Arnold Schwarzenegger Has a New Pet Pig

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…

Ontario woman warns of cheap pet toy after $8,100 dog surgery

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…

Pets at Home bans rabbit sales over Easter

Easter bunny sales have been banned by pet shop chains to stop “impulse” rabbit purchases. Pets at Home is pausing the sale and adoption of the animals at all of its 457 stores nationwide over the Easter weekend and laying on free workshops to educate families on responsible pet ownership. The retailer, the largest pet shop in the country, said its move was to put a halt to Britons flocking to join the Easter celebrations by buying a rabbit they cannot properly care for. Jollyes, another pet chain, has followed suit at its 84 stores and warned the public: “A…

Skunks are dying of avian flu. What does that mean for you and your pets?

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…