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Texas border town faces skunk infestation

AP — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:45:57 +0000

The residents of this border town are facing a stinky and growing problem these days: skunks. Eddie Ortega, the director of Del Rio’s Community Health Service Center, said there’s an unusually high number of the malodorous creatures...

117 cats, raccoon, and rabbit found at Omaha home

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:26:44 +0000

Humane society workers have found 117 cats, a raccoon and a rabbit in a north Omaha house. The discovery came Wednesday after Council Bluffs, Iowa, police caught the 54-year-old woman who lives at the house reportedly stealing cat food. Officials...

Skunks under Ohio family's home reek havoc

AP — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:08:18 +0000

A family’s dream home became a stinky nightmare after skunks moved in. They chewed underneath Kerry McCullough’s house in Sheffield Lake, about 20 miles west of Cleveland, and started their own family.McCullough said the odor from the...

Company removes 788 rats from Oregon house

AP — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:48:28 +0000

Police Chief Tom Boggs informed the Sutherlin City Council this week that a pest-removal company has trapped and removed 788 rats from an infested house. An exterminator will be brought in to poison any remaining rodents.The council declared the...

Pest-removal company removes 788 rates from house

AP — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:11:06 +0000

Woman with bug-infested bird nest is quarantined

AP — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:28:45 +0000

A Long Island woman has been found by police with her skin crawling with nearly invisible bloodsucking parasites from an infested bird’s nest in her home. She’s been taken to a hospital quarantine unit.Nassau County police say they were...

Animal Hoarder Found With 9 More Pets

AP — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:36:13 +0000

A woman who had 45 cats in her home last year was found to be in violation of her probation for having two dogs and seven cats in her home.Linda Gail Young, 51, pleaded guilty in September to 24 counts of animal cruelty, based on the number of...

Rabbits Being Abandoned on Long Island

AP — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:05:30 +0000

Animal rights activists are hopping mad because they can’t find the wascals who’ve been dumping domestic wabbits all over the place.People have been dropping the furry creatures on roadways, in parks and near school grounds on Long...

Natural cure for infestation in pets

Esther — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:32:56 +0000

I found an article in Infozine on using natural ways to protect pets from pests like fleas and ticks. The usage of chemicals to cure infestations is discouraged to avoid side-affects and allergies on pets. The natural way to protect pets...