Tuesday, September 6, 2011, the California Senate passed a ban on shark finning. Sharks are being hunted and cruelly killed for their fins which are used in a soup dish. The California ban is the latest in a series of state and federal laws curbing this inhumane and needless slaughter of sharks. The HSUS encourages […]
My husband Virgil and I have three retired racing greyhounds. We know something about their racing lives, and we’ve realized that there’s inspiration here for dogs in any active dog sport, like agility. On race day, a greyhound starts out with a very small breakfast. The small meal cues the dog that it’s a race […]
As if there weren’t enough reasons to be cautious when giving your pet a prescription drug, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) comes out with yet another reason. Uninformed people sometimes seek out prescription drugs for their pets that suffer from illness and disease such as pet joint degeneration. The FDA has started to crack […]
