Dr. Jane
September 2, 2021
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Zoo will receive and administer COVID-19 vaccines to its animals in the coming weeks. African lions, Sumatran tigers, Francois langurs and white-cheeked gibbons were among the first to be vaccinated. The vaccine is made specifically for animals and is sold by the animal health company Zoetis. Experimental use is approved by the USDA and …
Dr. Jane
September 2, 2021
The days of captive “blood slave” donor dogs may soon be over and force a fundamental change in the way life-saving animal blood is collected in California – but only if the governor signs a hard-won bill that is on his desk goes. Greyhounds in their kennels at Hemopet in Garden Grove. (File photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register …
Dr. Jane
September 1, 2021
Dogs enjoy a special place in every dog owner’s life as keeping a dog makes them happy all day long. But when dog owners work for hours leaving their dogs alone, their pets experience loneliness, boredom, and lots of mental health issues. In San Francisco, professionals are investing in hiring a professional dog walker service to keep their dogs entertained. …
Turtle the dog doesn’t have it easy on the rough streets of Mexico. Spending the day looking for just enough food to survive and going to sleep knowing that you must start over the next morning was daunting to the pooch and its health, but luckily it has changed his life for the better. As part of the midcap household, …
July 28, 2021 Posted: Jul 28, 2021 Updated: 4:40 pm Read moreTightening the ban on a cow drugs can save India’s vultures KUSI newsroom SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Thanks to a matching $ 50,000 gift from an anonymous donor, contributions to the San Diego Humane Society’s veterinary medicine program will have twice the impact on homeless pets and wildlife in …
Ramil is not showing any additional symptoms, the zoo said, but since he shares an enclosure with a female snow leopard and two Amur leopards, staff believe they have been released. The animals were then quarantined and their exhibition closed. It is unclear how Ramil got infected. In January, a group of eight gorillas at the zoo’s sister facility, San …
La Jolla’s Cat Lounge heralded a milestone in July – she adopted her 3,000. Cat. Lucky No. 3,000 is an adult tuxedo cat named Dale who went home to Greg Venier and Jay Blangero of Lemon Grove on July 1. The Cat Lounge, which opened in November 2019, is a nonprofit that rescues cats from animal shelters in counties with …
Local residents gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday to mark the opening of the new VEG hospital. (Photo courtesy Veterinary Emergency Group) The Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) opened a new emergency center for the companions of East Bay residents in San Ramon on Wednesday, offering a direct patient-to-veterinarian pipeline for advice and treatment. Read moreCSU announces $278 million …
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) – A group of wild cats in San Francisco are losing their limbs from severe injuries and no one can explain why, including the woman who took care of them for decades. Every day, Sylvia Ortiz and her husband feed, catch, rescue and repair a cat colony in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco. “Dottie, Mabel, Twoey,” …
click to enlarge Courtesy of the San Antonio Zoo Dr. Coke (left) not only looks after the San Antonio Zoo’s own Komodo dragon Bubba, but also supports other zoos with medical advice for the Komodo dragon. Read moreNational Academies of Practice adds new veterinary fellows Dr. Rob L. Coke, Director of Veterinary Medicine, San Antonio Zoo, was recently named a …
