, bengal tigers )

Simone
- 103 days ago - thisisbristol.co.uk
The mother of the baby Bengal tiger born at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in Wraxall has died. Tira, who arrived at the zoo in June with another female called Kushkja, died on Sunday after suffering multiple organ failure. Post mortem results show that she had
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Mystery Killer Affecting Beach Wildlife, Dogs
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, pets, wildlife, beaches, death, illness, mystery, AnimalWelfare, environment, suffering )

Cher
- 113 days ago - tvnz.co.nz
North Shore City Council wants to hear from anyone whose dog has become sick, or died, after being walked on one of its beaches.
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Things Cats Do When They're Not Feeling Well- VIDEO
Animals  (tags: cats, signs, illness, diseases, behaviour patterns, veterinary treatment )

Simone
- 124 days ago - kcby.com
When it comes to pet companions, cats are number one. According to the 2007-2008 national pet owners survey conducted by the Humane Society of the United States, there are about 88 million cats and 75 million dogs in this country.
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Wild Animals Have Cancer Too
Animals  (tags: wild animals, reports, studies, cancer, tasmanian devils, sadness, illness )

Simone
- 138 days ago - examiner.com
According to a paper written by the Wildlife Conservation Society and published in the July edition of Nature Reviews Cancer, wild animals suffer from cancer at a comparable rate as humans of which 10% of all deaths are attributed. Contagious viral
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Bad Breath Can Mean a More Serious Problem for Cats
Animals  (tags: animals, cats, AnimalWelfare, pets, periodontal disease, protection, health, warning, prevention, illness, disease )

Dee
- 138 days ago - capitalnews9.com
Have you ever had your cat come up to snuggle and you notice their breath is a bit more foul than you remember? This could be a sign of something more serious.
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FDA Approves Cancer Treatment for Dogs
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, health, healthcare, cancer, drugs, disease, illness, prevention, suffering, pets, protection, goodnews )

Dee
- 172 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug made specifically to treat cancer in dogs. Until now, all cancer drugs used in veterinary medicine were developed for use in humans and weren't specifically approved for animals.
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Java's Orangutans Being Starved By Zoos
Animals  (tags: starving orangutans, zoos, Indonesia, suffering, hunger, stress, illness )

Kathy
- 180 days ago - news.sky.com
Indonesian zoos are starving orangutans to encourage them to take food from visitors, according to conservationists.
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Sign Petition: Support AB 1437 - Don't All Egg-Laying Hens Deserve to Stretch Their Wings?
Animals  (tags: animals, suffering, cruelty, death, environment, humans, health, safety, risks, disease, food, illness, money, corruption, business, dishonesty, factory, farming, pig, cow, chicken, fish, water, pollution, meat, steroids, antibiotics, global, warming )

Tom
- 188 days ago - secure2.convio.net
Last fall, California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 2, a law that prohibits keeping egg-laying hens in cruel and intensive confinement in California. But eggs from hens in other states who are kept in the very same conditions are sold here.
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Elephant Dies at Disney's Animal Kingdom
Animals  (tags: elephants, Disney Animal Kingdom, death, illness, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 251 days ago - orlandosentinel.com
A 24-year-old African elephant died Tuesday at Disney's Animal Kingdom after a brief, isolated illness, Walt Disney World officials say. Tumpe, a female that was moved to Animal Kingdom in 2007, had been suffering from skin sores and gastrointestinal
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Life Wrecked: Claire (20) Has Stroke Trying to Save Pet
Animals  (tags: young brave, lady, tragedy, dog attack, protecting her dog, animal lover, devotion, sadness, illness )

Simone
- 272 days ago - lynnnews.co.uk
A DESPERATE attempt to protect a beloved pet has seen the life of a 20-year-old woman changed forever when a routine dog walk ended with her suffering a massive stroke. Claire Bush (20) has spent the past six weeks in hospital and faces months of
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