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October
The Great Cat Watch: Scrutiny, Surveillance, Vet Visits--“We should also see what’s in the litter box, but most of us don’t,”
Twice Annual Vet Exam Saves Chaser’s Life-- National Pet Wellness, an initiative encouraging twice annual veterinary visits, saved our dog’s life.
Iams Cat Championship-- Dog shows and cats shows are both beauty contest. The biggest difference between the two is that you have to tell dogs just how beautiful they are; the cats know it.
September

She Refused to Abandon Her Pets, Roof Top SOS Saves The Day--You may have seen the SOS she painted on her rooftop on one of the TV cable news outlets. “One big dog, two cats, one person. Please bring help.”

Pets Are a Part of the Katrina Story: How to Help--The loss of human life and property as a result of Katrina is unspeakable. But at least one survivor still had something to hold onto, quite literally.
August
Hike with your dog--She had climbed about 12,000 feet on Mount Whitney in Southern California when the idea occurred to Charlene LaBelle to write a book about backpacking with dogs.
Super Bugs, Spinal Cord Injuries, Cancers, Heart Disease Among Topics Discussed at Vet Conference Highlighting Cutting Edge Medicine for Pets--Baltimore, MD: Pets can now enhance the spread of so-called “super bugs,” which have historically been caught in the hospital by people.
Discovery of Gene Defect Linked to Heart Disease in Cats--You can’t help but wonder if Dr. Kathryn Meurs hollered “Bingo!” when she found a gene mutation in Maine Coon cats that is clearly associated with feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the most common form of heart disease in cats.
 

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