New York State has filed Assembly Bill 3431 and Senate Bill S6167 to prohibit devocalization of dogs and cats. There is opposition to these bills from lobbies that profit from devocalization. They are trying to kill the bills through loopholes. One amendment would allow some people to have their dogs and cats devocalized. Devocalization is […]
At North Carolina’s State School of Veterinary Medicine, a prosthetic front paw implant was performed on a 5 year old Siberian Husky. As a puppy, Zeus, the Husky, lost his paw when a female dog mauled him through his cage at the farm where he was bred. In spite of his problems, Zeus was adopted […]
Heimlich Maneuver for Cats If your cat shows any of the following symptoms, s/he may be choking: pawing the mouth, drooling, coughing, gagging, labored breathing, fainting, becoming unconscious. Your cat might have tried to swallow a foreign object such as a small toy or a bone. Try to wrap the cat in a towel to […]
