Last week, Guiness World Records, the group famously known for listing world records of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world, confirmed that Corduroy – a cat living in Oregon, US, is the Oldest cat living after he recently turned 26 years old. That’s pretty impressive, when you consider that the average lifespan of our feline friends is […]
August 15th, is National Check Your Chip Day, the day that everyone with a pet is reminded to make sure their cat or dog’s microchip information is up-to-date! Or, if you pet doesn’t have a microchip and you’ve been considering getting one, maybe now is the time to finally have it done. Just last week,
The results are in – Baron Von Furrypants nosed out Artoo Dogtoo and Leonardo DiCatprio purred past Fuzz Lightyear to be named the Wackiest Pet Names of 2015. Each year, Nationwide (formerly Veterinary Pet Insurance), the nation’s first and largest provider of pet health insurance, recognizes the most clever, creative and quirky pet names across
Northwest Farm Food Cooperative of Burlington, WA, is voluntarily recalling frozen raw Cat Food with the code Jul12015B due to their potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella can affect animals eating the products and there is risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products. Healthy people infected with Salmonella should monitor themselves for some,
When Susie’s human companion knew she was nearing the end of her life, she wrote a beautiful letter to the would-be adopter of her special cat. The note begins, “Dear Friend. Thank you for adopting my friend, Susie.” It continues over two handwritten pages, detailing how Susie came into her life, how special she is,
Moses Lake Professional Pharmacy is voluntarily recalling human and veterinary sterile compounded drugs which were distributed to physicians and patients across multiple states. The drugs, which are unexpired, are being recalled at the consumer level due to lack of sterility assurance. The company has not received any reports of product contamination or adverse events to date,
Nature’s Variety has announced a voluntary recall of their Instinct® Raw Chicken Formula for dogs with a “Best By” date of 04/27/16 because these products may be contaminated with Salmonella. The affected products are limited to the Instinct Raw Chicken Formula Frozen Diets packaged in the following forms: UPC# 769949611431 – Instinct Raw Chicken Formula Bites
Bravo Pet Foods of Manchester, CT is recalling select lots of Bravo Chicken pet foods for dogs and cats due to concerns of the possible presence of Salmonella. The recall was initiated after routine testing by the New York State Department of Agriculture revealed the presence of Salmonella contamination. The following product is being voluntarily
It’s time for the Secret Service to start brushing up on their litter scooping skills because, finally, there’s a Presidential candidate we can ALL get behind! Limberbutt McCubbins is a cat. Isaac Weiss, a 17-year-old senior at duPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky thought it would be funny to enlist his friend’s cat in
On Thursday, the Maryland Department of Agriculture issued a stop sale order on a single lot of Stella & Chewy’s “Chewy’s Chicken” Freeze-Dried Dinner Patties for Dogs (Lot # 111-15) because they detected Listeria monocytogenes in the product. Due to that finding, Stella & Chewy’s are voluntarily recalling all products from that lot number and a
