Pet News

One of the biggest trends in pet food for 2013 is organic dog food, according to pet trendologists Robbin and Joseph Everett who have reported seeing an increase the number of people who "want to be able to pronounce the ingredients in their pet's food." Consumers are constantly searching the big box pet store shelves for foods that feature organic ... (more)

Many of your readers will not be aware of the despicable trade in dog meat from Thailand to neighbouring countries like Vietnam and Laos that has been going on for a number of years.

Got your springtime garden all planted? Let's hope you saved some room to grow herbs for your bunnies .

Animals will be available at the temporary shelter at 5845 Acton Circle in Granbury between 9 a.m. and 7 a.m. today and 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday.

Hearing about the burial of the animal in a disused tea bag box left her thinking there had to be a better, more dignified way to say goodbye to family pets.

Hefty fine: A Lincoln woman was fined over A 1,000 for persistently failing to clear dog mess from her back garden.

Some pet owners love to humanize their pets by dressing them up in human clothes and accessories.

JUSTIN Bieber has been hit with a hefty bill by the quarantine centre caring for his pet monkey which he sneaked into Europe on a private jet.

Stephanie Milligan poses with Whizzarita after a training session in the build-up to the September Trans-Tasman Western Riding Challenge in Melbourne.

The Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show Foundation has trotted out a new website. The site - http://www.blowingrockhorses.com - went online May 10.

This summer, Music Citys Hotel Preston is giving travelers a chance to unleash their inner country queen, indie music darling, or southern rock star with the new Nashville Dreaming getaway package .

The Frederick County Health Department received information from the Maryland State Rabies Lab that a cat near Mount Airy has tested positive for the rabies virus.

On the eve of National Dog Bite Prevention Week , insurance behemoth State Farm has released data with some real bite.

Patch readers, you're up! We need your wit, creativity and animal psychic abilities to craft the perfect caption for the next edition of our pet photo caption challenge! Suggest your caption in the Comments section below.

They are a man's best friend, the only dog mentioned by breed in the Bible and millions of pounds is gambled on them every day.

Ms Conti said the six-month-old foal was fathered by her own stallion Dreamtime Xzibit - named after the US rapper Xzibit because he was ''big, black and beautiful''. She said the foal's mother was also ''a really special mare'', a thoroughbred by Kingston Rule which won the Melbourne Cup in 1990.

Neighbors never suspected alligators , rattlesnakes , a crocodile, and other exotics lived in the mysterious and seemingly uninhabited Southeast Wisconsin house until several police squad cars surrounded the spot on May 14.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. The first rabid bat of the season has been confirmed in Idaho after it flew into a home in northern Kootenai County, where residents found it lying on their staircase.

Midwestern horse lovers are loading up tack and trailers for horse training clinics, trail rides, horse shows and other exciting equine events for the third weekend of May.

A bat found in a northern Idaho home tested positive for rabies last week, prompting public health officials to warn people throughout the state to take precautions around bats and make sure that their dogs, cats, ferrets, and horses are adequately vaccinated against rabies.