It’s a ruff job, but somebody’s gotta do it (Winnipeg Free Press)
It’s a ruff job, but somebody’s gotta do it (Winnipeg Free Press)
GET ready to be very excited, because today I am going to announce the winners of our second annual Canine Idol competition. Before you get all worked up, I should explain that I am NOT going to reveal the winners in this column. I am going to be making the big announcement this afternoon between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. on the main stage at the Pawsitively Wild Pet Show at Red River Exhibition Park.
Mad Cow Disease Also Caused By Genetic Mutation Research Shows
New findings about the causes of mad cow disease show that sometimes it may be genetic. “We now know it’s also in the genes of cattle,” said Juergen A. Richt, Regents Distinguished Professor of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology at Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Until several years ago, Richt said, it was thought that the cattle prion disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy — also called BSE or mad cow disease — was a foodborne disease.
20 pets rescued on island (Galveston County Daily News)
GALVESTON Police rescued about 20 pets roaming the streets and left inside homes.