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Animals News tagged with sickness

Biologist: Desert Tortoises Have Flu-Like Illness
Animals  (tags: endangered, desert tortoises, sickness, research )

Lone
- 5 hours ago - heraldextra.com
It's cold and flu season on southern Utah's Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, only it's not people who are sick _ it the tortoises
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USDA Confirms H1N1 in Minnesota Pigs
Animals  (tags: pigs, sickness, h1n1 virus )

Lone
- 38 days ago - sacbee.com
WASHINGTON -- At least one pig from Minnesota has tested positive for the H1N1 virus, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday, the first case of a pig contracting the virus in the United States.
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Petland Lawsuit Alleging Sick, Malformed Puppies Thrown Out in Arizona
Animals  (tags: petland stores, dogs, sickness, animals )

Lone
- 109 days ago - blog.cleveland.com
A federal judge in Arizona threw out a class-action suit Friday accusing national pet store chain Petland and one of its animal suppliers of conspiring to sell sick or genetically malformed puppies to unsuspecting customers.
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Woman Charged After Dog's Death
Animals  (tags: elderly fox terrier, dumped, sickness, tumor, broke his jaw, animal cruelty, scum, woman charged, abandoned )

Simone
- 118 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A 48-year-old Perth woman has been charged after a dog was found with a mouth tumour that was so big it had broken the animal's jaw. A vet had to put the Jack Russell terrier down after it was abandoned at South Inch park earlier this month.
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Ailing Cougar Euthanized at the Oregon Zoo
Animals  (tags: takini, sadness, euthanized, sickness, battle, young cougar, oregon zoo )

Simone
- 241 days ago - katu.com
Takini, a 3-year-old cougar at the Oregon Zoo, was euthanized Saturday morning following a long battle against a tenacious and aggressive intestinal disorder. Zoo veterinarians made the decision after consulting with keepers regarding the cat's
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U.S. Finalizes Ban on Cattle Too Sick to Walk
Animals  (tags: cattle, ban, slaughterhouses, sickness, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection )

Cher
- 257 days ago - arkansasmatters.com
The Agriculture Department has announced a ban targeting sick or injured cattle. The USDA says such cattle will be prohibited to enter U.S. slaughterhouses.
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Cat in Continental Country Club Area Tests Positive for Plague
Animals  (tags: plague, illness, sickness, arizona, flagstaff, AnimalWelfare, animals, investigation )

Kat
- 392 days ago - navajohopiobserver.com
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Coconino County Health Department (CCHD) officials announced Wednesday that a cat located in the Continental Country Club area in east Flagstaff has tested positive for plague
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Sick Puppies Sold Over the Internet - Deland, FL (US)
Animals  (tags: dogs, death, cruelty, animals, abused, Internet, buying, breeders, sickness, illness, puppies, online, AnimalWelfare, sadness, pets, habitat, environment, endangered, suffering, society )

TW
- 633 days ago - pet-abuse.com
The illnesses included ringworm and feline herpes. In one case, she's accused of trying to pass a male cat off as a female and provided a forged health certificate indicating it was a female.
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Wet Increases Risk of Deadly Dog Virus
Animals  (tags: dogs, sickness, death, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 640 days ago - dailymercury.com.au
MACKAY dogs are suffering a painful death from an aggressive gastroenteritis bug that leads to toxic shock and organ failure. Andergrove Veterinary Surgery vet Holly Goldring said the combination of a very wet summer and pet owners not vaccinating their
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Farmed Animal Neglect - Sugar Hill, GA (US)
Animals  (tags: farm, animals, cows, goat, pigs, horses, worms, lice, sickness, neglect, seized )

TW
- 658 days ago - pet-abuse.com
a Gwinnett County man with 30 counts of animal neglect after seizing animals from his property that they said were underweight and infected with worms and lice...seized 17 horses, nine cows, three pigs and a goat because of insufficient sanitary condition
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Human Staph Infection Can Be Spread To Animals
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animals, dogs, cats, protection, pets, sickness, humans, MRSA )

Cher
- 743 days ago - cfnews13.com
You may have heard of MRSA -- the virulent staph infection-- in humans, but what about the antibiotic-resistant super bug in your pet?
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Silent Victims of a Social Sickness
Animals  (tags: animal abusers, society, sickness, cruely, children, animal cruelty, alarming figures )

Simone
- 751 days ago - nzherald.co.nz
Research indicates that children exposed to animal cruelty are almost three times more likely to commit a similar offence themselves.) Even more alarming is the well known evidence that first acts of cruelty are generally inflicted on animals (55 per cent
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Namibia Villagers Sickened After Eating Dead Dog
Animals  (tags: killing, sadness, dog, sickness, eating dog meat, investigation )

Cathryne
- 764 days ago - foxnews.com
Sixty-eight villagers in northern Namibia were hospitalized last week after eating a dog that had been killed by disease, the local daily The Namibian reported Wednesday. The paper said the dog's owner had killed it after it contracted an unknown skin
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Noah's Ark Option May Save Tasmanian Devil
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, endangered, extinction, wildlife, wildanimals, protection, animalsuffering, Tasmanian Devils, sickness, cancer, relocate )

Cher
- 764 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
A mysterious cancer has wiped out half the wild population of Tasmanian devils and threatens the unique carnivorous marsupial with extinction. The only hope for the species is for scientists to capture healthy animals and relocate them to zoos in mainland
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Horse Flu Vaccine Arrives Today
Animals  (tags: horses, sickness, animals, animalsuffering, AnimalWelfare, protection )

Cher
- 791 days ago - abc.net.au
The first batch of 20,000 doses of the horse flu vaccine is due to arrive in Australia today. Horses in New South Wales and Queensland have been infected with the virus and fears remain that it could spread to Victoria.
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