Times are tough for wildlife living at the frontier between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Armies are reportedly encamped in a national park and wildlife preserve on the Congolese side, while displaced herders and their cattle have settled in an adjoining Ugandan park.

Dog owners who sleep with their pet or permit licks on the face are in good company. Surveys show that more than half of owners bond with their pets in these ways. Research done by a veterinarian found that these dog owners are no more likely to share the same strains of E. coli bacteria with their pets than are other dog owners.

Though we have been blessed with clear, sunny skies in recent weeks, cold, bone-chilling air has remained in place, and yesterday’s snow is a solid reminder that spring won’t be here any time soon. With that said, it seems like…

Do you have to fight with your pet while sharing bed or sharing your favorite sofa ? don’t worry,  DenHaus who designs pet furnitures with a striking starburst design, fondly know as Dens, is all set to help eliminate the conflicts pet owners experience in sharing space with their pet.

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Sea otters living along the central California coast risk higher exposure to disease-causing parasites as a consequence of the food they eat and where they feed.

PetSmart Inc. one of the largest specialty retailer for pet needs, voluntarily recalling seven of its Grreat Choice® Dog Biscuit products that contain peanut paste made by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA).

PCA is the focus of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation into potential salmonella contamination of peanut butter and paste made at its [...]

Are you doing everything you can to protect your pet and ensure their safe return to you should you become separated? Each year thousands of pets runaway, become injured and lost, or are stolen. Have you taken the necessary steps…

The cat is the main host for Toxoplasma and spreads the infection in its droppings. Previous research has shown that isolated island groups without cats are in reality free of the parasite. New research suggests that migratory birds are a probable source of infection for the Arctic fox population on Svalbard (the Spitsbergen archipelago).

Removing an invasive species from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, a World Heritage Site, has caused environmental devastation that will cost more than A$24 million to remedy, ecologists have revealed. Writing in the new issue of the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Applied Ecology, they warn that conservation agencies worldwide must learn important lessons from what happened on Macquarie Island.

Keeping water vole and mink populations apart is vital if efforts to reintroduce water voles, one of Britain’s most endangered mammals, are to be successful.