BioPet Vet Lab, developed a DNA-based system to help apartment managers and town administrators catch miscreants who ignore pooper-scooper rules. The system, called PooPrints, collects saliva swabs from every dog in a participating area and registers the DNA in a central database. When residents find dog droppings, they mail them to BioPet. Technicians then match [...]
Canine Can-Can In Japan
Published in July 16th, 2008
Japan’s human population is getting older at the same time that the birthrate is dropping. As a result, there are more dogs and cats in the country than children under 15. In fact, the pets have become like children in these families.
Pet products and services are bringing in the equivalent of almost $9.5 billion annually. [...]
Feline Special Delivery
Published in July 13th, 2008
Gitti Rauch, 44, wasn’t concerned when her cat, Janosch disappeared for a few days.
Mrs Rauch said: “Janosch usually goes off on his own for a few days and I wasn’t worried when I hadn’t seen him for a while - then I got a call telling me what had happened.”
In the meantime, Janosch had wandered [...]
The Dog Squad
Published in July 7th, 2008
Bailey the border collie goes on a long run chasing gulls from Bradford Beach on Thursday. Travis McCormack of Migratory Bird Management says it’s the “look” that Bailey gives the gulls that scares them. Bailey and McCormack worked the roughly half-mile beach area for eight hours Thursday.
Seagulls are not known to be the most [...]
150 Feet and Marley The Cat Walks Away
Published in July 5th, 2008
Marley the cat got a thrill that not even his namesake, Bob Marley, had experienced - a fall from 14 storeys up. No one is sure why the cat felt the urge to leave the high-rise condo via the window, but the owner, Angela Bester suspects that the birds which fly nearby may have been the temptation.
Ms. Bester, before [...]
