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You can now get pet surgery done at your doorsteps! Spay-Neuter Assistance Program of North Carolina is a non profit organization which uses a fleet of mobile pet surgery clinics providing services at subsidised rates. Their staff consists of licensed and accredited veterinarians and assistants .These mobile pet surgery clinics are fitted with modern equipment and veterinarians use all the modern techniques and anaesthesia to ensure very that the highest level of care is taken during a pet surgery. SNAP-NC provides services to twelve counties in North Carolina and is a new concept to be introduced for the first time in the United States. They have performed over 40,000 pet surgeries since it's inception and are funded through fees charged as and mostly grants and donations.

© Matt Cornwell

Would you rather buy a pet dog or adopt one? This is fast becoming a topic of community discourse and action with over 100 people showing up in front of the I Heart Puppies shop, a dog shop, primarily, in protest of sale of pet dogs.
Carole Davis, was the one leading the protests, she is the Companion Animal Protection Society West Coast director. The reason of the agitation was sale of puppies at the store, the protest urging the people from the community to "go humane" and in place of pet purchase rather adopt a pet from local animal shelters.
Court records reveal that an anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) plea has been moved on behalf of pro-pet adoption Carole Davis, against the owner of the dog shop in Corona del Mar.

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All the information that pet owners need to know about pet health and their nutrition is now available easily. petMD and Hill's Pet Nutrition have joined hands to provide the best in pet health and nutrition to pet owners.
This service is coming in the wake of a recent study which found that 69% of dog owners needed help in finding the proper diet for their pet. So the two companies have launched MyBowl for dogs which are an interactive tool for understanding the nutrition requirements and pet health. This tool will give the details of the dietary requirements of pet dogs and will also educate the owners about the pet health issues.
The petMD has also launched a dog Nutrition Center on www.petmd.com so that owners can make use of their detailed articles covering pet health and nutrition. The center will include articles, a nutrition chat, quizzes and a lot more. The articles are all written by known veterinarians and pet specialists.