Entirely Pets

If Fido is more than your friend — he’s actually your twin — then you may enter this contest.

It’s amazing what needles can do.

A rare public appeal went out on Wednesday to Israeli pet owners to bring their dogs to donate blood to help save more than a dozen canines poisoned by toxic American pet food.

A bird flu vaccine cannot be produced until the virus mutates to pass from human to human and then would take months to manufacture in sufficient quantities, the United Nations’ top influenza official said.

Training helps you know what to do when your pet is hurting. Training also might keep pet owners from panicking and rushing a pet that doesn’t need emergency care to an after-hours clinic for an expensive visit.

Dedicated dog owners log more exercise time than their urban neighbors without pet dogs, according to a study in the February issue of American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Pet birds can not only imitate sounds, they can distinguish between languages, potentially offering new clues on how the brain recognises speech, Japanese researchers say.

When your pet gets sick at an odd hour and the veterinary office doesn’t open until Monday morning, what do you do?

Sold at garden centers all over Southern California, the sago palm has another purpose other than offering a beautiful landscape. It’s one of the most toxic plants around to animals. Without warning, it can offer deadly results.

SICK yobs in Colne have stolen pet rabbits from back yards, simply to set their dogs on them and watch them being ripped apart.