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Dogs face the risk of deadly lead poisoning from pheasant meat in pet food | UK News

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Dogs may be at risk of lead poisoning after “very high” concentrations from shotgun pellets were found in raw pheasant pet food. After testing out samples of raw pheasant dog food, researchers from the University of Cambridge discovered that the majority contained high levels of lead, which could put dogs’ health at risk if they ate it frequently. The researchers looked at 90 samples from UK dogs food products and found that more than three-quarters – 77% – had lead concentrations higher than the maximum residue level (MRL) permitted by law. How was the study conducted? The Cambridge scientists tested…
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‘I have to try’: Calgary charity setting up pet advocacy center to help disadvantaged

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Melissa David knows the importance of having a pet for an individual’s mental health. David, who founded Parachutes for Pets, a Calgary charity that provides subsidized pet care, including food hampers and medical treatment, to low-income Calgarians, was in his early 20s when he was diagnosed with bladder cancer. She was single and said her only companion was her dog Charlie, who not only kept up her spirits but forced her to get out of the house. “I wasn’t doing that for me. I was doing that because Charlie would need to go out and have a walk. I was…
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Meet the Canadians helping stray dogs and cats displaced by war in Ukraine

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Open this photo in gallery: Duane Taylor and Deebo visit the Bruce Pit dog park in Ottawa. Mr. Taylor is the founder of Impact Express, an animal rescue organization in Eastern Europe.Blair Gable/The Globe and Mail When Canadian Duane Taylor first reached out to Elena Nicolescu last year to offer to drive dog food into Ukraine from the shelter where she volunteers in Romania, she thought he was joking. A couple of hours later, when the Ottawa resident messaged her that he had bought his plane ticket to Romania, Ms. Nicolescu and her co-workers at the Red Panda shelter in…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Has a New Pet Pig

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Arnold Schwarzenegger has a new pet to add to his family…and it’s a pig! The former California governor’s new pig’s name is Schnelly Schwarzenegger. “Chnell” means “fast” in German, FOX-11 reports, and the pig is reportedly quick on its feet. Schwarzenegger, 75, discussed the new addition to his family for the first time ever during a sit-down with FOX 11’s Elex Michaelson for The Issue Is. The Austrian native said the piglet was getting along well with his other pets: A donkey, a miniature horse, and a dog. Arnold Schwarzenegger/Instagram This isn’t the first time the Terminators actor has had…
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Ontario woman warns of cheap pet toy after $8,100 dog surgery

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An Ontario woman feared her dog was going to die after ingesting fibers from a $9 rope toy. “I was panicking. He’s a puppy, and if they hadn’t done that second ultrasound, I could have lost him,” Wendy Sunday, of Midland, Ont., told CTV News Toronto. Sunday said she bought the toy for her nine-month-old German Shepard Dakota last month. After a day or so of playing with it, Sunday said her dog started to act strange. “He was still playing around and drinking water, but he couldn’t keep his food down,” she said. As days went by, Dakota got…
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