Posted: July 24, 2009, 3 a.m. EDT
Exotic Animals Make Bad Pets, Professor Says
Lions, tigers and monkeys. Oh my, they make bad pets, said a Kansas State University professor of zoological medicine. A day after a Pittsburg State University linebacker suffered season-ending injuries from a zebra attack, professor Gary West talked about encountering numerous people owning inappropriate exotic pets, the Topeka (Kansas) Capital-Journal reports.
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From Feral Kittens to Loving Family Cats
Just about everyone has done it at one time or another: put out a bowl of food or water for the local stray kitty. But turning a feral cat into a household pet is another matter entirely. Yet that's what Castro Valley, Calif., residents Molly Cain and husband Kris Yapp decided to do when they found two abandoned feral kittens, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Cat-Killer Is Likely a Big Dog, Vet Says
The culprit in the mysterious wave of West Columbia, S.C., cat killings is most likely a dog — or pack of dogs — that roam the area at night, The State.com reports.
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