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News - March 2010
3/10/2010 - Yahoo Pet News
Pet-food recall expanded (USA Today)
Nature's Variety pet- food maker has expanded its recall of chicken-based products because of potential Salmonella contamination.
3/10/2010 - Yahoo Pet News
Pet shop owner claims fish is 43, weighs 20 pounds (Boston Globe)
It sounds fishy but a New York City pet shop owner says it's true. Buttkiss, the black pacu he owns, is 43 and weighs 20 pounds. A pacu is a breed that's related to the piranha. Steve Gruebel owns Cameo Pet Shop in Queens. He got Buttkiss in 1967 when he was just a wee thing. He sold him a ...
3/10/2010 - Yahoo Pet News
Pet shop owner claims fish is 43, weighs 20 pounds (AP via Yahoo! News)
It sounds fishy but a New York City pet shop owner says it's true. Buttkiss, the black pacu he owns, is 43 and weighs 20 pounds. A pacu is a breed that's related to the piranha. Steve Gruebel owns Cameo Pet Shop in Queens. He got Buttkiss in 1967 when he was just a wee thing. He sold him a year later when Buttkiss was two inches long. But in 1970, Buttkiss was returned when he outgrew the buyer ...
3/10/2010 - Yahoo Pet News
Some Nature's Variety pet foods recalled (UPI)
LINCOLN, Neb., March 9 (UPI) -- Nature's Variety Inc. says it's recalling its chicken formula raw frozen diets for dogs and cats because the pet food might be contaminated with bacteria.
3/10/2010 - Yahoo Pet News
PET project: Using organic catalysts to make more biodegradable plastics (Scientific American)
Whereas most discarded plastic water and beverage bottles (those imprinted with a number 1 within a triangular arrow) can be recycled , the resulting second-generation plastic is generally unusable for making new plastic bottles. This is because the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) thermoplastic polymer used to make the original bottles is often made with the help of metal oxide or metal ...
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