With more and more people owning dogs and just as many running the streets, we have a tremendous need for national dog blood banks in our country. Unfortunately, this is an area very few people know little about and may find it difficult to read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Pets And Animals > Dogs
One of the newer medical health innovations is blood banks for dogs, with Hemopet in California one of the first non-profit national animal blood banks established for safe and effective transfusion medicine for dogs. Like people, it is vital read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Pets And Animals > Dogs
A two-day benched confirmation show, with qualified judges of New York's Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden annually evaluating individual purebred breeds of dogs on how well that dog conforms to their breed standards, is going on read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Pets And Animals > Dogs
The 10th annual toy of 2009 is the Zhu Zhu pet, the top product of the year. Originated by a small company – Cepia LLC - with only 16 employees, this little plush and fuzzy battery-operated mini-hamster with a smart chip for artificial read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Pets And Animals > Getting A Pet
Located in the Arabian Peninsula is Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates and its second largest city. But it also is known as the end location of the Bedouin caravans, taking part in the 2010 Beauty Pageant for Camels with a total read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Pets And Animals > Exotic
Getting a pet can be a stressful experience, for both the humans and the animals. We learned first hand how creative a dog can be to escape, especially when it has a history of abuse and scared in its new surroundings. read more
By:
Kathy Harlin
Category: Pets And Animals > Getting A Pet
During non-breeding seasons, the southern elephant seals can be found throughout the southern oceans. But once the breeding season begins, the population will split into three divisions north of Antarctic's pack ice—South Georgia, Macquarie read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Pets And Animals > Ocean
The southern elephant seal is considered one of the two species of elephant seals—the northern elephant seal and the southern elephant seal. Considered the largest member of the Carnivora order to have ever lived, its name is derived from its read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Pets And Animals > Ocean
Even though they spend most of their time at sea, the southern elephant seals are observed when they come ashore for many reasons—mating, giving birth, or molting. But when they are at the Troll Research Station in Antarctica, they are doing read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Pets And Animals > Ocean
A dog race that spans the width of Alaska, the annual March Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is one of the longest and most grueling dog races in the world, with this year consisting of 1,100-miles of arctic blizzard conditions. And presently, it read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Pets And Animals > Dogs