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Thunder Bay residents taking pets to Minnesota veterinary clinic

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A local veterinary clinic says a shortage of vets and vet technicians has created an overwhelming workload in the city THUNDER BAY — Some pet owners in the Thunder Bay area are traveling to animal clinics south of the border or a few hours away because they can’t get appointments in the city unless they’re already registered. It’s an ongoing situation, not just a recent development, as at least one local clinic hasn’t accepted new clients for the past five years. A spokesperson at another clinic has offered an explanation, saying veterinarians are already badly overworked due to a shortage…
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Ontario pet owners struggling to find animal care amid shortage of vets

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When one of Sarah Bennett’s Great Danes suffered a minor injury while playing in the neighborhood dog park last year, the vet told her it was nothing a few stitches wouldn’t fix. But nobody at the clinic was available to do it, so Bennett had to take care of the cut himself. “That is something that I have been fit in for in years past,” Bennett told CBC Toronto. The clinic she has taken her dogs to for the past seven years also used to be open 24 hours a day, giving her peace of mind if something went wrong…
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Veterinaries Share The 1 Food They Never Give Their Dog

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Dog owners often treat their pets like family, and sometimes this includes giving them a seat at the dining room table. It can be downright impossible to say no to the puppy dog’s eyes begging for that last piece of chicken bone, but vets say you should resist the urge. It’s crucial that owners be aware of foods that are harmful or toxic to dogs. Veterinarians often see dogs with avoidable health emergencies related to their diet. Dr. Sarah Hogganmedical director of the California-based VCA Animal Hospitalsand Dr. Nicki Cohen, associate veterinarian at the Dupont Veterinary Clinic in Washington, DC,…
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ZooMiami’s search for plastic bottles includes crocodiles’ guts

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – When a plastic bottle fell into the area where two endangered crocodiles, Leroy and Princess, live at ZooMiami, the fear of a potentially deadly digestive obstruction prompted veterinarians to act quickly. Award-winning photographer Ron Magill, a spokesman for the zoo, reported Wednesday that the Cuban crocodiles had to be sedated to undergo radiographs on Tuesday at the zoo’s animal hospital. “Over the years, everything from cell phones to sunglasses have been retrieved from the bellies of animals at the zoo, causing significant stress and in some cases, physical harm,” Magill wrote in a statement. In 2019,…
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