21 Nov 2008 at 8:39am CHILLICOTHE, Ohio - (Business Wire) At Petland, healthy, happy, well-socialized pets within our care are our number one priority as they have been for 41 years. We do not support substandard breeding facilities and we provide each Petland store with ...
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19 Nov 2008 at 1:07pm Family pets are feeling the bite of the nation?s financial crisis. An increasing number of animals have been abandoned or given up for adoption by people who?ve lost jobs or homes, according to animal-rescue groups. Pet owners also are delaying ...
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18 Nov 2008 at 11:59pm Sixty-three percent of U.S. households own a pet, and pet owners spent $41.2 billion on their animals in 2007. Each dog costs: $217 on food, $219 on routine vet care, $453 on surgical vet visits, $225 on boarding, $127 on grooming, $77 on vitamins ...
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17 Nov 2008 at 1:35am * Look for these dogs at The Humane Society shelter: Females: Border collie mix, black/white, 7 years; blue heeler mix, black/gray, 5 months; Lab/pit bull mix, black/white, 12 weeks; smooth collie mix, tan/white, 10 months. Males: Rottweiler/shepherd ...
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15 Nov 2008 at 6:48pm As day-to-day upkeep, vets' bills and insurance costs rise, animal shelters report more owners giving up their pets. Brian Brady investigates They are the forgotten victims of the credit crunch. As money becomes tight in millions of homes throughout ...
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14 Nov 2008 at 3:21pm As part of a campaign to stop puppy mills, then-Senator Barack Obama posed at the Lincoln Memorial with Baby, a poodle who survived a puppy mill but lost one of her legs from the ordeal. The image will appear in the upcoming book, "A Rare Breed of ...
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13 Nov 2008 at 5:53pm photo by Jeremy Henderson Stacy Jones, executive director of Cat Tales, shows off Sugar Pie. Jones said Sugar Pie was once someone?s pet, but has since been shuffled onto the street and would make the perfect addition to anyone?s ...
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