Top stories: Houston ponders a spay/neuter law; bobcats jump on vacancy.
Posted: September 6, 2008 3 a.m. EDT
Houston Ponders Making it Law to Spay, Neuter Pets
Don’t look now, but the Houston City Council is starting to sound a lot like Bob Barker. Goaded into action by community outrage after at least six dogs died from exposure to excessive heat in a city animal care vehicle last week, some council members have embraced the mantra of the retired game show host, who closed every broadcast of “The Price is Right” by urging viewers to “Help control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered,” The Houston Chronicle reports.
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With Homeowner in Doghouse, Bobcats Move In
With real estate values plummeting and foreclosed homes sitting empty, a family of bobcats apparently decided the time was right to pounce. So last week, they slipped out of the parched foothills of Lake Elsinore and into a spacious, vacant home in well-groomed Tuscany Hills, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Officers Seize 26 Cats and Kittens From Motel Room
Animal control officers seized more than two dozen cats and kittens from a motel room in Northwest Roanoke, The Roanoke (Va.) Times reports.
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