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“The vacuum is a significant improvement over our previous vacuum”
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Dyson products are rarely on sale at Amazon, so when we see a discounted vacuum cleaner, we’re quick to jump on the deal.
Right now, the $550 Dyson Cyclone V10 Animal Cordless Vacuum Cleaner has been slashed by $150. The beloved device is designed with three cleaning modes to tackle all the dust, dirt and pet dander scattered across carpets and hard floors. According to the brand, it has 30 percent more…
A Manitoba family is picking up the pieces after losing everything in a house fire, but thanks to the quick thinking of their 12-year-old daughter, all of them are alive.
Emily Neufeld was at their home in La Broquerie, about 55 kilometers southeast of Winnipeg, with her two younger brothers on the afternoon of March 2. They were waiting for their parents to get home from work.
The Grade 7 student had just gotten off the phone with her mom, who was at work in Winnipeg, and was getting ready to start her chores when she noticed a smell coming…
Zoetis, essentially the only pure-play animal-health company, is nearly equally divided between its pet and livestock businesses.
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The lives of a pampered pet puppy and a factory-farmed piglet couldn’t be more different. Yet they are both likely to receive significantly more healthcare in their lifetimes than they would have just a few years ago. The winner in both cases is
Zoetis
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Zoetis (ticker: ZTS), the world’s only pure-play global animal-health company, was spun out of
Pfizer
(PFE) nearly a decade ago. In that time, profits have marched relentlessly higher, helped by rising spending on domestic animals.…
Mama June has shared the heartbreaking news that her 28-year-old daughter Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell has been diagnosed with stage four adrenal carcinoma, which is a tumor – of any size – that has spread to other parts of the body.
The TLC star of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo took to Instagram to share a link to the TMZ story, which first broke the news. Anna, who is Mama June’s eldest daughter, was diagnosed in January, and cancer has been discovered in her liver, kidney and lung.
Honey Boo Boo confirms sister Anna’s diagnosis
Honey Boo Boo – real name…
Your beloved pet may be hurting your sleep, research published Thursday finds.
Although pets can have many positive effects on health, pet ownership is linked to poorer sleep, according to a study published in the journal Human-Animal Interactions.
The researchers looked at data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which asked questions on a variety of health topics. They adjusted for factors that could affect sleep, including race and income, as well as age, gender and BMI, and focused on whether a person had a sleep disorder and whether a person had a cat or a dog.
Sleep…
The young boy was left with bite marks on his arm after the attack (Picture: Facebook)
A toddler miraculously escaped after being mauled by a coyote before it ran away and attacked another child nearby.
Police are still hunting for the wild animal after it attacked a 21-month-old boy in Scottsdale, north of Phoenix last week.
Kelly Pirozzi, the mom of the toddler, told ABC News she was standing on the driveway of her home when the animal attacked her son.
The beast bit down on his arm before she was able to tear him free.
He was left with…
This week we’ve melted at a dog and a rabbit who look just like twins and have been amazed by a cat owner’s genius hack to calm down her excited kitten.
As well as some favorite viral pet moments, we’ve been delighted by Newsweek readers’ submissions of their pets.
If you want your pet to be part of our Newsweek Pet of the Week line-up next week, be sure to follow the details at the end of this story.
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Murray the cat loves going on strollers with his owner and canine siblings. He even says hello to passing dogs.…
Experts are advising British Columbians, and pet owners in particular, to take precautions after a recent case where several skunks died of avian flu in Metro Vancouver.
On Monday, the province said eight skunks in Vancouver and nearby Richmond had died, likely after scavenging dead wild birds, and they all tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza virus. They later confirmed the virus was the cause of the animals’ deaths.
The deaths of the skunks are part of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) that has affected North America since last yearwith thousands of birds culled in BC…