By Maryann Hammers, Natural SolutionsThe face cream smells delicious, feels gratifyingly luxurious, and promises to smooth out wrinkles. Best of all, the label reads “No Animal Testing.” Now you can be sure that no animals suffered or died to make this product. Right?Wrong.Despite what the label proclaims, this face cream, or any one of its ingredients, could easily have been rubbed into a bunny’s

Use Your Voice for Animals in Massachusetts, So They Can Keep Theirs: Ban DevocalizationThere probably aren’t many people out there who don’t appreciate a little peace and quiet now and then, but there are some who will go to the extreme of having their pets devocalized, or debarked, to get it.Devocalizing involves a not so minor surgery with a high risk of complications that uses either an oral

We wanted you to be aware of the following food recall from Nutro Products:Franklin, Tennessee (May 21, 2009) -- Today, Nutro Products announced a voluntary recall of select varieties of NUTRO(R) NATURAL CHOICE(R) COMPLETE CARE(R) Dry Cat Foods and NUTRO(R) MAX(R) Cat Dry Foods with "Best If Used By Dates" between May 12, 2010 and August 22, 2010.. The cat food is being voluntarily recalled in the

People always tell me how wonderful my pets are. They're impressed with how smart my dog, Monkey, is, how well behaved and gentlemanly.They're amazed at how sweet and sane and cooperative my cats, Fancy and Luigi, are and how well everybody gets along.Friends admire my clever, high-spirited green-cheek conure, Tookie, and my beautiful budgies and king pigeons.And they're right. I do have extremely

Charles Vreeland, President of the Humane Society of Greater Kansas City said, “It’s a grand experiment and an idea we’ve had for several years, but until Captain Rodney Smith came on board as the new police captain we couldn’t get it off the ground.”Vreeland is talking about an incredible program called Ray of Hope that has taken the euthanasia rate of unwanted cats and dogs in Kansas City

By now, most people have heard that Congress has approved legislation allowing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate the making and marketing of tobacco products. President Obama, a "recovering" smoker, is expected to sign the anti-tobacco bill, which will primarily prevent cigarette companies from marketing their products to children. This is exciting news that will hopefully reduce the

Certain products used to control fleas and ticks are raising hairs. In April 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an advisory after an increase in the number of reported health incidents in pets treated with some flea and tick control products. Following the EPA advisory, in an unrelated effort, the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a lawsuit in California against

A new pet book crossed my desk this week that has a lot of good, common sense advice on taking care of your dog."The Complete Healthy Dog Handbook" by Betsy Brevitz (Workman Publishing; $18.95) answers a lot of useful questions on health, safety and daily grooming.Here is a good tip to know as summer begins and you and your dog will be spending more time outdoors: What do you do if your dog gets something

With every spring comes a delightful crop of new fleas eyeing our cats. Fleas are not only annoying, they can transmit diseases. Keeping cats indoors is of course the best way for them to avoid fleas, however, sometimes the pesky bugs find their way inside anyway.This year, consider taking steps to keep those annoying little creatures off of your cat and off of you and your furnishings:Click Here for

The March of Dimes' largest annual fundraiser, the March for Babies (formerly known as WalkAmerica), is taking place now in cities across the United States. Many well-meaning individuals participate in this event, believing the funds they raise will be used to help babies—not hurt animals. Unfortunately, the March of Dimes, like many other well-known health charities, including the American Cancer

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) For Immediate Release: Monday, April 27, 2009CONTACT: Robin Mackar, 919-541-0073, e-mail: rmackar@niehs.nih.govCOUNTRIES UNITE TO REDUCE ANIMAL USE IN PRODUCT TOXICITY TESTING WORLDWIDEU.S., Canada, Japan and European Union Sign International AgreementRepresentatives