Pets

Some avian influenza viruses also affect dogs and other pets, including hamsters and guinea pigs. Oregon saw its first case of bird flu in December, in a cat that had eaten raw pet food. A second case in January came from a cat that lived next to a wildlife refuge and was exposed to wild waterfowl.

Bowser the tortoise went missing on Tuesday only to be found two days later and more than a mile away from home.

“Herding cats” may be shorthand for an impossible task, but according to Monique Udell, Director of the Human-Animal Interaction Lab at Oregon State University, cats can be trained. We’ll hear what she’s learning about the relationship between cats and people, and how they can each improve each other’s lives.

A former Multnomah County Animal Services volunteer alleges she was punished for raising concerns about the shelter's policies around euthanasia and adoption.

Heartworm disease is more prevalent in warmer southern states, but it's becoming more common in Oregon and Washington as temperatures rise.

Our relationships with pets can often be as impactful to our lives as relationships with people, which is why their deaths can be as traumatic as losing a human companion. But for nearly 40 years a non-profit in Portland has run a Pet Loss Support Group for grieving owners.

A new café in Springfield hopes to provide foster cats with an alternative route to adoption.

The Oregon Department of Agriculture’s proposal, which comes out of a new state law to regulate animal shelters, would base licensing fees on how many animals a rescue is taking in.

Some vets are retiring, or already left the industry during the pandemic because of burnout, or other reasons. At the same time, more and more Americans are adopting pets.

Veterinarians in the Willamette Valley say they're seeing an increase of dogs sickened with an unknown respiratory illness.