Posted By Ken Storey on Thu, May 13, 2021 at 11:38 AM click to enlarge Adobe At the same time in 2019 that coronavirus was spreading across Wuhan, a bacterial infection was jumping from puppies to humans in Florida. The Campylobacter outbreak would stretch across seventeen states. Fifty-six positive cases were found, with sixteen percent of the cases resulting in hospitalization. Campylobacter infections are a common cause of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare disorder where one s immune system attacks the body s nerves. The disorder can result in paralysis. The outbreak was linked back to pet stores where puppies from commercial breeding facilities are sold. Nearly nine percent of the cases were employees from Petland, the only national pet store chain to still s
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PITTSBURG, Kan. – “The animal facilities inspection program at the Kansas Department of Agriculture notified some unlicensed individuals that due to the number of dogs they had at their facility they were not operating legally,” explains Heather Lansdowne with the Kansas Department of Agriculture.
Lansdowne with the Department of Ag says a residence in Cherokee County was found to have more dogs than is allowed without a license. The limit is 20. She explains the Department of Ag let the homeowners know that they needed to get a license, but they didn’t comply.
So this week, the department removed nine dogs from the location which are now at the SEK Humane Society. After being checked out by a vet, Jasmine Kyle says they aren’t unhealthy. But the females were used for breeding, and all of them have a long way to go before they recover.
Even though Russell Simmons is releasing his sixth book,
The Happy Vegan, this fall, the hip-hop icon is not too busy to speak out against animal cruelty in peaceful protests. This week, he rallied against horse-drawn carriages outside New York’s City Hall, perched in an antique-styled electric car (or eCarriage) proposed to replace horse-drawn carriages. Simmons called on Mayor Bill de Blasio to “deliver on [his] promise” to ban the the use of horses for entertainment in New York City and compared its support to pro-slavery advocacy: “There [were] people for slavery, remember? Slavery was fine.” He later supported his statements by posting an excerpt from
NetworkNewsWire Editorial Coverage NEW YORK, May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The exploding interest in all things plant-based has taken root around the world. And the trend is about much more