The Pet Food Bank at the Milford Animal Shelter is very low on cat and dog food. Wet and dry cat and dog food, (especially cat), along with treats and toys, would be greatly appreciated. Please bring items to the Milford Animal Control, 664 East Broadway, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Animal Shelter is located in [...]

FALLBROOK, California, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – Zeigler’s Distributors, Inc , a wholesale distributor offering a complete line of pet foods and supplies, today announced it will start supplying NoviPet’s premium nutritional supplements for pets, at the beginning of summer. Zeigler’s Distributors, which operates out of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, committed to distributing NoviPet’s food [...]

The pet shop where a 6-foot pet python named Bananas bit an employee’s hand in March closed its doors Tuesday. The sign reading “A Nature’s Paradise,” no longer hung above the doorway over 19 Central Square, as employees wheeled out empty bird cages. Inside, owner Lauren Holleran packed up the remaining parakeets and fish to [...]

NEW YORK — A little dog with a big mission and a pack of celebrity sidekicks has lost her battle with cancer. Lucky Diamond died Tuesday, in her dog bed at her New York City home. The rescued Maltese was about 15 years old, according to her owner, Wendy Diamond. Diamond dedicated her life to animal [...]

Following an ever-increasing list of Salmonella-related recalls, Diamond Pet Foods faces what may be the first lawsuit filed in connection with the illness. Pritzker Olsen, a national law firm specializing in food safety, filed the suit last week against Diamond Pet Food Processors and Costco Wholesale Corp. in U.S. District Court in New Jersey. According [...]

By Sara Jean Deegan.  Originally posted in ElephantJournal.com In 2002, the Guinness Book of World Records recorded the world’s oldest living dog, Bramble, a 27year-old vegan Border Collie. Some people wonder if it’s “unnatural” to omit meat from the diet of a dog.  Wild dogs are scavengers; a dog is, by genus, metabolically classified as [...]

Vodafone has splurged on a controlling interest in Groupon-tribute-act Vouchercloud, the spawn of the Pet Shop Boys’ keyboardist Scott Davidson. Voda is now mulling over spunking a load more cash on Telstra’s New Zealand operation. Vodafone already owned 21 per cent of Vouchercloud’s owner, Innovation Digital Limited, but has now upped that to 57 per [...]

NEW YORK — A little dog with a big mission and a pack of celebrity sidekicks has lost her battle with cancer. Lucky Diamond died Tuesday, in her dog bed at her New York City home. The rescued Maltese was about 15 years old, according to her owner, Wendy Diamond. Diamond dedicated her life to [...]

Manufacturers of pet consumables say they go to great lengths to ensure no animal is harmed by a product and react quickly if a problem ever arises. Pet food safety is a serious issue not only because tainted food and treats can sicken, or even kill, a pet. The other consequence is that an adverse [...]

Teaching customers to cater to their pets’ travel needs and anticipate behavioral issues can boost business.By Steven Appelbaum As the summer months roll around, pet owners across the country are starting to plan their vacations. In conjunction, you can start teaching your staff some basic training methods to suggest to customers who will be traveling [...]