Increasingly popular raw meat meals for dogs and cats may be full of multidrug-resistant bacteria, posing a serious risk to animals and humans, scientists reported Wednesday.
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A trade ban is looming for two endangered otter species after some 100 countries voted to increase protections following a social-media-fueled craze for acquiring the silky mammals as pets.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit reinstated pet owners’ class action fraud suit against Hill’s Pet Food, ruling Tuesday that the FDA did not authorize the company’s “prescription” label on high-priced pet food found to be no different than regular pet food.
Read moreTaking their time like the proverbial tortoise, federal prosecutors are said to have brought charges against a man who was spotted three years ago laying 1,000 turtle traps outside downtown Atlanta.
Read moreA mother and her disabled teenage daughter brought a federal complaint after a police officer in Gurnee, Illinois, responded to a nonemergency call by shooting the girl’s emotional support dog.
Read moreA man claims Boston Dog Lawyers threatened him to try to gain control of a dog he owns, named Nikko, in Essex County Court.
Read moreIn a federal antitrust complaint, Tevra Brands claims Bayer Healthcare violates the Sherman and Clayton acts through exclusive dealing and illegal tying of topical flea and tick treatments to retailers across the United States.
Read moreNew York became the first U.S. state Monday to ban the declawing of cats, marking a victory for animal rights advocates who say the procedure is severely painful and more about protecting couches instead of pets.
Read moreAquinas Kasbar, 19, faces up to a year in federal prison and a $100,000 fine after pleading guilty Monday to breaking into the Santa Ana, Calif. zoo and stealing North America’s oldest-living ring-tailed lemur in captivity to keep the endangered animal as a pet.
Read moreDemanding $250,000 from his landlord, an Oregon man claims in court that Axford Lane LLC unlawfully entered his home and catnapped his feline, Frank, intentionally inflicting emotional distress.
Read moreA large, flightless bird native to Australia and New Guinea attacked and killed its owner when the man fell on his farm in Florida, authorities said.
Read moreA New Jersey man has been reunited with his dog, more than a year after the pooch was stolen from his car.
Read moreChris Brown has been charged with monkey-related misdemeanors.
Read moreBritain has banned third-party sales of puppies and kittens to protect the animals from exploitation.
Read moreA husband and wife claim in a federal complaint that the Houston SPCA and Montgomery County illegally seized their 231 rescued cats with a “bogus warrant.”
Read moreA woman who was blinded from an accident with a retractable dog leash urged the Third Circuit on Wednesday to revive her claims against Amazon for marketing a defective product.
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