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A vet has called for certain dog breeds to be banned from suburbia after a vicious mauling that saw a toddler hospitalized in South Australia. Two-year-old Alaruh Walker attacked in her Adelaide home when Joop, her family’s 35kg pet South African Boerboel, attacked her at about 1.30pm on Monday. She was rushed to hospital by paramedics with facial injuries. Vet and director of Parade Norwood Veterinary Clinic Derek McNair has since revealed he would support a ban of certain dog breeds from suburban areas in Australia. “There are certain breeds which have a higher risk attached to them and are…

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…

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – When a plastic bottle fell into the area where two endangered crocodiles, Leroy and Princess, live at ZooMiami, the fear of a potentially deadly digestive obstruction prompted veterinarians to act quickly. Award-winning photographer Ron Magill, a spokesman for the zoo, reported Wednesday that the Cuban crocodiles had to be sedated to undergo radiographs on Tuesday at the zoo’s animal hospital. “Over the years, everything from cell phones to sunglasses have been retrieved from the bellies of animals at the zoo, causing significant stress and in some cases, physical harm,” Magill wrote in a statement. In 2019,…

KANSAS CITY, MO. — The North American pet food and treat industry at large has proven its resilience in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and as the United States teeters over a potential economic recession. The year 2022 presented continued supply chain disruptions, steep inflation on everything from raw materials to transportation, risk of animal diseases, labor shortages, and a myriad of other challenges. These headwinds are certainly reflected in Pet Food Processing‘s most-read articles from last year, but this list also reflects major mergers and acquisitions, notable new products, and key trends driving the industry forward. Keep scrolling…

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Individual parks might have particular areas prohibiting pets. My cat Austin had gotten very sick and was in determined need of emergency veterinary care. It was literally a lifesaver that I had a CareCredit account. I was able to conveniently finance the care and medications he needed to outlive. Feeding Pets of the Homeless® is a national non-profit that works with companies and volunteers throughout the country to gather pet food and supplies for our homeless population that owns pets. Our volunteers assist enlist pet meals donation websites of their local communities and are advocates for keeping pets and humans…

March 10, 2023 • Three years ago, the novel coronavirus swept the world. Here are 24 quotes and thirteen pictures that sum up the response in the weeks earlier than the World Health Organization’s declaration of a worldwide pandemic. March thirteen, 2023 • New evidence shows bempedoic acid works to lower cholesterol and reduce the chance Health of coronary heart attacks, without the muscle pain that some people undergo when taking statins. March thirteen, 2023 • Karen Fine says “I really feel like I study from my patients all the time. … They really have expertise and senses that we…

Anton Petukhov/Getty Images Anton Petukhov/Getty Images Veterinarian Karen Fine continues to be amazed by her patients, despite the fact that she’s been in practice for 30 years. Take, for example, the feral cat she had to capture in a net, who was suffering from an overgrown claw that had been punctured and infected his paw pad. “I knew that I could give him antibiotics for the infection, but it wasn’t going to stop until I trimmed that claw,” Fine said. Just as Fine was contemplating how to best access the infected paw, her feline patient stretched it out to her…