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Veterinary Medicine

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    The Downward Pony: Dr. Hannah Evergreen Teaches Yoga...For Horses

    Image Source​First they started cranking up the heat. Then they switched to doing it on paddleboards. This Saturday they're doing it at a rave. But when it comes to yoga, Dr. Hannah Evergreen has them all beat. On Saturday mornings she teaches a small herd of horses (and their owners) how to s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Coming Soon: Tetracan, a Medical Pot Patch for Pets (and Humans)

    ​It's intended to help animals manage chronic pain, but you may be tempted to slip it on Fido when he gets a little too rambunctious. A Seattle company is developing a medical marijuana patch for humans and animals, and intends to press for a change in state law that would allow veterinarian ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Costco Farm Pig Abuse Documented in Horrific Video

    ​Pssst! Wanna ruin your day? Here's a video produced by the animal-rights group Mercy for Animals which shows a bunch of pigs getting thrown around, castrated, kicked, and otherwise abused at Iowa Select Farms in Kamrar, Iowa--a farm that supplies "Swift" brand pork to Costco.

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Port Angeles Idiot Shoots Duckling Through the Torso With a Blowgun

    ​This will probably be the saddest photo you see all day.

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    "Rumors Swirling" After Horse Contracts Herpes

    ​Snohomish County veterinarian Dr. Wendy Mollat wants you to disregard whatever nasty rumors you've heard about how a local horse developed herpes. Those are false and destructive things to say, and they have no place in what should be a serious conversation about Equine Herpes Virus-1.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Breaking: Point Defiance Zoo Tiger Cub in Critical Condition After Surgery

    Little Mali and her brother, Bima​There's some major medical drama unfolding at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium right now. It seems that Mali, one of the zoo's two endangered Sumatran tiger cubs, went into cardiac arrest last night following surgery and is clinging to life. The zoo just sent ou ... More >>

  • News

    September 29, 2010

    Just One of Those Things

    In veterinary malpractice cases, your pet is nothing more than property. One local attorney is aiming to convince judges otherwise, and make vets pay.

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2010

    The Tallest Man on Earth

    In veterinary malpractice cases, your pet is nothing more than property. One local attorney is aiming to convince judges otherwise, and make vets pay.

  • News

    September 1, 2010

    Sicker Dogs

    Medical costs are climbing at the Seattle Animal Shelter, as more heavily neglected pets are left with them.

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2010

    Seattle PAWSwalk

    Medical costs are climbing at the Seattle Animal Shelter, as more heavily neglected pets are left with them.

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Seattle Animal Shelter Sees Influx of Sick and Injured Pets As Recession Takes Toll on Veterinary Spending

    ​As has been widely reported, the recession has led to many more pets being dumped on shelters around the country. The Seattle Animal Shelter has not been experiencing that, according to spokesperson Kara Main-Hester. But it has noticed an equally disturbing trend.

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Colton Harris-Moore, Philanthropist?

    ​Colton Harris-Moore has been pegged as a misguided, albeit elusive, public nuisance. But did you know that he also has a soft spot for animals? Police in Raymond, Washington say that the Barefoot Burglar took a moment in his busy police evading schedule to make a charitable donation to a loca ... More >>

  • News

    May 26, 2010

    No Standing Against Vets

    Pet owners find they have no legal standing to get their vet disciplined.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Kenneth and Nonna Newman, Former Owners of Euthanized Pekingese, Fail in Their Efforts to Get Vet Disciplined

    The Newmans put poor Trali to sleep on the advice of their vets.​Des Moines couple Kenneth and Nonna Newman really loved their dog. When Trali, a Pekingese, developed a herniated disc in 2006, they spent thousands of dollars on MRIs and surgery, according to their attorney, Adam Karp. Two ve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    PETA to Veterinarians: Don't Throw Fish!

    Comes now PETA, asking that the American Veterinary Medical Association not hold a Pike Place Market-style fish toss at its annual convention, to be held in Seattle the week of July 10th. (Tagline: "You 'otter' be there!" LOLZ!) If the AVMA insists on having a fish toss, PETA says, it should use rub ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 3, 2008

    17th annual PAWS Walk

    Comes now PETA, asking that the American Veterinary Medical Association not hold a Pike Place Market-style fish toss at its annual convention, to be held in Seattle the week of July 10th. (Tagline: "You 'otter' be there!" LOLZ!) If the AVMA insists on having a fish toss, PETA says, it should use rub ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 20, 2008

    Deborah Butterfield

    Comes now PETA, asking that the American Veterinary Medical Association not hold a Pike Place Market-style fish toss at its annual convention, to be held in Seattle the week of July 10th. (Tagline: "You 'otter' be there!" LOLZ!) If the AVMA insists on having a fish toss, PETA says, it should use rub ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 3, 2007

    Garrison Keillor

    It has been not so quiet a week in Lake Wobegon

  • Food

    November 17, 2004

    Legal, Tender

    If foie gras is outlawed, let them eat (Australian) cake.

  • News

    June 4, 2003

    Killer Mosquitoes

    West Nile Virus has arrived in the Northwest.

  • News

    May 28, 2003

    Journalistic Downer

    A KIRO-TV food-safety investigation merely exposes deficient reporting and vacuous alarm.

  • News

    December 4, 2002

    "If they are so like us, how can we justify the imposed sacrifice of the animals we enslave and harm?"

    A KIRO-TV food-safety investigation merely exposes deficient reporting and vacuous alarm.

  • News

    June 19, 2002

    The Stephen Kelley Affair

    Why UW's primate center hired a controversial vet, and why activists can't stop it.

  • Diversions

    May 8, 2002

    The Pet Lady

    Why UW's primate center hired a controversial vet, and why activists can't stop it.

  • Arts

    October 6, 1999

    Schrödinger's Baby

    Why UW's primate center hired a controversial vet, and why activists can't stop it.

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