PETS OF THE WEEK
Harley is a 2-year-old neutered orange and white short hair with yellow-green eyes. He has a big wonderful personality and loves attention from people and will follow them around. He also gets along great with other cats.
Find Harley at Cats Are Us, 119 Providence Blvd. Adoption fees are $75 for male cats, $85 for female cats and $100 for either sex that’s declawed. The fee for dogs is $85. Fees include spaying or neutering, deworming and standard vaccinations. For information, call 503-0053 or visit www.catsareus.petfinder.org.
Jack is an 18-month-old neutered basset hound/yellow lab mix. He was found in the woods with a gunshot wound. Jack has received great vet care and is all healed up. He is a sweet dog who loves all people, especially children.
His adoption fee is $100, which includes vaccinations, rabies, current heartworm and flea prevention, and neuter. Find Jack at the Clarksville Humane Society. The shelter also runs a pet food bank for needy pets and offers low-cost spaying and neutering. For information, call 648-8042 or visit www.clarksvillehumanesociety.org.
Taylor is a beautiful blue merle colored, 2-year-old, 8-pound toy Australian shepherd. She was dumped with two other dogs, one of which was killed by a car. Taylor is sweet and friendly and she gets along well with other dogs.
Find her at Second Chance and Happy Tails. The shelter has an adoption fee of $100 to $150, which includes spaying or neutering and vaccinations.
For more information visit their Web site at www.secondchancehappytails.petfinder. org. Phone, 503-8300 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Daisy is a super cute puppy, a 3-month-old house trained and crate trained female Dalmatian mix. She is currently in a foster home with other dogs and does great with them. Daisy is very friendly and loves people, an all-around great dog.
Tags: county, humane, montgomery, society
April 9th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
You know whos fault this is dont you? Those damned tenage mutant ninja turtle movies! When will the government step in and tell us what we can and cant watch!
April 9th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
The problem is actually that the Ban was not lifted. Since the original ban scientist from Louisiana State University have developed a process to treat baby turtle before they are hatched so that they are born Salmonella free. This process is used by all the Turtle Farmers in the United States and if the ban were lifted then the family could have bought Salmonella Free Baby Turtle at any Pet Store and this tragedy would have been avoided. FYI, U.S. Turtle Farmers have to sell their turtles overseas. Its time the FDA got educated and stopped hurting local farmers trying to feed their families.
April 9th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
22 others….That makes 23.Someone call Jim Carey, quickly!
April 9th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
This made the front page?! My deepest condolences to the families but this is a waste of my time and everyone Else’s. There are many other pressing issues that should be addressed since you are *told* that turtles have salmonella when bought or at the very *least* as responsible parents you *look* into these things. It is that way with any animal.
April 9th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Where’s Mario when you need him?
April 9th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Why did it take four months to report this?
April 9th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
This made the front page?! My deepest condolences to the families but there are *much* more pressing issues than this since you are *told* that turtles carry salmonella when bought or at the very *least* as responsible parents you ****LOOK**** into these things. This is with every animal.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
damn turtle.
April 10th, 2008 at 12:48 am
Here’s what I just don’t understand: Why do people obtain/accept a pet without doing any research on it?Am I the only one who was raised by parents who believed that having a pet was a major responsibility and you learned everything you could about the animal before you brought it into your home?A look at the introduction of any $5 “Pet Turtles for Idiots” book at Petco would have alerted you to the fact that you need to wash you hands after handling the turtle (common sense should tell you that children should be washing their hands after handling any animal because they have a documented tendency to put things like their hands in their mouths). Reptile feces carry salmonella, it’s not an ancient chinese secret.When I was 3, my parents bought a pet turtle. They did their research beforehand, supervised me while handling it, and made me wash my hands every time I handled it. It was responsible parenting.Parents need to understand the animals they bring into their home, and children need to be supervised across the board while with animals… It doesn’t matter if it’s a turtle, a cat or Scooby-*****-Doo: Kids will be kids, and need to be taught how to properly interact with animals.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:39 am
We’ve had an eastern box turtle for over five years. With proper veterinary care (check for parasites and other nasties), feeding and light schedules, and a low stress environment, they can live to be very old. I still fastidiously wash my hands after *every time* I pick our turtle up, no matter what. Just don’t let kids run around and kiss up and lick on the turtles! Yeah, they’re cute as hell, but mind the shell!