“Please make sure that all threatened species, especially ground-nesting birds, are protected in the final version of the plan–and don’t listen to selfish dog-owners who have forgotten that they and their pets need to share the parks with a lot of other species. Thank you.”
If you are in for some light reading, the comments from the public about proposed changes to the dog management program for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) have been compiled into one tidy document.
California lawmakers will vote later this summer on a bill requiring microchips in every dog or cat adopted or claimed from a shelter. If passed, the measure, introduced by state Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, would be the first of its kind enacted in the U.S.
When most people head out on vacation, they vacation but when I head out of town, I tend to combine work and play.
That was the case this past week when a trip to Chicago to see one of my favorite soccer teams play, was combined with a chance to view the lives of urban dogs.
(Santa Rosa, California)– A building along Mendocino Avenue that used to house Heald College and later a church, has been transformed into a multi-million dollar state-of-the-art trauma center and hospital for pets.
A protein that appears to play a key role in the formation of lymphoma and other tumors by inhibiting a tumor-suppressing gene has been identified by a team of veterinary and human medicine researchers at the University of California, Davis.
It took years of campaigning to change thinking about sterilizing pets, but it has paid off. This year fewer than 4 million unwanted dogs and cats will be euthanized, down from as many as 20 million before 1970.
As patents expire for branded pet drugs, more generics are finding their way into veterinarian’s offices, where they offer the potential of big savings for owners of dogs, cats and other pets.
DNA testing also has the power to bring derelict dog owners to heel.
Some apartment complexes are using DNA testing on dog feces to find out who’s not cleaning up after their pets.
The number of animals killed in Sonoma County shelters has plummeted from 15 years ago, when alarm over such deaths sparked communitywide concern and calls for reform.
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