1259. Can Pets Commit Suicide? Animal Behaviorist Dr. Nicholas Dodman Shares His Research.

Can Pets Commit Suicide?
Dr. Nicholas Dodman (Program Director for the
Animal Behavior Department at Tufts) researched several alleged
cases of pet suicide to see if it's possible. He's here to report
on his findings and to answer the provocative question.
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Laws to Protect Pets Left Out in the Cold
While many states mandate that pets are not allowed to be kept
outdoors in extreme weather for extended periods of time without
insulated housing, others barely consider hypothermia deaths to
be animal cruelty. Fortunately, some states and local governments
are now enforcing harsher punishments for people who allow their
pets to perish in weather extremes like the recent blizzard on
the east coast.
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Get the Smell of Fresh Cat Head in a
Bottle
Do you think the back of your cat's heads smells wonderful? A
Japanese company has researched that scent, recreated it, and is
now bottling it. The head of Yamamoto Perfumery spent four months
doing research, sniffing many cat's heads to replicate the smell.
The result? Fluffy Brow Scented Fabric Water. It can be sprayed
on fabrics or anything to give them a lovely cat-head smell. A
bottle sells for 1,200 yen or about $10 each.
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Cold Weather Tips
Doc Halligan and Dogfather Joey
Villani have incredible tips for helping your
furry-friends through the winter. Everything from their coat to
their diet change when the weather gets frigid.
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Woman Has 1000 Cats
A woman in California has 1,000 cats. But she's no hoarder.
Lattanzi runs Cat House on the Kings, the
largest cat sanctuary in the country. It all started when she
volunteered to bottle feed kittens for a rescue back 25 years
ago. Today Cat House on the Kings has 45 paid personnel who help
to care for the cats and maintain the property including a
veterinarian and seven vet techs are also part of the team.
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