One of the more common clinical complaints presented in the clinic are when
animal guardians report that their pet drools excessively.
Not exact matches
Furthermore
guardians of
animals altered younger
report fewer medical problems than those of conventionally altered
animals.
The consequences have been disastrous: while in 1996, 101 Ohio
animal control agencies
reported handling 2,141 dogs deemed to be pit bulls, in 2004, 68 agencies
reported handling 8,834 such dogs, of whom only 1,425 (16 percent) were reclaimed by their original
guardians or adopted by new ones, and 7,409 (84 percent) were killed (Lord et al., 2006).
According to
reports from Snopes, 52 out of 211
animals that came through the shelter that day were specifically brought by their
guardians to be surrendered.
WildEarth
Guardians has released a
report grading states and federal agencies on their support of the cute critters and what they're doing to help keep the populations from shrinking further.Taking into consideration factors like habitat preservation, plague monitoring and conservation plans, the
report card showed most states sitting below a B, with only Arizona and the National Park Service actually scoring a B. With all species declining and nearing threatened and endangered status, and the Mexican prairie dog currently listed as endangered, protection of this important
animal is important.