Paw Planet

Anfield Cat becomes Twitter star
2012-02-08 02:26:03
A Premier League football match was brought to a standstill after a stray cat wandered into the stadium and instantly became an internet sensation.The fearless tabby became a viral video hit after running onto the hallowed turf at Anfield on Monday night before mooching around the Tottenham goal to the general bemusement of Spurs keeper Brad Friedel. Liverpool fans chanted "A cat! A cat! A cat! A cat!" to the tune of team battle cry "Attack! Attack!" as the moggy ambled around. The grey and white tabby also ran in front of Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish as it spent a full minute on the field.But within moments of its surprise appearance live on Sky Sports, a Twitter profile was set up in the cat's name of @AnfieldCat – and started attracting thousands of followers.The male tabby lives

Bladder Stones in Cats and Kittens
2012-02-01 02:14:36
Bladder stones are an often undiagnosed problem in cats and kittens. The stones, which are formed of crystals, minerals, and organic materials naturally found in your cat's bladder, may be tiny or grow to reach several millimeters in size. Symptoms develop when the stones rub against the walls of the bladder, leading to irritation and inflammation. Larger stones may block your cat's urethra, causing difficult urination or even blocking urination completely. This situation requires immediate veterinarian attention.Symptoms of bladder stones vary depending on the size and type of the stone present, but most stones cause one or more of the following symptoms: bloody urine, frequent urination, painful urination, genital licking, urine spraying, problems with urination, and inappropriate voidin

Cat Undergoes Full Knee Replacement
2012-02-01 02:14:12
A 10 year old cat from Upperville, Virginia that suffer from cancer received a revolutionary full knee replacement. Cyrano the name of the cat weighs more than 20 pounds, and due to his weight his damaged leg could not be amputated.The owner Sandra Lerner and Len Bosack turned to doctors and engineers at North Carolina State University to get him back to normal. The surgery was performed by Engineer and professor Ola Harrysson and described the operation as part of a pure research project, since it a joint of this kind for a cat has never been done before.And the cost of the six-hour operation is thought to be about $20,000. But the owner said "Rat Boy" is worth every penny. “He’s my child. And if it were your child, would you begrudge the money? I have a personal philosophy that peopl

33,000 years old Domestic Dog Skull
2012-01-25 00:56:49
Dog is known to be one of the first animal to be domesticated, and its not surprise because of the recent discoveries of a 33,000 years old dog skull. This ancient dog skull found in Altai Mountains of Siberia is consider as one of the oldest known evidence of of early domestication between the human and dog.A researcher at the University of Arizona's Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory and co-author of a study reporting the find. According to them the find is domesticated based on morphological characteristics. Wolves have long thin snouts and their teeth are not crowded, and domestication results in this shortening of the snout and widening of the jaws and crowding of the teeth.They also said that the interesting part of this is that we typically think of domestication on those time

Two women arrested after more than 100 dogs found in back of U-Haul
2012-01-20 03:03:01
Authorities in West Tennessee arrested two women when they discovered 128 live dogs, one dead dog and a live cat inside a U-Haul truck during a traffic stop on Interstate 40.David Lytal, special agent in charge of the West Tennessee Drug Task Force, said an agent found the animals Tuesday after detecting a foul odor coming from the back of the truck on I-40 in Fayette County. Lytal says the agent found dog kennels stacked in the truck without food, water, or adequate air and had been in the truck since Saturday.The women told authorities they were taking the animals from California to Virginia, but they did not say why. The driver, Bonnie Sherman, 55, and passenger Pamela King-McCracken, 59, were booked in Fayette County jail on aggravated animal cruelty charges. They were scheduled to hav

Father dies while saving puppy
2012-01-17 02:36:51
A heroic father of two, William Tuttle crawled across the frozen surface in Fountain, Colorado after fearing their family dog was drowning.Tuttle was able to save the dog, but he could not escape the frigid water. The Fountain Fire Department said it took 90 minutes to find Tuttle's body. Rescue divers had to feel their way along the bottom of the pond during their search because the water below the ice was so murky. He was rushed to the Hospital but died a short time later.His distraught daughter Megan, 19, said her only comfort is that her father’s last words were to tell her he loved her. ‘I told him I love him too,’ she told KRDO News 13. ‘It's so hard. He's not here anymore. He was such a great man.‘You would never see him without a smile on his face. He was always so happy.

Carrie Underwood rescues injured pooch on Highway
2012-01-10 02:39:28
Singer Carrie Underwood proves that she's truly a dog's bestfriend when she rescues an injured one.On her way home from a visit with her parents, she saw two dogs on the median of an interstate highway between Oklahoma and Tennessee. Instead of reporting it to the authorities, she pulled over and checked the poor dogs. When one the injured dogs started wagging its tail, she carried the bloody dog and load it in her car. Unfortunately, the other dog died. Carrie took the pooch, which she named Stella to the emergency vet.On New Year's day, she updated her fans with a progress report: Stella was getting house trained, recovering from her road rash and getting her teeth cleaned. She also tried to find a permanent home for her little friend.A day later, Carrie shared that she'd had to say good

Dog Survives a killer Avalanche
2012-01-06 03:15:47
On Saturday, Bozeman resident Dave Gaillard, his wife Terry, and their Corgi Welsh dog named Ole were cross-country skiing along Hayden Creek four miles southeast of Cooke City when they inadvertently triggered the slide that buried both man and dog.Kerry grabbed onto a tree branch and survived. Dave was buried in 12 feet of snow, and there was no sign of Ole. Later that night, Dave's body was located and brought down from the mountainside. Ole was nowhere to be found. Heartbroken and in a state of shock Kerry returned to Bozeman. Then, four days later, Ole showed up exhausted and hungry back at the motel, four miles from where the slide occurred. It is unbelievable how a dog with diminutive legs dug out and marched four miles to the motel across rugged terrain blanketed with 60 inches of

Want a pet cat? Think first!
2011-12-28 02:40:00
Who would not be tempted of that adorable and playful kitten in the pet shop? But before you decided to get one, you may want to think first.While having a cat as a kid may protect against future allergies, getting one in adulthood nearly doubles the chances of developing an immune reaction to it such as wheezing, sneezing and itchy eyes according to European studies.Researchers surveyed more than 6,000 adult Europeans twice over nine years and took blood samples. None of participants had antibodies against cat in their blood to begin with, meaning they weren't sensitized to the animal's dander. Sensitization can also be measured in a skin prick test. It doesn't necessarily lead to symptoms, but in many cases it is the harbinger of full-blown allergies. About three percent of people who di

NY Allowed Pet Lovers to be buried on Pet Cemetery
2011-12-20 02:38:43
After being banned earlier this year, New York state division of cemeteries has issued regulations to once again allow animal lovers to rest in peace with their pets.Pet owners can now have their ashes buried with their favorite animals. The board allow the practices for some conditions. For example, pet cemeteries may not advertise that they accept human ashes or charge a fee for doing so. The board has also proposed regulations that would allow such burials at all the pet cemeteries in the state. The director of a pet cemetery in the New York suburbs says he has no problem with that. The cemetery has been adding human ashes to pet plots since 1925.