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Missing Woman, Cat Found After Month in Forest

Rob Quinn — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:32:00 CST

A woman who had been missing for nearly a month was found starving but still alive in New Mexico's Gila National Forest. Search crews say 41-year-old Margaret Page was stranded in the forest for weeks, surviving on creek water and the food she had brought with her, and lost close...

Pet Owners Get Infections After Too-Close Contact

Dustin Lushing — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:00:05 CST

Pet owners should be careful of becoming too physically close with their furry friends: Three people contracted serious infections after cuddling and caring for their dying pets, a new study shows. One woman who ate honey from the dropper she used to feed her dog was hospitalized with a respiratory...

Want Your Pet to Last Forever? Freeze-Dry It

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:07:41 CST

Freeze-dried pets may not play with you or go out for walks, but they look pretty darn real, LiveScience reports. And they cater to the need of pet owners who want little Scruffy or Ruby to last until the end. "What we hear from pet owners is that they're so...

Forget Kibble: Today's Pets Eat Gourmet

Matt Cantor — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:03:05 CST

At least one demographic isn't feeling the burn of a tough economy: pets. Instead of cutting back, dogs and cats are living large—at least when it comes to fine dining. Pet food companies are offering meals fit for a king, such as egg soufflé for cats; a lobster consommé...

Declaw Your Cat in Israel, Spend a Year in Prison

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:13:18 CST

Israel, land of shredded couch corners? Maybe. At the end of November, the country passed a bill that bans the declawing of cats—with some seriously stiff penalties. Those convicted of the crime will face up to a year in prison and a $20,000 fine, reports Discover . If the...

Bird Expert Convicted in Cat Poison Bid

Matt Cantor — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:19:05 CDT

A Smithsonian bird researcher has been convicted of animal cruelty after she tried to poison the local cat population. Nico Dauphine, 38, was caught on a security tape standing in front of a bowl of cat food outside a DC apartment building, the Los Angeles Times reports. She said she...

Missing Cat Spent Months in JFK Airport

Matt Cantor — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:36:37 CDT

Perhaps he found inspiration in Willow . Jack the cat escaped his cat carrier at JFK Airport when his family was moving to California, prompting a Facebook campaign , an American Airlines search, and numerous sweeps of the airport and local areas. Finally, two months later, Jack has been found: Turns out...

Cat Fight Erupts at US Embassy in Kabul

Rob Quinn — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:21:58 CDT

At the Duck and Cover bar at America's embassy in Kabul, cats are a contentious topic, the Washington Post finds. Some 30 semi-feral cats roam the embassy grounds and some staffers are fiercely resisting plans to exterminate them to prevent rabies. The embassy "cat committee" has been told that diplomats...

Australian Towns Impose Curfews — on Cats

Matt Cantor — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:22:33 CDT

After attacks on native wildlife, the Sydney area is putting its cats on a leash: Under a new rule, they’ll have to be inside from dusk to dawn, Reuters reports. The decision came after a deputy mayor’s son saved a parent and baby possum from a cat. In the past...