Orange County Animal Services Temporarily Closes After Employees Test Positive for Coronavirus
• The shelter will reopen when it is safe to do so.
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• The shelter will reopen when it is safe to do so.
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• In the study by Japanese researchers, cats reacted to their own name. Researchers say it’s the first evidence showing cats can understand spoken words.
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• According to the North American Veterinary Community, some 85 million families have a pet. Americans spent about 40 billion on animal health care last year. In return, pets may improve our quality of life and health. Tom Bohn, CEO of the North American Veterinary Community, and Dr. Lynn R. Honeckman, a local veterinarian behaviorist, sat down with Matthew Peddie to talk about the human-animal connection pets families can have.
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• Cane toads, a non-native species to Florida, run rampant in backyards of homes and pose a threat to family pets with their toxins. Jeannine Tilford founded the pest removal company Toad Busters to protect both pets and Florida’s ecosystem from the toads and their toxic secretions.
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• South Florida-based company Toad Busters removes non-native toxic toads from homes, saving both family pets and the state’s ecosystem. Toad Busters owner Jeannine Tilford joins Intersection.
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• Pet-friendly domestic violence shelters are becoming an increasingly popular way to allow victims to keep their pets as they flee their abusers. Michelle Sperzel, CEO of Harbor House of Central Florida, joins Intersection to discuss the link between domestic violence and animal cruelty, as well as the importance of keeping victims and their pets together.
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• A local Central Florida nonprofit will help low-income seniors pay for pet-related costs. Seniors sometimes have to choose between buying necessities for themselves or their pets furry companions
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