Category: Pets + Animals
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Create a Wildlife Habitat for Spring
Some of us have already had a wonderful taste of spring with temps in the 70s! If you’re not inspired yet to take another look at your backyard, start thinking now about all the advantage of attracting wildlife like butterflies. A space as small as your backyard can be a…
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Five Amazing Facts About Sugar Gliders
There must be a rule that all marsupials, like the koala and kangaroo, are cute. Sugar gliders certainly deserve to be called cute too. You must agree… How much do you know about sugar gliders? I picked five sugar glider facts that may surprise you. 1. A joey (baby sugar…
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Imposter Gives Back to Animals
While some people out there still wear real fur, others who own faux fur are afraid to wear it. Imposter is changing that with their new collection, Wild Life Inspired, bearing the “IM Imposter” logo, a universal symbol for animal friendly products. With Imposter, you know that no animal gave…
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“Pretty Pet-Friendly” Review
Is your place pretty and pet-friendly? You can have both. Pretty Pet Friendlyby pet style expert Julia Szabo offers many useful tips on preventing messes and furniture destruction, choosing pet-friendly fabrics, avoiding paw prints and pet hair everywhere, keeping air fresh and much more. This pet bookeven looks stylish sitting…
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A Cat’s (Repurposed) Dream Toy
A less than perfect eco gal, I sometimes find myself leaving a store carrying a paper shopping bag with sturdy cotton-string handles. The paper bags are easy to recycle, but the strings? Cut them loose. Tie them together. Wind it all up into a free cat toy. It’s the perfect…
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Kitty’s Crumble Giveaway
I’m happy to tell you about a new eco-friendly cat litter on the market — Kitty’s Crumble. It’s different from all the rest since it literally falls from the sky. Yup. It comes from coconut husks (coir). Coir is earthy which cats love, but it’s also super absorbent, holding up…
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Big Cat Rescue
If you’re planning a visit to the Tampa, Fla. area, consider Big Cat Rescue — a fun and educational destination where you can see tigers, lions, leopards, cougars, bobcats, ocelots and more. And it’s rated as the number one attraction in Tampa by TripAdvisor reviewers. I visited last summer and…
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10 Most Threatened Species of 2010
As earth-friendly people, we strive to make sure that not only is the world in good shape for future generations, but also that the animals that live in it are protected. Our actions shouldn’t harm them, but all too often they do. And we never realize it. Earlier this year,…
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Most Athletic Dogs Compete
The Winter Games arrived in Canada when the world’s most athletic dogs competed at the first-ever Winter Purina Incredible Dog Challenge in Whistler-Blackcomb. To learn about the medal winners, check your local listings between March 20th and May 2nd, or go to petcentric.com in mid-March to learn specific times.
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