Olympics Clean-up Chinese Style: Inside Beijings Shocking Death Camp for Cats
Thousands of pet cats in Beijing are being abandoned by their owners and sent to die in secretive government pounds as China mounts an aggressive drive to clean up the capital in preparation for the Olympic Games, The Daily Mail (United Kingdom) reports.
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Foreclosures Slam Doors on Pets, Too
Family pets, hapless victims of foreclosure, are landing in animal shelters in large numbers in some parts of the country. The precise numbers are unknown, because there is no nationwide standard for recording foreclosure pets and because many owners who surrender animals at shelters tell personnel only that they are "moving" and give no specifics, USA Today reports.
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Some Pet Food Still Not on Shelves
More than a year after the biggest pet-food recall began, sales of wet pet food continue to struggle, and many products still are missing from store shelves. About 20 percent of recalled products, mostly wet foods, have yet to return, and 10 percent of recalled products have been discontinued, says PetSmart, the nation's No. 1 pet-food chain, USA Today reports.
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