Read more pets stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/48/pets.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:51:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74525/georgia-mourns-football-mascot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe University of Georgia football team’s mascot, bulldog Uga VII, has died. He was 4 and had not yet served out two full seasons, the shortest reign in 54 years of Ugas at UGa. Uga was not only a mascot but a beloved pet to the Savannah family that provides...http://www.newser.com/story/74525/georgia-mourns-football-mascot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:24:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74282/beverly-hills-la-ban-cat-declawing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFurniture beware: Los Angeles and Beverly Hills have become the latest California cities to outlaw the declawing of cats. Santa Monica and San Francisco recently passed similar bans and others are considering banning declawing before next year, when a new state law on the regulation of veterinary medicine will effectively...http://www.newser.com/story/74282/beverly-hills-la-ban-cat-declawing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 3:44:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73988/thatcher-has-died-but-not-that-thatcher.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen a Canadian official's beloved cat died, he texted a friend with the sad news: "Thatcher has died." See where this is going? That friend happened to be at a diplomatic dinner, and next thing you know, word had spread lickety-split that Margaret Thatcher had passed away. Canadian PM Stephen...http://www.newser.com/story/73988/thatcher-has-died-but-not-that-thatcher.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 10:39:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73858/eyeless-chimp-victim-recounts-ordeal-on-oprah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA woman viciously attacked early this year by a crazed pet chimpanzee discussed her ordeal and revealed her ravaged face on the Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday. Charla Nash lost her nose, lips, eyelid—and hands—in the attack by a Connecticut neighbor's chimp. Doctors also removed both eyes because of...http://www.newser.com/story/73858/eyeless-chimp-victim-recounts-ordeal-on-oprah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 2:30:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72631/pets-carbon-pawprint-cause-for-alarm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForget the gas guzzler—it's Fluffy and Fido who are delivering a carbon blow to the global environment. That's the odd warning from a pair of New Zealand professors who claim the carbon pawprint of a large dog delivers twice the impact of a Toyota Land Cruiser driven 6,000...http://www.newser.com/story/72631/pets-carbon-pawprint-cause-for-alarm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 3:38:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71594/fido-fetch-my-tax-break.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA bill with appealing benefits for pet owners and advocates alike is crawling through Congress, though it’ll probably be put down without ceremony. The HAPPY Act proposes pet expenses be tax deductible up to $3,500 a year, as a way to stimulate the economy and, of course, encourage human...http://www.newser.com/story/71594/fido-fetch-my-tax-break.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 13:52:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71257/7-foot-dog-has-high-hopes-for-world-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe owner of a North Dakota dog who drinks from the kitchen sink and stares motorists right in the eye thinks he’s a candidate for world’s tallest dog. Boomer, a 180-pound Landseer Newfoundland, measures 3 feet at the shoulders and 7 feet nose to tail. His owner plans to send...http://www.newser.com/story/71257/7-foot-dog-has-high-hopes-for-world-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 11:42:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69683/jaycee-dugard-i-want-my-pets-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJaycee Dugard wants back a group of pets she raised while in captivity in a northern California backyard, animal-control officials tell the San Francisco Chronicle . “We are very hopeful that it’s going to happen as soon as possible,” one says of the menagerie, which includes two dogs, five cats and...http://www.newser.com/story/69683/jaycee-dugard-i-want-my-pets-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 19:43:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68976/pitt-shells-out-80k-for-kids-gerbil-run.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn this edition of Lifestyles of the Rich and Furry : Brad Pitt dropped more than $80,000 on a run for his kids’ gerbils, complete with “tunnels, seesaws and platforms,” the Sun reports. The architecture buff apparently monitored the building of the run himself. “Brad pores over architectural journals like...http://www.newser.com/story/68976/pitt-shells-out-80k-for-kids-gerbil-run.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 12:52:09 CDT