Pets

How Pets Can Help Heal Depression

timesonline.co.uk | Posted 07.16.2008 | Living


I don't have personal experience of depression, but I understand that there can be days when sufferers can barely make it out of bed, let alone out of...

Five Products to Green Your Cat

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green


Mairi Beautyman

Yep, they may be the world's most independent creatures, often scornful, superior, unpredictable, and affectionate only when it comes down to the tu...

Scientists Clone Cancer-Sniffing Dog: Pets Are Next

Huffington Post | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home


In South Korea, scientists have been cloning animals with desirable traits and genetic alterations. Last year, researchers cloned cats that glow under...

Putting Down Our Dog and Thoughts of Scott McClellan

Rob Kall | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics


Rob Kall

Tough day today. We had to put down our 14 year old yellow lab, Vanilla. I treated her better than a dog the past few days. It made me think about ho...

In Praise of Imperfect Pets

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 05.21.2008 | Living


Alison Stein Wellner

Last Saturday, my husband Phil and I went to visit a cat we were thinking about adopting, who was being sheltered at a vet's office in Alphabet City. The vet tech ran through the medical file with us, and then looked up and said: "If I may ask, why are you interested in adopting an amputee?"

Debate: Do Pets Make Us Happier?

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 04.30.2008 | Living


Gretchen Rubin

For many people, pets are an enormous source of happiness. The other day, though, I had a fascinating conversation with a friend about the negative happiness consequence of having pets.

Gus and Us, Part 5: In The End Is The Beginning

Sherman Yellen | Posted 03.10.2008 | Living


Sherman Yellen

Having a dog does the most amazing and contradictory thing - it forces us to grow up and to be a child at the same time, and so it was with Gus and me.

Valentine's Day Advice - No, Not THAT Kind!

Bella DePaulo | Posted 02.04.2008 | Living


Bella DePaulo

I don't see why there is so much advice offered to single people about Valentine's Day. They are not the ones having a hard time. Recently, ...

Gus and Us

Sherman Yellen | Posted 01.31.2008 | Living


Sherman Yellen

A love story about a dog, or a dog story about love.

My Family

Margaret Cho | Posted 01.30.2008 | Living


Margaret Cho

The newest victims of the nation's foreclosure crisis are pets, which is extremely distressing. The thought of people abandoning their pets is a nightmare to me.

Owners Ditch Pets After Houses Foreclose

ABC News | Evelyn Nieves | Posted 01.30.2008 | Business


The house was ravaged -- its floors ripped, walls busted and lights smashed by owners who trashed their home before a bank foreclosed on it. Hidden in...

Internet-Ordered Pups Are Frequently Imported, Diseased

ABC News | Posted 12.17.2007 | Business


Americans were outraged earlier this year when imported pet food made hundreds of pets sick. But what if you found out that thousands of puppies are i...

Dog Washing Machine Looks Cruel and Unusual

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 11.07.2007 | Living


The latest pet innovation to come out of France looks just plain cruel. Lazy dog owners put their pets into this huge washing machine-like contraptio...

Iggy, We Hardly Knew Ye

Peggy Drexler | Posted 10.19.2007 | Entertainment


Peggy Drexler

As I started watching Ellen's on-air weep-fest, I first thought somebody died. And then my heart went out to her, the adopting family and little Iggy.

Creature Comforts and California Law

Patt Morrison | Posted 09.24.2007 | Living


Patt Morrison

Schwarzenegger has signed a bill by a Democratic state Senator that allows criminal and family courts to include family pets in domestic violence protective orders.


 

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