More than 210,000 elementary age school children have the chance to interact on a daily basis with a pet thanks to The Pet Care Trust. Pets in the Classroom, an educational grants program offered by The Pet Care Trust (PCT) to support responsible pet care for school classrooms, grew by leaps and bounds in 2011, […]
Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) is the veterinary name for metabolic abnormalities in equines. Typically, horses and ponies become overweight expanding their middles or girth. These days obesity is a widespread problem in both humans and pets and leads to many medical conditions. We are harming our pets by overfeeding them. A horse’s digestive system is […]
The Humane Society of the United States has set aside the week of November 7-13 as National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week. The celebration this special week was begun in 1996 by HSUS to promote the role played by shelters, giving strays and unwanted animals the care and protection they need. The HSUS wants people to […]
