Pets and Animals
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This simple pet procedure has health benefitsJun 19, 2013 4:00 pm - According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, 51.8 percent of households in Illinois owned pets in 2011. The ASPCA estimates that each year 6.6 million cats ...
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Lost Palatine Golden retriever back homeJun 18, 2013 4:00 pm - Bailee, the golden retriever believed to be stolen after wandering from her family's Palatine-area home on Saturday, has been reunited with her owner. Mike Gerdes said a...
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Palatine-area family's golden retriever believed stolenJun 17, 2013 3:00 pm - A frantic search for a Palatine-area family's golden retriever, Bailee, had been under way for more than a day when even more devastating news came their way. The Gerdes...
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Veterinary association in Schaumburg celebrates 150 yearsJun 17, 2013 1:15 pm - The American Veterinary Medical Association celebrates its 150th anniversary this month, with 38 of those years spent at two headquarters in Schaumburg. The group spent ...
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Morris the cat runs for mayor of Mexican cityJun 16, 2013 6:01 am - MEXICO CITY — This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes. Morris, a black-and-white kitten wi...
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Pet owners turn to the nontraditionalJun 16, 2013 6:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It's the age-old and seemingly answerless question: What in the world is my dog thinking? And one that has spawned a growing market not only of scien...
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Pet blessing Saturday at Rolling Meadows churchJun 14, 2013 5:24 pm - Trinity Lutheran Church in Rolling Meadows, at 3201 Meadows Drive, is holding its 7th Annual Pet Blessing from noon until 2 p.m. Saturday, June 15. There will be a free ...
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Training your dog to herd takes time and patienceJun 13, 2013 10:01 am - We were standing around at work talking about what we were all going to do on the weekend. Seemed everyone had plans — a graduation party to hold and one to attend, a ch...
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Hitchhiking kitten finds home with Oswego familyJun 13, 2013 8:02 am - Kane County animal control authorities report today that a kitten that survived a 300-mile journey inside a semitrailer’s air cleaner from Wisconsin has been adopted by ...
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Pooches, owners march for more dog-friendly ParisJun 08, 2013 9:59 pm - PARIS — Some Parisians want just a little bit more of their city to go to the dogs. At least 100 pooches — with owners in tow, holding leashes — marched near the Louvre ...