Pet News

Young people are taking part in a charity horse-riding event this weekend to raise money for the children's ward at Boston Pilgrim Hospital.

It was a picture perfect day for the Spring Road Pet Parade on Saturday. Crazy canines of all shapes and sizes, cats and rats, ferrets and feathered friends came out to march, or be wheeled or carried along the parade route.

Brittany Tilley of Dowell, Illinois is seeking answers in the shooting death of her two-year-olod beagle/lab mix Boots.

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Hebe, a black ball of fluff, looks up shyly through his Perspex enclosure. The puppy is a "prosecution case", meaning he was rescued from his former owner, who was later charged with animal abuse.

Kelly's Ford Equestrian Center held its United States Eventing Association sanctioned Horse Trial in Remington on Saturday.

New this year is the Premium Beer Garden, where beer aficionados can sample craft beers from Ale industries, Dogfish Head, Diago to Duvel Moortgat.

Insulinoma is often thought of as the opposite of diabetes. Tiny "islet tumors" in the pancreas cause it to create too much insulin which causes a drastic drop in blood sugar.

What would Porter the Wonder Dog have eaten 200 years ago, before there was Alpo or Dog Chow? Here's the history of the multi-billion-dollar dog food industry.

Feral goats and green iguanas wreaking havoc with the ecosystems in the small islands in the Pacific, biologists warn, in two separate studies published in Pacific Science last month, calling for control or elimination of these animals.

Kimberly Jacobs was getting into her car in front of her Near-Northside home when she heard a "scuffling" sound behind her.

Bird lovers will be delighted by these incredible avian-inspired creations; from DIY bird feeders to edible avian feathers, these fantastic creations are themed after our fine-feathered friends.

ADVANCE tickets are available for Bowood's eighth annual charity dog show and summer fair on June 9, which is expected to raise thousands of pounds for charity.

The American Kennel Club officially registered the American Eskimo Dog in 1994 and was grouped in the non-sporting division.

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Patch readers, you're up! We need your wit, creativity and animal psychic abilities to craft the perfect caption for the next edition of our pet photo caption challenge! Suggest your caption in the Comments section below.

The first Wichita Falls PRCA Rodeo is May 31 through June 1 at the J.S. Bridwell Agricultural Center, presented by Barney Brehmer of Brehmer Rodeo Co.

If your pet's popped its clogs, who ya gonna call? Mat and Jane Bogust have started Rest in Pets, making mini coffins.

Katie Oleson, daughter of late Free Press editorial writer Tom Oleson, has had an emotional year: the deaths of her father and mother, and health problems after a fall from her horse.

The training of dogs to give warnings of seizures is being pioneered in Britain by a small charity in Seffield, called Support Dogs.