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Animal Gassing Outlawed in Pennsylvania
Senator Andy Dinniman introduced a bill to the Pennsylvania Senate in October of 2011 to outlaw the use of gas chambers to euthanize animals. The Pennsylvania General Assembly has now passed the bill, House Bill 2630, into law. Pennsylvania will no longer use this inhumane method of euthanization of dogs, cats and other pets. Called […]
Zika Virus and Your Pets
The Zika virus is a mosquito-borne virus. It’s in the family of other viruses carried by mosquitoes such as West Nile virus, malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever and more. The Zika virus was first discovered in Uganda in 1947. It was found in a Rhesis monkey whose habitat was the Zika (overgrown) Forest. Little research […]