The Pets for Vets program is dedicated to providing a second chance for shelter pets by rescuing, training and pairing them with America’s veterans who want a companion animal.

www.pets-for-vets.com

The Ventura County animal shelter in Camarillo, CA has a new program to help people feed their pets during the current economic downturn.  On Sunday mornings, the shelter is offering a weekly Pet Pantry where pet owners can get free food for their dogs and cats. The new pet pantry will be the only formal free pet food program of its kind in Ventura County. For complete story click HERE.

Nova, an Australian bomb detection dog, has been killed in Afghanistan during a training operation. Like human soldiers, Nova was put in a coffin and flown back to Australia.  She provided an invaluable service for the Army and her fellow soldiers will miss her terribly. For complete story click HERE.

Bullfighting is scheduled, for the first time, to be included in the Festival Internacional Cervantino, Mexico’s largest cultural event.  Animal rights groups were outraged and staged a protest in Guanajuato.  They also plan to send letters to the governor of Guanajuato and to festival organizers demanding  that they omit bullfights from the agenda at the next celebration. For complete story click HERE.

An estimated 120,000 primates are held captive in the US to be used for experiments.  A Reno based company, Charles River, admitted last year that an accident at their laboratory resulted in the horrific death of 32 monkeys. A protest is being held today (10/23/09) in front of the Charles River laboratory facility. For complete story click HERE.

A recent study found that 44 percent of dogs and 57 percent of cats are overweight or obese.  As with humans, added weight puts pets at greater risk for various health problems. It’s important to feed a high quality food, pay attention to serving guidelines, avoid too many treats and table scraps and make sure to provide proper exercise for your pets. For complete story click HERE.

Title: Pet Adoption Event
Location: Pan Pacific Park – Hollywood 7600 Beverly Blvd., (corner of Gardner/Beverly Blvd.)
Description: Mobile Pet Adoption event at Pan Pacific Park – Great AAA foster dogs and cats available for adoption on location! Find your new best friend and save a life!
Start Time: 11:00
Date: 2009-11-01
End Time: 16:00

Hi my name is Rusty (formally Watson) and I think I am a Beagle-Bloodhound mix.  Please don’t let my three legs fool you because I am far from disabled.  In fact, my new mom says I’m “perfect” (she tells me that at least 10 times a day!  It’s so embarrassing).  I still have no idea why my old family dumped me at the shelter with a broken leg (after I was hit by a car), but I sure am glad the nice people at AAA saved me and paid to have that pesky leg removed.  Now I am free to run, play with my toys, snuggle, and follow my mom everywhere she goes!   I started out as a foster with my new family, but they told me I make them way too happy to ever let me go… and with all this love & attention, I am not complaining!!  Thank you to everyone who helped save my life!

I got the Litter Robot after a friend had told me how amazing hers was. She was really right. The Litter Robot is like the StarWars Death Star of cat poop. A large circle that the cats go inside, that rotates, dumps the clumps and then resets itself. Then later in the week you simply empty a little bag in the bottom of the machine and replace it with a fresh bag. It’s that simple. There’s very little smell, very little mess, and very little work involved in keeping a tidy litter box. The litter circle rotates about 7 minutes after your cat gets out so it won’t freak them out. They are long gone before it starts turning and churning.

I was in a pet store the other day when I heard a woman telling the store owner that he should carry the Litter Robot, I immediately jumped into the conversation and told them both how much I loved mine. The woman had one and agreed that it was a life saver.

If you’ve got cats, and you’re looking for a new refreshing way to take care of the clumps, I highly recommend the Litter Robot. It’s available online at www.litter-robot.com for approximately $329 bucks and worth every penny.