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Pro Pet Tip: Poison-Proofing Your Home

by Arnold Carreiro

You and your pets are at your most comfortable at home, but if you haven’t been careful with keeping toxic common household items far away from fuzzy, feathered and scaly family members, you’re asking for trouble. Here’s some simple tips to avoid having to take Fido to get his tummy pumped:

by Kitty Devine

Even our smaller pets -- like rabbits, hamsters, and mice -- can enjoy a very Merry Christmas with just the right gift. Since one of their favorite activities in chewing and gnawing a Nut Knot Nibbler Chew Toy is a great and affordable gift for your small pet.

by John P. Barker

As I sit here writing this I'm eating a sausage sandwich with potato chips. I should switch my diet to carrots. Then I'd be as cute as this little squirrel.

by Laurie Kay Olson

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and one of the things that we are truly thankful for is the pets that bring such love and joy to our lives. They are our best friends, family members, and roommates. With all they do for us do they really deserve to be treated like this? Maybe not, but they sure do make your heart melt like butter in a biscuit!

by Arnold Carreiro

Everyone knows that a group of dogs is called a pack and that a gathering of birds is a flock, but what do you call a crowd or gorillas? Kangaroos? Butterflies? Official proper phrases that no one outside of nature nerds like us will ever use, that’s what!

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Canada Combats Rat Infestations Via Helicopters!

Norway rats are being poisoned from the air!

by Arnold Carreiro

The native bird species living on the islands that make up the Haida Gwaii archipelago are in danger of becoming extinct due to invasive Norway rats. Time to load up the poison dispensing helicopter and get to work!

by Laurie Kay Olson

Rob is the perfect name for this baby Indian palm squirrel because he is going to steal your heart! The tiny rodent hails from Sri Lanka where wildlife filmmaker Paul Williams found him in a dark parking lot. At first Williams thought the animal was dead, but then it twitched. He scooped it up and began to warm it in his hands.