Bend, OR – The Humane Society of Central Oregon (HSCO) would like to offer tips on keeping your pet safe in the heat. The best spot for your pet is inside a safe, cool house. Dogs and cats cannot cool their body temperatures as efficiently as humans. If your pet is outside during the day, […]
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Get Yer Dawg On!
Canine brew is too good for cats
When Dawg Grog, the liquid canine vitamin treat, first hit the local market two years ago this month, it brought to my mind a question: Would cats like it? Dawg Grog inventor Daniel Keeton says the elixir—comprised of brewers wort (malted barley water) from Boneyard Brewery, vegetarian K9 glucosamine, trace mineral supplements, and Oregon mountain […]
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Cats, Wildlife and Disease
OK, Good People; it’s time. No, it’s way past time to have a serious discussion about cats, disease and wildlife. Yes, I know, we’ve been down this muddy old road before, but it isn’t just the losses of our native birds, mammals and reptiles by outdoor and feral cats that needs to be discussed and […]
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The many problems caused by free roaming and feral cats
This epistle is the result of friends’ and my personal experiences with observing—often helplessly—domestic and feral cats killing wildlife, sometimes for food, but more often because they are programmed to do so. A genetic study in 2007 concluded that domestic cats are descended from African wildcats, Felix silvestris lybica, which hunted small birds, mammals, reptiles, […]
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What in the World? Todays News!
Ronnie Biggs, train robber and folk hero, dead at 84. A captivating story by the New York Times about the man who eluded the authorities time and time again. The kids are all on drugs. A recent study found pot is now more prevalent than cigarettes among American teens. US Olympic delegation is a big […]
