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New York Vet Accidentally Kills Valuable Racing Greyhound

Wed Mar 4 2009. A New york vet accidentally euthanized a high earning racing greyhound "Easter Runnie" when she inadvertantly administered more anehetic than required.  Anesthesia can be very dangerous for Sighthounds (greyhounds, afghans, deerhounds etc). Veterinary reports...

Pet Doctor Forum founder talks about importance of Communication

The Pet Doctor Forum is a brand new forum started on February 5th 2009. While there are thousands of forums on the internet, and hundreds of sites for pet enthusiasts, this one forum aims to make a big difference.Its aim is to help Pets and their Doctors communicate better!!...

is flea control in pets a scam?

Ive been reading an interesting thread in the very new Pet Doctor Forum, about flea control in pets. Is flea control a scam? Why do we need to buy it every month? Well, vets help explain on this site WHY its useful. Some of their comments include- - I have seen fleas...

Hand up cow's rear phone advert plumbs depths of taste

The billboard ads featuring a vet with his arm inside a cow are already up and now the TV ad is ready to air (see it with the article) - just fun or just too far?"T-Mobile is set to push the bounds of taste...

Blind war vet, 80, 'waited 20 hours' at hospital

Hope he won't be "the next Esmin Green". " AN 80-year-old war veteran was forced to wait nearly 20 hours overnight for treatment at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital emergency department, his wife claimed today. Edward Webster from Bedford was brought to SCGH emergency...

Police Marksmen Shoot "Aggressive Cow"

A cow vaulted its fence and crossed a major road into a nearby garden. After residents were unable to contain the cow, police marksmen shot it. Were animal tranquilizers really out of the question? Since this took place in farmland, it's probably safe to assume some sort of...

Lost Parrot Gives Vet his Name and Address

Grawk, Polly wants free medical care and a ride home?This story is for the birds. Ok, I'll stop. An African grey parrot, lost weeks ago and rescued by police, held up under police questioning for two weeks but finally spilled the seed. It took officers some intense...

The End of an Age: France's Last WWI Vet Dies

" France's last surviving veteran of World War One, Lazare Ponticelli, has died at the age of 110. President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the death on Wednesday, paying tribute to the last "poilu", as French WWI veterans were known. "Today, I express the nation's deep emotion...

Bionic Woman 2.0: She Makes a Mean Martini

Nothing wrong with bartender superheroes. Hey, they're already psychatrists, right?"Just as Lindsay Wagner brightened the goofy original, the awesome Michelle Ryan injects some verve into today's Jaime Sommers....

Row, Row, Row Your Bowl: Thames by Doggie Dish

A cunning stunt indeed: a vet and his dog have rowed the lenght of the River Thames in an outsized dog bowl, covering a distance of 150 miles over nine days."A TV vet has successfully rowed down the River Thames...

Our last WWI Vet

Nearing 107, WWI RCR Vet John Babcock is the lone survivor living life to the fullest, most dream of, with a walker his only impediment, he is like a finely tuned Timex, he has all his working parts, taking a...

Omaha Beach Cemetery

If you're an American who has never visited this place, you should try to make the effort sometime in your life.

The History Of Veteran's Day

The armistice was at the Eleventh Hour, of the Eleventh Day, of the Eleventh Month.

Republican's Staff Assault Marine Vet [VIDEO]

"Former Marine and first year law student, Mike Stark was asking Republican senator George Allen some questions about the arrest records he refuses to make public and whether he had ever spit on his first wife....

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