Betsey Webster checks on the welfare of the animals and the condition of the emergency shelter set up at Banning Animal Shelter in Banning, Calif. Seized animals from Best Buddies Rescue in Aguanga, Calif., were temporarily housed at Banning Animal Shelter. Linda Bruno called her Pennsylvania cat rescue the land of milk and tuna. It thrived for years as people sent pets they couldn't care for from hundreds of miles away — unaware it was a death camp for cats.



Cat - Extermination camp - Pennsylvania - Recreation - Pets

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Hundreds of specially trained dogs form Italy's corps of canine lifeguards, are deployed each summer to help swimmers in need of rescue.


Dog - Lifeguard - Emergency service - Health - Public Health and Safety

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Pet owners often swear that a new baby won't change how they feel about their cat or dog. But a new study of pet owners in Indiana finds that parenthood does affect the way people think about and treat their domesticated furballs.
Recreation - Health - Indiana - United States - Washington D.C

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The Centers for Disease Control says salmonella tainted pet food poses danger to young children. WNBC's Lynda Baquero reports. (NBC News Channel)The Centers for Disease Control says salmonella tainted pet food poses danger to young children. WNBC's Lynda Baquero reports. (NBC News Channel)



WNBC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - NBC News - Health - Pets

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A small dog who refused to return home until a neighbor followed her helped rescue her owner after he collapsed at home following heart surgery.


Cardiac surgery - Dog - Surgery - Health - People

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Fido's food may be making kids sick, a government report warns, detailing the first known salmonella outbreak in humans, mostly young children, linked to pet food.
Pet food - Health - Pets - Animal - Nutrition

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Fido's food may be making kids sick, a government report warns, detailing the first known salmonella outbreak in humans, mostly young children, linked to pet food.
Pet food - Health - Pets - Animal - Nutrition

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A rescued rabbit feeds July 26 at The Bunny Bunch, a rabbit shelter in Montclair, Calif. The number of rabbits in shelters across the country goes up every summer as Easter bunnies grow up and the novelty wears off.Easter bunnies grow up and the novelty wears off. Come summer, people often just dump the bunnies.





Easter - Holidays - History - Traditions - Easter Bunny

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Gina, a highly trained bomb-sniffing dog with the U.S. military, joins Staff Sgt. Chris Kench on a sofa at the kennel at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. After she came home to Peterson Air Force Base in June 2009, a military veterinarian diagnosed her with post-traumatic stress disorder. Gina was a playful 2-year-old German shepherd when she went to Iraq as a highly trained bomb-sniffing dog with the military. Now, veterinarians say, she has post-traumatic stress disorder.



Iraq - Posttraumatic stress disorder - German Shepherd Dog - Health - Mental Health

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Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble Co. said Sunday it is voluntarily recalling two lots of Iams brand prescription renal dry cat food because it could be contaminated with salmonella.
procter-gamble - Pet food - Brand - Health - Business

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