The Pet Care Trust is pleased to announce that its Pets in the Classroom program received 3,500 requests for grants in the program’s first fifteen months. The program, established by the Pet Care Trust in 2009, provides grants of $100-$150 to purchase or adopt a new pet and required equipment or $50 to support existing […]
Spanish scientists at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in Spain, using gene therapy, have been successful in treating type one diabetes in dogs. Most dogs with diabetes have type 1 while cats with the disease have type 2. After one session and 4 years later, the dogs have remained symptom-free with no recurrence of the […]
The ASPCA announced on March 12, 2013, the opening of the ASPCA Behavioral Rehabilitation Center at St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in Madison, New Jersey. The Center is the first of its kind dedicated to providing behavioral rehabilitation to canine victims of cruelty. The dogs include those rescued from puppy mills and hoarders as well. […]
