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How to get financial assistance with veterinary care: The ultimate resource
When disaster strikes, it never comes at a convenient time, we are never fully prepared. The panic, of realizing that you are powerless to stop it, never leaves you. Lurking around every corner, behind every smile, is the fear that it could happen again. While nearly every waking hour I have is happily devoted to a cause for which I…
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Expanded Natura Pet Food Recall Hurts P&G’s Global Market
Procter & Gamble’s pet food sector is suffering from it’s third batch of recalls in less than two weeks; recalls that included its Iams Shakables Treats brand for mold and last weeks enormous Natura Pet Innova, EVO, California Natural, and Healthwise pet food brands for bacterial contamination — just got a whole lot bigger. Natura Pet, which unveiled the first recall…
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White House Guts Food Safety Modernization Act, Testing Nixed
News of cuts in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s draft food safety rules the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) stunned food safety advocates when it was revealed this week that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) gutted the FSMA on the q.t. Food Chemical News broke the story that cuts made by the OMB to the FSMA…
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Bravo! Raw Food Diet Chicken Blend for Dogs & Cats Recalled for Salmonella Contamination
Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is warning consumers to avoid feeding or handling Bravo! Raw Food Diet Chicken Blend for Dogs and Cats because it may be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. The alert was issued after the MDA laboratory found Salmonella bacteria in routine sample tests. What is being recalled Bravo! Raw Food Diet Chicken Blend for Dogs and Cats…
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Diamond Issues Recall Over Thiamine Deficient Cat & Kitten Foods, Multiple Brands Affected
It’s Sunday, a day normally reserved for catching up on household chores, meeting with friends, playing with your kids or your pets, you know, weekendy stuff. If your like most people, you maintain a healthy balance between work and play, but not pet food executives: They use the weekends to issue recalls. Take today for example, it’s a lazy Sunday,…
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Hearts Found in Nature
The search for love can be elusive, except when you know where to look. Hiding in plain sight is nature’s message: love is where you find it. For me, I have found love in cats. Look closely, and you will see what I mean…
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My Valentine is Covered in Fur
Valentine’s Day is here again, reminding single cat ladies why they prefer cats to boyfriends. Being a single cat lady has its advantages, really it does. Of course none spring immediately to mind, but nevertheless I know for a fact I am much better off with my eight cats than a crappy good-for-nothing boyfriend. Come to think of it,…
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How to Dress Your Cat for Christmas and Other Holiday Horrors
Is there anything cuter than a cat in a Santa hat? Yes, probably, but the mere sight of a cat in a holiday costume is pure crack to a crazy cat lady. Like catnip is to cats, cute is to cat lovers. Some try to break the cute habit by switching from cats in Christmas costumes to cats in Christmas…
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Macy’s & SPCA Annual Holiday Windows Filled with Adoptable Pets
This Christmas SPCA San Francisco and Macy’s teamed up to showcase the adorable adoptables at the 26th Annual Holiday Window at Macy’s on Union Square in San Francisco. This years windows, inspired by iconic San Francisco neighborhoods, bring holiday cheer to life with furry models who frolic in enchanting displays which every year brings delight with adoptable cats and…
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The Best Part of Waking Up…Is Cat Crap in Your Cup!
What you are about to read gets logged in my brain under “Holy Shit, Now I’ve Seen Everything” file. That file keeps getting fatter despite the title. Just when you think you’ve seen it all…along comes Cat Crap Coffee. I shit you not. Poor Juan Valdez, he must be rolling in his grave right now. I pride myself as being…
