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  • 'World's Oldest Dog' Title Open to Debate

    As always, you have a lot to tell me. Here are some of your recent comments via email: more

  • Should We Worry About Pets Catching H1N1?

    The fact that a single cat came down with the H1N1 is fascinating to scientists, veterinary infectious disease researchers and human virologists, but is this truly significant at all? more

  • Home 4 The Holidays Pet Adoption Drive Saves Lives

    Iams kicked off its annual Home 4 the Holidays campaign with Academy Award-winning actress Hillary Swank proclaiming how wonderful it is to adopt a pet. But Mike Arms, president and CEO of the Helen Woodward Animal Center, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, deserves his own Oscar for saving lives. more

  • Call Me a Socialist If You Will, But Roaming Cats Are a Menace

    Q: You're obviously a Democrat and a socialist because you feel compelled to say in your column that people should have no choice and be forced to keep their cats indoors. I just saw another of your pieces on the same subject in USA (Weekend). Today, I heard you on the radio spouting the same... more

  • Cat Microchipping Effort Breaks Record

    Breaking the Guinness record book -- or maybe it's a Garfield record book -- 59,074 cats were microchipped and enrolled in the HomeAgain Pet Recovery Program from June through August. For the second consecutive summer, HomeAgain donated $1 per cat 'chipped to the non-profit Winn Feline Foundation. more

  • Celebrating Feral Cats

    Domestic cats have been living with people for around for about 10,000 years, according to recently uncovered archeological evidence. Sometimes the cats provide great benefit. Credit cats for killing rats who spread the Great Plague. Today, we know living with housecats is beneficial for our health. more