Oklahoma City Zoo animals enjoy icy treats
I say the hogs are the winners in the cuteness category.
Humane Society points fingers at pork producers
The Humane Society of the United States alleges two Oklahoma pork producers of treating their animals inhumanely. Here’s a video about it. It’s pretty sad.
Another pig wearing rain boots
In the interest of full disclosure, I want to admit that I’m addicted to Pinterest. Addicted. Today I saw the best photo ever on Pinterest, and it reminded me of a post my pal Bryan Dean wrote a while ago. Pigs in boots. Does it get any more adorable? I doubt it.
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 – Gotebo’s the tops
Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman today -
- Zoo’s goat-naming contest makes Gotebo a top draw. (Oklahoma City)
- Sonic to use cage-free eggs, pork. (Oklahoma City)
- Pet Tales: Basset hound feels his castigation “cruel, unusual.” (Oklahoma City)
- Blog: When animals attack. (Oklahoma City)
- Study reqeusted in giraffe’s death. (Tulsa)
- Roving hippo returns to zoo. (Montenegro)
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Pets in the paper – the lions are leavin’
Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman today -
- Four lions born at city zoo are moving to Texas exhibit. (Oklahoma City)
- Weekend dog/cat adoption event planned at Quail Springs Mall. (Oklahoma City)
- Wild pigs close autobahn. (Germany)
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 – bear hunters prep for season
Check out these stories in The Oklahoman this weekend and today -
- Pigs ham it up during races at fair. (Oklahoma City – check out photos here!)
- Puggerfest returns. (Oklahoma City)
- Black bear hunts to begin Thursday. (Latimer, Le Flore, McCurtain and Pushmataha counties)
- The state’s first bear season begins Thursday, and no one really knows what to expect.
- NFL Notebook: Vick is back. (Pennsylvania)
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Pets in the paper – chicks at the fair
Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman today -
- Pooches dress in their best. (Nichols Hills)
- Lessons continue for kids at fair. (Oklahoma City)
- Yellowstone bears get protection. (Wyoming)
- Toxins stop Oregon’s mussel, clam harvesting.
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Pets in the paper – alpaca your bags for OSU!
Wow! We have lots to catch up since I left for a mini-vacation. Here are the animal stories in The Oklahoman since Friday -
- Growing alpaca population spurs more training at OSU. (Stillwater, video below)
- Smelly penguins, research await OSU team in Antarctica. (Stillwater)
- Facial surgeris let dog flourish. (Tulsa)
- Watching Wildlife in the Wichitas. (Lawton, blog)
- As the wild boar population increases, the chase to bag them is getting more popular. (statewide)
- Horse show gallops to close. (Oklahoma City, page 17a, Sunday)
- Exterminator warns fo bee-killing ants. (Texas)
- At least 27 reported ill in ground beef recall. (California)
- Trotting on the “old Hollywood trail.” (California)
- Rescuers unable to save whales. (Florida, page 4d, Tuesday)
- Are you a bird watcher? (nationwide, page 1d, Sunday)
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
