Governor Arnold Schwarzennegger vetoed a California bill to prevent landlords from requiring tenants to declaw their cats. The bill asked that a $2500 fine be levied for each time declawing or devocalitzation is required in a landlord-tenant agreement. Landlords would not have been allowed to advertise, discouraging owners whose pets are not declawed or devocalized. […]
Overtoun Bridge is on a 19th century estate near Dumbarton, Scotland. Since the 1960s, more than 50 dogs have jumped to their deaths in the same spot, the right-hand side of the bridge. Hundreds more have survived the jump onto the rocks 50 feet below, some dogs even returning to leap again. Since no explanation […]
Myofascial Pain Syndrome is the name given to chronic muscular pain. Myo (muscle) fascial (connective tissues surrounding muscles) pain occurs in humans as well as animals. Normally, fascia are flexible and bind structures together. But when the fascia tightens it puts pressure on the surrounding structures. Scar tissue forms in the muscles. Although difficult to […]
