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NEW YORK, September  2008 – The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) has advised pet owners to discontinue using certain dog and cat foods manufactured by Mars Petcare US, which has voluntarily issued a nationwide recall because of potential contamination with Salmonella serotype Schwarzengrund. This voluntary recall only affects several brands [...]

The ASPCA offers the following list of essential items to pack in advance for your animal companions, should you ever be faced with evacuation:

Pet first-aid kit and guide book
3 to 7 days’ worth of canned (pop-top) or dry food
Disposable litter trays (aluminum roasting pans are perfect)
Litter or paper toweling
Liquid dish soap and disinfectant
Disposable garbage bags [...]

According to the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC), pet poisonings from expanding wood glues—and other adhesives containing the substance diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI)—are pervasive. In the last twelve months, the APCC has treated nearly 100 cases of pets who’ve ingested expanding glues. Of those incidents, 98% involved dogs and 78% were evaluated at high or [...]