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Offbeat News tagged with pets

Half of Britain's Horses Are Obese as Owners Threaten to 'Kill Them With Kindness'
Offbeat  (tags: animals, horses, obese, environment, pets, protection )

Cher
- 7 hours ago - dailymail.co.uk
Almost half of all the horses in Britain are obese because owners are overfeeding them, experts warn
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Earth Picture Galleries
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, photos, protection, pets, wildlife )

Cher
- 23 hours ago - telegraph.co.uk
Animal pictures of the week: 20 November 2009
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Homeless Animals Receive Special Holiday Gift
Offbeat  (tags: animals, homeless, gift, pets, protection, dogs, environment )

Cher
- 1 day ago - blog.peta.org
This week Windsor, North Carolina, officials cut the red ribbon that wrapped PETA's very special gift to animals in this small Southern town. For nearly a decade, PETA has been working with Windsor and other area towns to provide homeless animals in
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Oregon Cat First Feline Death From H1N1
Offbeat  (tags: animals, cats, H1N1, virus, death, pets, protection )

Cher
- 1 day ago - foodconsumer.org
A 10-year old male cat has died from the H1N1 flu virus, and veterinarians are cautioning that it may be possible for cats to transmit the virus to humans, according to the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA).
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Cheap Home-Neutering of Kamloops Cat Is Cruelty: Judge
Offbeat  (tags: AnimalCruelty, animals, pets, suffering, home-neutering, cruelty, cats, protection )

Cher
- 1 day ago - vancouversun.com
Everyone should know that double wrapping an elastic band around a cat's testicles would cause the animal pain, a judge said Friday as he convicted a Kamloops man of cruelty
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Animal Lovers' Calendar: Weekend of Nov. 21-22 and Beyond
Offbeat  (tags: environment, animals, protection, art, pets )

Cher
- 1 day ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Is it animal-inspired art that interests you? Helping homeless pets that floats your boat? We've got you covered with options like these (and many more) in the coming days and weeks. (Are we forgetting something? Let us know by leaving a comment!)
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Reader Photo of the Day: Sprinkler + Puppy + Curiosity = Wet Puppy
Offbeat  (tags: animals, pets, dogs, sprinklers, environment )

Cher
- 3 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Submitter Victor shares this swell shot of Ozzy, his 3-month-old golden retriever puppy, apparently transfixed by the sight of a sprinkler. (We're sure that if we were a 3-month-old puppy, we'd find the concept of a sprinkler puzzling too.)
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Ask a Vet: Should I Seek a Pharmaceutical Solution to My Pet's Anxiety Problem?
Offbeat  (tags: animals, pets, anxiety, vets, pharmaceutical, protection, behaviours )

Cher
- 5 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Allow us to introduce a new feature here at Unleashed: Ask a Vet. We're excited to have Dr. Heather Oxford of L.A. veterinary hospital California Animal Rehabilitation on board to answer your burning questions about your pet's health and well-being.
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The Fido Awards Are the Canine Oscars
Offbeat  (tags: animals, awards, dogs, pets, protection )

Cher
- 5 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Put your paws together for the third annual Fido awards, the Oscars for canine actors, which will be presented at the BFI Southbank in London on Sunday. This year has been particularly strong for performances by four-legged film stars. It would be a huge
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Welcome, Dory
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cats, pets, protection, rescued )

Cher
- 6 days ago - all-creatures.org
We don't get to share too many happy stories with you here at Pet-Abuse.Com, so we wanted to make sure we included this one
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Commuter Cat Goes for a Bus Ride
Offbeat  (tags: animals, cats, bus ride, pets, protection, environment )

Cher
- 7 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Casper, a black-and-white cat living in the U.K., enjoys the occasional bus ride.
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Joe Namath's Labrador Retriever Deemed 'Dangerous'
Offbeat  (tags: animals, dogs, Joe Namath, deemed dangerous, pets, environment )

Cher
- 7 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Hall of fame quarterback Joe Namath had a lot of luck on the gridiron, on the singles scene and in the media spotlight, but he's not having the best of luck with his 6-year-old Labrador retriever, Leo
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Sign the National Pet Owners Bill of Rights -Please Take Action !!!
Offbeat  (tags: pets, owners rights, protection, safety, animals )

Tierney
- 8 days ago - petpac.net
Within the United States pet owners are under attack. Unscrupulous anti-pet extremists are waging a battle to eliminate pet ownership. They are extremely well funded and have introduced hundreds of legislative bills in dozens of states to severely restri
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A Special Kind of Crossing Guard; Big, Four-Legged and Furry
Offbeat  (tags: animals, dogs, crossing duty, environment, pets, protection )

Cher
- 9 days ago - fortheloveofthedogblog.com
You can't miss her in her bright orange vest or maybe it's the four legs and fur she's also sporting that makes drivers stop and take notice of Lulu, a St. Bernard with a special duty at 68th Avenue W., less than a block
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Your Morning Adorable: Bichon Frise or Snowball? You Be the Judge! Video!
Offbeat  (tags: animals, dogs, pets, snow, environment )

Cher
- 10 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
The question before us is: Is this a bichon frise, or is it a strangely lifelike clump of snow? The only thing making us lean toward the former is the fact that it's wearing a sweater.
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