Not only dogs and cats populate the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter

“It happens,” said Jon Gary, Oklahoma City Animal Shelter’s unit operations supervisor. “There are a lot of big, open areas in Oklahoma City. Every now and then, we’ll get a stray horse.” Most of the horses that find their way to the shelter are seized as part of abuse cases. Only one of the half-dozen horses at the shelter during a recent week was a stray. But the equine...

Ice Dogs clinch West crown, fall to Avalanche – Fairbanks Daily News

slideshow FAIRBANKS—The blade of a stick on Friday night helped the Fairbanks Ice Dogs clinch the North American Hockey League’s West Division regular-season title for the second straight year. Jeff Earnest’s redirected goal in the third period gave the eventual division titlists a 2-2 tie against the third-place Alaska Avalanche and forced overtime in the second game of the three-game...

Clinical Trial Findings Show Platelet Therapy Can Provide Relief for Dogs with Osteoarthritis

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Dogs treated with platelet therapy from a unique filter-based process showed significant improvement from osteoarthritis-related pain and lameness according to a new study commissioned by Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL). Results from the study, a two-center, prospective randomized controlled clinical trial, were...

Houlton animal shelter steps up, takes dogs from Arkansas that faced euthanization

HOULTON, Maine — When Lorraine Monfils opened the Ark Animal Sanctuary in 2009 to provide loving homes for animals in the southern Aroostook County area, she didn’t place any restrictions on where the animals came from. So when she received a letter from a no-kill shelter in Arkansas saying that they might be forced to euthanize animals after...

Animal Psychologists Discover What Music Pets Prefer

Many pet owners leave their home radios playing all day for the listening pleasure of their dogs and cats. Station choices vary. “We have a very human tendency to project onto our pets and assume that they will like what we like,” said Charles Snowdon, an authority on the musical preferences of animals. “People assume that if they like Mozart, their dog will like Mozart. If...