Veterinarians are borrowing big to create palatial pet clinics

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Comment on this story Comment To start 2020, Morgan McDaniel fulfilled a lifelong dream: She bought her own veterinary practice, a financial leap that took a $4.5 million loan. Then the pandemic hit, as did America’s pet adoption boom. Cat and dog parents kept asking McDaniel’s Montgomery Animal Hospital in Pineville, La., for more services. Could it provide long-term care for a dog’s torn ACL? Did it offer overnight boarding? McDaniel decided she could, tacking on a $750,000 loan to expand her practice by more than two dozen doggy bedrooms, an exam room for specialty procedures and an artificial turf…

An unexpected arrival | Adventuresinbeeland’s Blog

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I’d left some equipment behind in the old location I used to keep bees, and hadn’t got around to moving it yet. Some new visitors took advantage of this des res – a brood box with a few frames in, a floor, and an inspection board acting as a roof, all piled up on top of a load of empty equipment. They’re against a wall and have a hedge and trees on the other side, providing shelter from the Cornish rain, and – in the last few days – the Cornish sun! I was surprised at how large a swarm…

Manchester: Woman pleads ‘no more dead cats to be taken to landfill’ | UK News

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Gizmo was taken to landfill – with owner Helena unable to carry out a proper burial for her ‘best friend’ (Picture: Gizmo’s Legacy/Getty Images) Every year, thousands of cats go missing. Facebook pages up and down the UK are littered with posts about dead cats seen on the side of the road. After cats are hit by cars, they are often removed in the same way foxes or badgers would be – and taken to landfill. Their microchips aren’t always scanned, leaving owners without closure on what happened to their lost pet. That was the situation for Helena Abrahams, from…

piano art

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The website will suggest that you care about your art and are severe about your art profession. Mathieulevesque is considered one of the nice examples of art websites that may encourage artistry. It’s an exhibition of business photographer’s specialization in meals and product images. The website welcomes guests with an out-of-the-box structure together with good typography. For More Information You can visit: Art News It cleverly reimagines and remixes a number of works by Edgar Allan Poe in a modern setting. Created by Mike Flanagan, the series follows doomed siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher , and the darkish secrets and…

Opinion: America’s taste in family pets is changing — for the better, in my view

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Editor’s Note: Urmee Khan is a London-based journalist with more than two decades of experience in TV, print and online media. She is founder of Rakhana, a media consultancy. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. Read more opinions at CNN. CNN — It would be easy to dismiss French bulldogs, with their squidgy, cartoon faces and small squat bodies, as little more than a handbag accessory. Some people might even see them as little more than a conversation piece affording the pretext to gossip about a favorite music star or actor. And no one can deny the…

Pet food pros talk about sustainability, food safety at the Pet Food Conference

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ATLANTA — Nearly 400 industry professionals convened at the 2023 Pet Food Conference in Atlanta, held Jan. 24 in conjunction with the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE). Attendees spanned pet food manufacturers, ingredient and equipment suppliers, regulatory officials, aspiring students, and other industry stakeholders, representing what the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) described as a “pre-pandemic” turnout. “We had a packed room the entire day and certainly learned a lot,” said Louise Calderwood, directory of regulatory affairs at the AFIA. During the conference, Eric Altom, Ph.D., technical nutritionist and innovation lead at Balchem, presented the 2023 Friend of Pet…

Son ‘Possessed by Demons’ Threatens Mom With Knife After Killing Pets

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A man in Mesa, Arizona, was arrested after he allegedly threatened his mother with a knife and killed his family’s three pets, telling police that he was “possessed by demons.” The man’s mother called 911 on Monday afternoon to report that she had returned home to find her son holding a knife. He then chased her out of the apartment down the street as he threatened to kill her, according to a court document shared with Newsweek by the Mesa Police Department. The report said that the call was made in regard to an “active family fight” involving her son…