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Source: Washington Post
(September 8, 2016) Dogs are born with ears and tails. They should get to keep them... Read more» |
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Source: NPR
(July 8, 2016) When a goat gazes into your eyes, it may be issuing a silent plea for help. That's the suggestion from a new study of goats co-authored by Christian Nawroth, who researches animal cognition at Queen Mary University of London, published in Biology Letters... Read more» |
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Source: AVMA
(June 1, 2016) Approximately 58 percent of cats and 54 percent of dogs were overweight or obese in 2015, according to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention. The association is calling on the veterinary industry to clearly define and classify pet obesity as a disease and to adopt a universal body condition scoring scale for assessing pet obesity... Read more» |
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Source: CNBC
(June 18, 2016) Dogs — all 300-plus existing breeds — are curious creatures: The domesticated variety is notorious for mindless habits like chewing on socks and chasing down squirrels, even while their more disciplined brethren sniff out illegal drugs, explosives and even cancer.
Those characteristics are all part of canine cognition, a growing field of research conducted by leading dog psychologists (yes, really) who actively examine why our furry friends behave the way they do. Places like Stanford, Yale and the University of Florida are just several of the research institutions pioneering a broad effort to understand what makes dogs tick... Read more» |
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Source: NWF Daily News
(June 28, 2016) Starting next month, smoke in the air will be prohibited at the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) in Fort Walton Beach.
PAWS is going tobacco free on July 1. That means cigarettes, cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco and electronic nicotine delivery systems—such as “vapes”—will be prohibited on PAWS premises, including parking lots, outdoor play areas and in company vehicles... Read more» |
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Source: BarkPost
(June 29, 2016) Last week, the Oregon Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling finding that an emaciated dog named Juno is more than just a thing, under the law. The court found instead that, in a significant way, Juno is akin to a human child... Read more» |
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Source: NPR
(June 20, 2016) When you think about fish, it's probably at dinnertime. Author Jonathan Balcombe, on the other hand, spends a lot of time pondering the emotional lives of fish. Balcombe, who serves as the director of animal sentience for the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy, tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that humans are closer to understanding fish than ever before... Read more» |
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Source: DVM360
(May 14, 2016) Last summer, during a Skype brainstorming session with my colleague Karen Bradley, DVM, to prepare for an upcoming session we were presenting at CVC, she asked me if I was a member of Not One More Vet.
No, I said. I had never heard of it.
“Let me send you an invite,” Karen offered.
A minute later, an invitation to join the secret Facebook group Not One More Vet, NOMV for short, was in my inbox. Intrigued, I clicked “join.” I was instantly immersed in the secret world of veterinarians, where colleagues were jaw-droppingly open with each other, sharing their joys, their struggles, insider jokes and, all-too-often, desperate cries for help... Read more» |
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