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- PHOTOS: Pets of the Week - Times Herald-Record
- Help pets by getting proactive - Newark Advocate
| PetMed Express: The Winning Streak Continues (PETS) - Investors Business Daily Posted: 23 Apr 2010 06:29 AM PDT PetMed Express: The Winning Streak Continues (PETS)Apr 23, 2010 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Shares of PetMed Express (PETS) traded near a new 52-week high yesterday, touching a price of $24.40. Approximately 233,000 shares traded hands yesterday vs. average 30-day volume of 331,000 shares. PetMed Express closed at $24.28, approximately 4.3% above its previous closing price. SmarTrend will be monitoring shares of PETS to see if it can push through this barrier. SmarTrend is bullish on shares of PetMed Express and our subscribers were alerted to Buy on December 10, 2009 at $17.81. The stock has risen 36.3% since the alert was issued. Write to Chip Brian at cbrian@tradethetrend.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.mysmartrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.mysmartrend.com/signup Copyright, Comtex News Network, Inc. 2010 See Also
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| Posted: 23 Apr 2010 03:59 AM PDT Share this story: Q: I know you're aware that Elgin, Ill., a community just outside Chicago, wants to ban pit bulls. I live here, and while I don't have a pit bull, I'm concerned that my breed might be next, or my dog might be mistaken for a pit bull. Any thoughts?— C.S., Elgin, IL SD: The City of Elgin is not planning to ban pit bulls, or at least that's what local officials are saying. Instead, if a proposed city ordinance is passed, all pit bulls (or dogs the city calls pit bulls) will automatically be deemed "dangerous" dogs. All owners will be required to carry $500,000 of insurance, and each owner's yard would have to have a 6-foot-high fence with locks. Their dogs would have to be spayed/neutered and microchipped, and wear muzzles in public. The problem is, you can no more get $500,000 in insurance for a dog deemed "dangerous" than you can get health insurance if you have a long list of pre-existing conditions. If by some miracle, an owner could find an insurance carrier, the cost would be prohibitive. And many subdivisions in Elgin apparently don't allow 6-foot fencing. Local officials may not call this a "breed ban" but that's exactly what it is. The fervor was first precipitated by bad guys with bad dogs, including dogfighters, in Elgin. An Elgin caller named Carlos, who owns a pit bull, phoned in to my WLS Radio show in Chicago recently. Carlos said he was a U. S veteran with a disability. He told me he felt he was being treated like a dogfighter and an irresponsible dog owner, yet his dog was friendly and well-behaved. I understand your concern about your own dog. No pit bull ban has ever made a community safer. I do endorse strong dangerous dog legislation for all dogs—who should be judged as individuals and not profiled. Hopefully, officials in Elgin will reconsider the ordinance. e-mail petworld@stevedale.tv  Log into MyBuffalo to post a comment Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| PHOTOS: Pets of the Week - Times Herald-Record Posted: 23 Apr 2010 06:36 AM PDT The following animals are available for adoption from area nonprofit animal shelters and rescues. Adoption fees are required and vary from shelter to shelter. BG: Humane Society of Blooming Grove GH: Goshen Humane Society Inc. HVS: Hudson Valley SPCA-Orange County MRR: Mountain Rottie Rescue of New York, Inc. MTN: Humane Society of Middletown Inc. NEW: Town of Newburgh Animal Shelter PA: Pets Alive PJ: Humane Society of Port Jervis/Deerpark PK: Pike County Humane Society WL: Humane Society of Walden Inc. WV: Warwick Valley Humane Society Inc. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Help pets by getting proactive - Newark Advocate Posted: 23 Apr 2010 03:44 AM PDT The "Woofstock" protesters picketed April 10 against the Licking County Animal Shelter's usage of a gas chamber, raising an appeal for a "low-kill" shelter. However, the groups involved failed to address the intrinsic problems that often lead to high dog counts in area shelters, humane societies and independent adoption groups. No one enjoys putting dogs and cats to sleep, but because of un-sterilized pets, rampant puppy mills, impulsive pet purchases and owner irresponsibility, countless dogs, cats, parrots and even reptiles are abandoned and rehomed every day. Can we expect these overtaxed organizations, shelters and groups to continue to accept the thousands of abandoned pets without eliminating some of them? It's a grim reality, but there are steps that can be taken to ease the burden, while reaping positive dividends across the board. I would challenge "Woofstock" participants, pet lovers and members of the community to stop protesting and get proactive -- your time can be more effectively spent for the good of dogs, cats, birds, snakes, turtles and rabbits in Licking County. Promote adoption. Promoting adoption, rather than purchasing a pet, decreases pressure on adoption groups and also decreases demand in pet stores, which in turn will lower the supply of excess puppies and breeders. Many independent adoption groups employ a rigorous education and application process for potential adopters, which ensure that the adopted pets will be properly cared for. Shut down puppy mills. By raising awareness, we can deter unknowing buyers from purchasing puppies from puppy mills, where dogs are ill-treated, overbred and often exposed to contagious viruses such as Parvo. Puppy mills also supply many corporate pet store chains. By eliminating puppy mills, we eliminate the source of most impulsive pet purchases that often result in the desertion of the pet. "Low-kill" should equal low pet numbers. If area animal shelters have fewer dogs and cats to maintain, fewer will be put to sleep and more will be adopted out. We can accomplish this by educating prospective pet owners, teaching responsible pet ownership and by promoting pet adoption. All of these measures are equally dependent and intertwined. Spay and neuter! Pregnant dogs, cats and their offspring frequently are abandoned by their owners, who have neither the means nor ability to care for them properly. By having pets fixed, the risk of an accidental pregnancy and a litter of homeless puppies or kittens disappears. This simple step is pivotal in curbing the gross overpopulation of cats and dogs in America. My family's first dog, Sox, had to be put to sleep when she was only 6 years old. Lethal injection was the choice method. She fought for her life in those final minutes. It was not a peaceful or sedate death. Euthanasia is not humane. Euthanasia cannot be humane. The problem does not lie in the method; it lies in the cause. Hiltner lives in Newark with two dogs, a conure and a gecko. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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