Westgate pets manage without their masters

When fire broke out at the Westgate apartment complex on West Main Street in Stroudsburg on Thursday night, more than 100 residents were evacuated from the building, but many of their dogs, cats and other pets were left behind.

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Westgate pets manage without their masters

Dog DNA ‘to be used to find owners not cleaning up after pets’

The residents of a smart apartment building are considering testing DNA of their dogs to discover which owners are not clearing up after their pets.

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Dog DNA ‘to be used to find owners not cleaning up after pets’

Air Canada, WestJet urged to ban pets from cabins (Toronto Sun)

Air Canada and WestJet should promptly ban pets from aircraft cabins, after a ruling Thursday that three people with cat allergies are disabled, the Canadian Lung Association says.

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Effort To Provide Care For Pets Of Cancer Patients (WTAJ-TV Altoona)

Sometimes cancer patients with pets, delay going into the hospital, because they don’t have anyone to care for their dogs or cats. Now a kennel owner and volunteers at an area hospital want to help.

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Couple Fights to Keep Their Pets (FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth)

A north Texas couple has taken another step in the fight to keep the 17 beloved pets they’ve had for more than a decade. When we first told you about the Gideons, the city of Dallas had ordered them to give up their dogs and cats by Valentine’s Day. Now, the couple is once again taking action to try and keep their animals.

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Shelters see surge in lost pets after Valley storms (ABC 15 Phoenix)

Officials say people may bring in their dogs during monsoon season but tend to not think about it for winter storms.

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In Pictures: Japan’s pampered pets (BBC News)

Japan may be in the middle of an economic crisis, but the Japanese still give their dogs a five star lifestyle, according to the BBC’s Roland Buerk in Tokyo.

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In Pictures: Japan’s pampered pets (BBC News)

Ensuring That All Pets Are Loved (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

Gale Proctor and several other volunteers are out in force on the second Tuesday of each month at the League for Animal Welfare shelter on Taylor Road in Batavia, helping pet owners get their dogs and cats spayed or neutered.

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Opinion: Your pets will love you to take care (DeWitt-Bath Review)

For those of you who have missed seeing an always smiling, very cheerful lady walking the DeWitt neighborhoods with her black Standard Poodle, she’s back! Her new companion is a three month old, not so little, male, apricot, “Labradoodle”.

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Opinion: Your pets will love you to take care (DeWitt-Bath Review)

Pawsitively Pets Expo brings out animal enthusiasts (The Nashua Telegraph)

It was all about “pawsitivity” on Saturday as families brought their dogs of all ages, sizes and breeds to the first Pawsitively Pets Expo at Nashua Community College. A standout dog was Eikon, a caucasian mountain dog that weighs 150 pounds and is jokingly called a “polar bear” because of his size. …

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