The Magazine Paw Prints

[...] and outraged every time the story plays on the news. But what about our pets? When it comes to heat stroke it may take a mere ten minutes for a dog or cat to be near death.  And sometimes, even if [...]

[...] charges allow us to imagine. Despite the attention they get from the mainstream media, animal hoarders have been the focus of very little psychological research. For years it has been perceived as [...]

[...] If you’ve ever been to a Kansas City T-Bones baseball game you know how much fun they are – if you’ve never been – GO! It is a great [...]

[...] I had known about this then. Fortunately, I have not had the need for it since moving to Kansas City, but I will keep this recipe handy because Murphy’s Law is very powerful and must be [...]

[...] a new furry addition to your family this is a great opportunity to see and get to know some adoptable pets from lots of organizations all in one spot and have a great evening of T-Bones baseball with [...]

[...] . Researchers at the Center for Animals and Public Policy at Tufts University argue that animal hoarding represents a vastly misunderstood problem, one that goes far deeper than a few animal cruelty [...]

[...] during warm, sunny days… even a few minutes can be critical. And flea markets and other outdoor activities are often the worst place to bring a dog on a hot summer day. Factors that increase an [...]

[...] the traumatized cell cannot recover from the heat injury) occurs when time and temperature factors combine to terminate the cell’s integrity. The longer the cell is above the 107°F [...]

We hear it on the news all too often, each news report often more difficult to believe than the last. Case #1: Police in Anytown, USA, found 67 dead [...]

[...] carcasses and urine-soaked floors you see that the behavior is much more like the pathological hoarding of objects. At the time of this writing there is no clinical diagnosis for animal [...]

[...] overweight, all contribute to an animal’s body being less efficient in its attempt at dissipating heat buildup in the body. Any animal or human, when faced with the surrounding conditions of high [...]