MICROCHIP IMPLANTS AS AN OFFICIAL FORM OF IDENTIFICATION FOR PET BIRDS August 12, 2002 Federal Register: (Volume 67, Number 155) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 9 CFR Part 93 AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: We are amending the regulations to allow the use...
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USDA INFORMS AFA THAT ANIMAL WELFARE ACT WILLÂ NOW INCLUDE BIRDS The U.S. Department of Agriculture/APHIS/Animal Care (USDA) has recently received a verbal legal opinion that, contrary to the initial understanding, the final language in the amended Animal Welfare Act (AWA) indicates that birds and certain rats and mice (except for those forms bred...
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Saudi Arabia Bans the Sale of Dogs and Cats According to AP (Associated Press) The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has banned the sale of Cats and dogs in the Red Sea port of Jiddah and the holy city of Mecca. The police has issued a decree banning the sale of this pets which is...
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Across Florida there is a killer on the loose Non-native species are choking the ecosystem…sometimes literally. This burmese python swallowed an alligator. “They’re eating pretty much everything in Everglades National Park,” says ranger Dan Kimball. On Gasparilla Island it’s non-native iguanas accused of eating Florida gopher tortoise eggs, and in some Florida lakes imported...
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A highly contagious disease has been causing otherwise nocturnal animals — such as raccoons, skunks and woodchucks — to stumble and act disoriented in broad daylight throughout North Jersey. The spread of distemper, which can affect household pets such as dogs and cats, is being blamed on the warm start to winter, which lured...
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