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Making an outdoor shelter for feral cats (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:44:29 GMT Q: I have two indoor cats that I adore. But my major concern right now is for the two feral cats that I have begun caring for since early March. Do you know of anyone who makes outdoor cat shelters? I have searched on the Web, and have found companies that make them.

National cat owners gather in Longview (The Longview News-Journal)
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:51:24 GMT Sunday was cat-stretching time in Longview.

Kennel Club changes breeding rules to end cruelty (Times Online)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:37:05 GMT A review of breeding standards for every pedigree dog species in Britain is under way by the Kennel Club in an attempt to introduce kinder rearing for pets and showdogs.

Cats fancy Festival Hall during event (The Journal Times)
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:47:06 GMT RACINE — Alison Paruzynski pulled her cat Infinity out of his cage before she started teasing his fur. Then she had to remove his tiny bib before they headed off to ring five for another competition.

Home Foreclosures Prompt Difficult Decisions for Pet Owners (WYPR Maryland)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:11:06 GMT As the economy slips further into crisis, one in every 200 American homes is now facing foreclosure, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. For a city like Baltimore, that translates to about 13-hundred families losing their homes and often their pets as well. WYPR's Erika Celeste filed this report.

It's all in a name: Max is the most-registered pet name in the Quad-Cities (Quad-City Times)
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:19:22 GMT By Tuesday night, Max had half of the game of fetch down pat.

N.B. vets ban cosmetic surgeries for dogs (Telegraph-Journal)
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:08:41 GMT New Brunswick veterinarians will soon no longer perform so-called cosmetic surgeries on animals, including docking the tails of dogs or cropping their ears to make them stand at point.

More >> (LA Weekly)
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:42:51 GMT Hardcore hikers and backpackers typically go to two places for expedition equipment: REI or Adventure 16. REI's stuff tends to be less expensive, but Adventure 16, particularly the larger West Los Angeles location, is the place to go if you want to talk to someone who really knows a Marmot...

Simi Valley girl, 5, dies after backyard attack from pit bull (Ventura County Star)
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:44:17 GMT A 5-year-old girl bitten by a pit bull at a Simi Valley home last week has died, authorities said Monday. The attack occurred about 8:45 p.m. Sept. 23 in a home in the 1000 block of Appleton Road, said Lt. Paul Fitzpatrick of the Simi Valley Police Department, which did not report the incident to the media until asked about it Monday.

Tracking animal attraction (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:50:08 GMT Gary Michael, curator of birds at the Louisville Zoo, is helping preserve the population of Beautiful Fruit-doves by maintaining a studbook, which is akin to "a computer-dating database for specific breeds of animals when pairing animals for breeding." The job is part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Species Survival Plan.

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