Pets in the paper – teeth are floating
Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman today and yesterday -
- Familiar opposition gnawed at equine dentistry debate. (statewide)
- Farmers try to rescue herds from clouds of toxic ash. (Iceland)
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Pets in the paper – those puppies will suck you in
Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman today -
- Pet Tales: Never say never. (Moore)
- Newborn dies in mauling. (Florida)
- Meat, poultry rules may aid competition. (nationwide)
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Pets in the paper – coats for pets with coats
Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman -
- Pets need to find warmth when weather turns cold. (statewide)
- Nature center plans activities. (Norman)
- Nonprofit groups adopt former police horses. (Tulsa)
- Animal case gets new twist. (Texas)
- Parties vote back U.S. beef important ban. (Taiwan)
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Pets in the paper – I give up. Here’s a funny cat.
Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman today -
- Plant’s beef recalled over E. coli link. (Owasso)
- Wildlife group wants more outdoor activity. (nationwide)
OK, I’ll be honest. That’s not much of an animal story offering for today. So here’s this:
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Pets in the paper – beaver biting
Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman -
- Boy attacked by beaver. (Durant)
- Two men accused in cow deaths. (Enid)
- Dog recovering from swine flu. (New York)
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
That will be $56,632, jerks
So apparently a Missouri pet supply dealer can’t tell the difference between cows and dogs. Or maybe he doesn’t want to. (This is a photo from the Web site on the About Us page. I bet he isn’t smiling today.) Here’s a press release the Environmental Protection Agency sent out today. Crazy.
A southwest Missouri pet supply dealer has agreed to pay a $56,632 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations that it violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) by repackaging, relabeling and selling an insecticide meant for use on cattle and hogs as a flea and tick treatment for dogs.
Hunte Kennel Systems and Animal Care, Inc., of Goodman, Mo., will pay the civil penalty under terms of an administrative consent agreement filed today by EPA Region 7 in Kansas City, Kan.
The allegations stem from findings made by the Missouri Department of Agriculture during October 2006 inspections of the company’s facilities in Goodman and Buffalo, Mo. The inspections found that the company had bottled the pesticide Prolate/Lintox-HD into different packaging and sold it as another pesticide, Paramite.
During the inspections, the company was ordered to immediately stop selling the repackaged pesticide.
Prolate/Lintox-HD is formulated for use in the control of flies, lice, mange and ticks on cattle, and for the control of lice and mange on swine. Paramite is no longer manufactured as a flea and tick treatment for dogs.
Kudos to the EPA for looking out for animals.
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Pets in the paper – invasion of the tree frogs!
Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman today, yesterday and Saturday -
- Giving a pet as a gift? Think twice, experts say. (Edmond)
- Living on the edge: Rancher tells of harrowing experience in Colorado mountains. (Crescent)
- Winter bird feeder survey. (statewide)
- Christmas tree frogs invading Alaska. (Anchorage, AK)
- Bullfighting bill advances. (Spain)
- Enviro-crime drama to air. (Oklahoma City, Monday, pages 1C)
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Pets in the paper – the eagles have landed
Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman today and yesterday -
- Eagles have landed at lake. (Edmond)
- Birds seized at border. (Texas)
- Bizarre calf mutilations found. (Colorado)
- Obama’s first pardon: a turkey named Courage. (Washington, D.C.)
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Dogs are funniest … not on purpose
So just in case you were wondering, dogs outshine cats when it comes to wins for America’s Funniest Home Videos. I’m not sure that’s a good thing, though. Most of the time winners on America’s Funniest Home Videos have either done something ridiculously stupid or just been hit in the groin.
The show marks its 20th anniversary at 6 p.m. Sunday on ABC. (Read more about TV on the NewsOK Television Blog!)
And in honor of their anniversary, show officials calculated all the animal winners during the past 20 years. Dogs finished first with cats close behind. But there are all kinds of other animals that have won. (Who knew whales could be funny? And who knew that a praying mantis would win not once but twice?)
- 1 ANT
- 3 BEARS
- 22 BIRDS
- 1 BULL
- 1 CAMEL
- 34 CATS
- 1 CHIMP
- 1 DEER
- 136 DOGS
- 1 ELK
- 1 FERRET
- 1 FISH
- 1 FLY
- 1 FROG
- 4 GIRAFFES
- 4 GOATS
- 1 GORILLA
- 1 GUINEA PIG
- 3 HAMSTERS
- 4 HORSES
- 1 KANGAROO
- 1 LIZARD
- 2 LLAMAS
- 5 MONKEYS
- 2 MICE
- 1 ORANGUTAN
- 1 OSTRICH
- 2 PRAYING MANTIS
- 5 RACOONS
- 1 RAM
- 1 RAT
- 1 RHINO
- 1 SEA LION
- 1 SPIDER
- 1 SNAKES
- 9 SQUIRRELS
- 1 TARANTULA
- 1 TOAD
- 2 WHALES
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Pets in the paper – dogs and alpacas and bulls and chickens and horses
Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman today -
- Farmers hope state warms to alpacas. (statewide)
- Suspect accused of choking police dog. (Oklahoma City)
- Hawgs for Hounds to raise funds for rescued boxer dogs. (Del City)
- Xtreme Bulls Tour replacing rodeo. (Oklahoma City)
- Mom of baby killed by puppy nears end of juvenile probation. (Tulsa)
- Watershed pollution trial starts. (Tulsa)
And check out this cool video from Remington Park:
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll


