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on this post - (2) Posts Kobe Bryant’s popularity extends even to the animal kingdom. From a database of more than 465,000 pet insured animals including dogs, cats, birds, and exotic domesticated animals, 359 are named “Kobe,” making it the 189th most popular name of 65,536 pet names across the nation. (more…)
For Halloween one needs a creative tool to dress up Fluffy and Buddy. Here it is! Dressup games. My cute pet dressup.
“Even our dogs and cats have learned that elections matter.” vice president Al Gore Click on a dog to buy a vote for Bark Obama or McCanine. (more…)
CHICAGO — More than 1,000 phony registrations were submitted, Lake County official says. (more…)
Court Reverses Bush Decision to Strip Protection From Wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. (more…)
Send Comments to Secretary Kempthorne. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced devastating changes to the Endangered Species Act, signaling the end of protection for thousands of imperiled species. (more…)
TOKYO — Dolphins at a Japanese marine park are going on a low-fat diet after developing potbellies and failing to look sharp in their aquatic performances. (more…)
SLAMORADA, Fla. — A dog is recovering after a Florida Keys carpenter dove in to save his pet from a shark. (more…)
MEXICO — A five-ton elephant was killed by a bus after it escaped from a circus in Mexico, and wandered onto a busy highway. (more…)
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Federal act: Big penalties for animal fighting. Update, April 11, 2007: Great news! Last night, the Senate unanimously passed the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act! Now all that is left is for President Bush to sign the bill into law. Read the rest of this entry »
This is a story about two twenty-something women, friends, sharing an apartment. This is a true story but names have been changed as you have come to expect. Jane worked at an electronics manufacturer. Mary worked at a book publishing company. Jane was a bit of a home body. Mary was usually out and about. It came to pass that Jane’s boss needed a cat sitter as he was going on vacation. Read the rest of this entry »
Remember Nora, the piano-playing cat?
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She’s back, with another purrrfectly (pardon our pun) executed classic performance — and this time she’s playing a duet. But her partner isn’t the pianist doggie (although that would be our ultimate dream team). She’s teaming up with the pros, and we see nothing but improvement in her performance. We’d love to have her do a Sessions set live in the AOL studio one day … the Meow Mix buffet is on us.
Snakin’ Google: python saga eerily reminiscent of Studio 60. Hooray, the kids at Google caught the giant python on the loose in their offices! Not a joke! There was a giant python on the loose in their offices! It turns out that after launching not one but two April Fool’s Day pranks, New York-based Googlers received an email warning them that “a 3-foot long, brown-and-grey ball python” had escaped from his owners cage and was lost somewhere in the office. [RK] Read the rest of this entry »
Danderless Dempsey, the hypoallergenic cat. Last year, it was revealed that a Greenwich Village family had purchased a $4,000 hypoallergenic cat from Allerca (not to mention the $3,000 in insurance and shipping). Now, the Daily News has visited the family and cat! [RK] Read the rest of this entry »
Is pet insurance a good idea? First, the good news: veterinarians can do more for your pet than ever before. State-of-the-art medical procedures — from open-heart surgery to kidney transplants — are now available to help prolong an animal’s life. Cats receive dialysis, and even ducks are getting cataract surgery. My own Labrador, Duke, developed a heart condition and had a pacemaker implanted at age 12. He lived a year beyond his natural life expectancy, and I cherished every extra minute I had with him. [RK] Read the rest of this entry »
What’s the Big Deal?
Ah, the pitter patter of four-legged feet as they whip through your living room at overclocked speeds or uproot your prize gladiolas with manic fervor. But Snookiepuss and Mrs. Fluffypants are practically family, right?
So why should they settle for anything less than top drawer when their health and wellbeing are at stake? Throw the planet a bone while you’re at it; we’ve got the goods on how to reduce your pets’ carbon paw prints—without making your wallet roll over and play dead. Read the rest of this entry »
If you have pets, you may have wondered whether they know what you’re thinking. Perhaps your cat hides when you start planning a trip to the vet. Or maybe your dog runs in circles when you think about going out to play. Both of these events can have logical explanations. Your cat might have heard you pull the carrier off the shelf; your dog must have seen you glance at a favorite ball. Read the rest of this entry »
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