With the number of animal surrenders and strays remaining steady, sadly many pets won’t have a home for the holidays this year. The Wake County Animal Center is hoping special adoption discounts the week of December 12-18, will mean more animals are cuddling with a family than housed at the shelter this Christmas. “It’s the […]
The public’s help is needed this weekend to clear pet shelters this weekend. Last year more than 18-hundred shelter pets in central North Carolina found new homes. Clear the Shelter is this Saturday, August 17, 2019, from 10am til 6pm. “Clear The Shelter” is a nationwide pet adoption drive to help find loving homes for […]
A Wisconsin man lost both of his legs and arms after he suffered sepsis, believed to be caused by being licked by a dog. Greg Mantueufel, developed flu-like symptoms and contracted the bacteria capnocytophaga canimorsus, it’s a bacteria found in dog and cat saliva. The man’s wife became alarmed when she noticed bruises began to […]
Letting sleeping dogs — and cats — lie could make you sick, a paper to be published by a U.S. Centers for Disease Control journal warns. That pet in your bed could be passing on meningitis, toxocariasis or cat-scratch disease, among others. “We don’t want to scare people, but especially for children and people with […]
