Help Your Pet, Get to the Vet Campaign Foots the Bill, So Pets Don't Pay the Price.
Advantage(R) from Bayer Animal Health Distributes More than $250,000 Worth of Veterinary Vouchers to Get Pets Visiting Veterinarians SHAWNEE, Kan., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Advantage(R) Topical Solution from Bayer Animal Health announced today the Help Your Pet, Get to the Vet Campaign with a mission to distribute...

Sick as a Dog: Pets' Top Medical Conditions of 2008.
Largest Pet Insurance Company Reveals Last Year's Most Common Claims BREA, Calif., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Not all the similarities between pets and people are cute and cuddly. Take ear infections, for example, or skin rashes. Not convinced? How about diarrhea? Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI), the nation's...

Iams Home 4 the Holidays Saves the Lives of More Than 1.2 Million Orphaned Pets.
Campaign Ambassador Felicity Huffman and 3,500 Participating Partner Animal Organizations Work Together to Exceed Adoption Goal DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Dedicated to drastically reducing the number of orphaned pets around the world, Iams Home 4 the Holidays today announced that 1,202,751 animals were adopted through...

Perks for pets.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enrichment isn't only for wild animals in zoos and aquariums. Pets need enrichment too. "[Pet owners] do enrichment whether they realize it or not," says Scott Silver, a curator at the Queens Zoo in New York. "Every time you give [your cat] catnip, that's enrichment."...

The Pedigree(R) Brand Brings 'Crazy Pets' to This Year's Super Bowl Party.
Pet Food Brand Airs First-Ever Super Bowl Ad to Encourage Adoption NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Super Bowl XLIII is going to the dogs. Well, sort of. While the top two NFL teams will battle it out on the gridiron, PEDIGREE(R) Food for Dogs will join...

Bounce(R) Partners with Petside.com and ASPCA(R) Mission: Orange(TM) Community Partners in Search of the 'Bounce 15 Most Lovable Shelter Pets'.
Online Charitable Adoption Program Helps Fifteen Furry Friends Find a Home CINCINNATI, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of a multi-faceted charity program, Bounce dryer sheets has partnered with Petside.com and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(R) (ASPCA) Mission: Orange(TM) community partners to...

Crews will rid library of powder; Fire extinguisher went off while pets were being sheltered during storm.
Byline: Paula J. Owen FITCHBURG - The non-toxic white powder covering areas of the children's library and the Garden Room at the Fitchburg Public Library from an exploding fire extinguisher Dec. 15 will be cleaned up this weekend, said outgoing Library Director Anne Wirtanen yesterday, her last...

Pets and Planet Benefit as Kids Embrace New and Traditional Media at CES in Las Vegas (Consumer Electronics Show).
Faithful Friends' Kid Reporters at CES will review new consumer electronics, interview corporate executives and report on 'green' issues for the Faithful Friends TV show presented by Drs. Foster and Smith Pet Supplies on Animal Planet, and for KidsCom.com virtual world. LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ --...

Pets special on Inauguration Day.
Byline: Shelby Martin The Register-Guard The Obama family will soon bring a "first dog" to the nation's capital, and Greenhill Humane Society hopes the family won't be the only one to bring home a new pet this year. In honor of the inauguration of the 44th president...

Oregon dog becomes sick after consuming peanut butter biscuit.
Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard Pets have joined the list of those falling ill from salmonella-contaminated peanut butter. The Oregon Public Health Division reported on Friday that a dog in Douglas County caught the bug after eating a tainted dog biscuit. Laboratory tests confirmed the...