Holiday foods can be toxic to pets – a veterinarian explains which, and what to do if Rover or Kitty eats them
Keeping human foods away from pets is one way to avoid emergency veterinary hospital runs during Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or New Year’s.
Leticia Fanucchi, Clinical Assistant Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Oklahoma State University
• conversation
Dec. 16, 2022 • ~8 min
Dec. 16, 2022 • ~8 min
Why mourning a pet can be harder than grieving for a person
The death of a pet can be a deeply painful experience. But acknowledging the way pet grief is different can help people find consolation.
Sam Carr, Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
• conversation
Dec. 7, 2022 • ~5 min
Dec. 7, 2022 • ~5 min
Pit bulls went from America's best friend to public enemy – now they're slowly coming full circle
A scholar of law and humanities compares bans on dogs with any pit bull genes to “one drop” laws that once classified people with even a single Black ancestor as Black.
Colin Dayan, Professor of English, Robert Penn Warren Professor in the Humanities, and Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University •
conversation
Oct. 21, 2022 • ~10 min
Oct. 21, 2022 • ~10 min
A dog has caught monkeypox from one of its owners, highlighting risk of the virus infecting pets and wild animals
The monkeypox virus can easily spread between humans and animals. A veterinary virologist explains how the virus could go from people to wild animals in the US – and why that could be a problem.
Amy Macneill, Associate Professor of Veterinary medicine and Virology, Colorado State University •
conversation
Aug. 18, 2022 • ~8 min
Aug. 18, 2022 • ~8 min
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