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Deadline looms for claiming refunds from Blue Buffalo

March 31, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Settlement in alleged consumer fraud case           ST. LOUIS, Missouri––Applications to the IRS for income tax return are due on Monday,  April 18,  2016,  but another deadline,  four days earlier,  may mean more money––up to $200––for people who bought Blue Buffalo pet food products between May 7,  2008 and December 18,  2015. Reimbursements of up to […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Cats, Chickens, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Poultry, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Blue Buffalo, Helen Woodward Animal Center, Home 4 the Holidays, Nestle Purina Petcare, Wilbur-Ellis

Blue Buffalo feels the heat from rendered poultry byproducts in dog food

May 19, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Blue Buffalo admits to using dog food ingredients that it advertised it did not          ST. LOUIS, Missouri; WILTON, Connecticut; RANCHO SANTA FE, California––Poultry byproducts are typically rendered into dog food at about 140 degrees Celsius, 284 degrees Fahrenheit. A year after Purina sued Blue Buffalo over alleged false advertising, Blue Buffalo and Blue Buffalo ingredients […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Other dog topics, Poultry, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Blue Buffalo, Helen Woodward Animal Center, Hillary Watson, Home 4 the Holidays, melamine, Purina, Wilbur-Ellis

Losing in Aurora, pit bull advocates set their dogs on us, Blue Buffalo, & Home 4 the Holidays

November 7, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

34,284 voters, or 35%, favored repealing the pit bull ban; 62,953, or 65%, upheld the ban. AURORA, Colorado; RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif.––What did pit bull advocates do after losing their attempt to repeal the pit bull ban in Aurora, Colorado, by a 30% margin? They figuratively set their dogs on the messenger, ANIMALS 24-7; others […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Left, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Aurora, Blue Buffalo, Helen Woodward Animal Center, Mike Arms

Remember Me Thursday 2014

November 4, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

In 2013 more than 100,000 pet lovers from 83 countries participated On Thursday, September 25,  2014,   the Helen Woodward Animal Center united with animal lovers and animal welfare organizations worldwide for the 2nd Annual Remember Me Thursday candle-lighting ceremony.  The candles, lit simultaneously around the world, honored the millions of pets who lost their […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Dogs & Cats, Letters, Opinions & Letters, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Helen Woodward Animal Center, Mike Arms, Remember Me Thursday

Hurricane Katrina & Rita rescuers shift gears from rescue & reunion to rehoming

December 27, 2005 By Merritt Clifton

Holding periods expired NEW ORLEANS––All animals rescued from the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita became eligible for adoption on December 15,  2005,  following the expiration of the last mandatory holding periods prescribed by the Louisiana and Mississippi state veterinarians. “We’re setting up two new rescue centers,  in New Orleans and Gulfport,”  Best Friends Animal Society […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Best Friends Animal Society, Helen Woodward Animal Center, Hurricane Katrina, Petfinder

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