By gosh, it does look like a cat, or some come-alive stuffed animal from a high-end horror movie. It is much more lifelike than Sony’s Erector-Set-like robo-dog, AIBO.

Firefighters have 15 new oxygen masks for dogs and cats that can be used to treat animals overcome by smoke inhalation during a fire.

Dog lovers in Britain have taken 2.7 million working days off to care for their sick pets over the last two years, according to a survey.

A bungling vet bandaged cats’ and dogs’ legs so tightly they had to be amputated, a hearing has been told.
If found guilty the veterinary surgeon Mr Sanyal could be removed from the register of veterinary surgeons.

Whatever killed several pets in the St. Clair and Vaughan Road area, may also have briefly made a man ill .
Public health officials doubt it. They say its highly unusual for a sickness to be transfered from an animal to a human.
However the bodies of the pets are now being tested at the University [...]

The Dogs Trust, which takes in 1,000 strays in Wales alone, is holding classes in Welsh primary schools to teach children about responsible dog ownership.
“Hopefully these classes will help children to understand what it takes to look after a pet and they will take that message home with them.

Namita, a middle-aged woman who lives in India’s north-eastern Tripura state and is a government worker, describes Buru, the pet monkey, as her third child.
“This is not a pet, this is my son. Please get that right,” she insists.

Euthanasia is an issue that no pet owners want to think about, yet it is one that many will invariably have to face. Since the majority of people consider their pets to be family members, it is understandably heartbreaking to think about the end of their lives and even more difficult to think about having [...]

“I do not like all animals but I love my pet kitten, Fluffy” — serves to underscore a truth that special animal can always be special …
You can pick your pet from a wide range, whether it is an aquarium of fish, a pampered cat, a loyal dog or even black ants marching in [...]

ONE in three pets will make an unexpected visit to the vet each year. With such medical costs rising 10-12 per cent per year, insurance is vital.