One girl sparks a campaign for oxygen masks for pe...

By Jay Paul, for USA TODAY Monica Plumb, 12, raises money at a PETCO in Midlothian, Va., to get oxygen masks for pets onto fire trucks. Pets in dozens of towns across the nation are more likely to survive a fire because of the efforts of a young girl. Propelled two years ago by a news account of a dog that survived a fire because of a specially designed oxygen mask for pets, Monica Plumb of Powhatan, Va., conducted...

Dog bites can leave kids with emotional scars too...

NEW YORK | Mon Jul 12, 2010 1:19am EDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When animals attack, some kids might develop post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. That’s the message of a new study that followed kids in China after they came to the emergency room (ER) for animal bites – the cause of millions of injuries every year. Some people suffer from PTSD after experiencing an event that puts...

Vicar gives Holy Communion to dog...

An Anglican church in Canada has become the focus of controversy after a vicar gave Holy Communion to a dog. Published: 12:18PM BST 26 Jul 2010 A priest at St Peter’s Anglican Church in Toronto, gave Holy Communion to an Alsatian cross dog called Trapper Photo: ALAMY The priest gave the Host – considered by Christians to represent the body of Jesus Christ – to an Alsatian cross called Trapper. St Peter’s...

On Films and TV, Woofs and Meows Reign...

By NEIL GENZLINGER Published: July 23, 2010 This is the way the world will end: not with a bang, but with a woof. Or perhaps a meow. Or, more likely, both. the world as in the physical planet; no cataclysmic explosion is imminent. I mean the world as in the ecosystem that features humans as the dominant creatures. Without realizing it, we have been ceding ground for some years now to cats and dogs. They were fine when they...

AAHA Releases Nutritional Guidelines for Dogs, Cat...

AAHA Releases Nutritional Guidelines for Dogs, CatsThe American Animal Hospital Association today released its Nutritional Assessment Guidelines for Dogs and Cats. The guidelines were developed on the basis that good nutrition enhances pets’ quality and quantity of life and is integral to optimal animal care. “Incorporating nutritional assessment into the routine examination protocol for every patient is important for...