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SF Green Festival 09 - Flushable, Dissolvable Doggie Doo Bags
Out on the market for only a few days, Dog Flushies from Absurd Doggie Products made a debut at San Francisco's Green Festival. Plastic bags for picking up puppy poo are a fast selling product, but they aren't usually good for
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Green Holiday Gift Guide: The Animal Lover (Slideshow)
Whether the animal lover in your life is completely committed to her own dog, spends weekends volunteering at the local shelter, or takes a global view by raising awareness of endangered species or factory farming, you can support her passion for
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Green Gift Guide: The Animal Lover
Whether you're shopping for someone who has a soft spot for endangered species (even the weird-looking ones) or who just can't stop talking about her cat, green gifts for the animal lover on your list keep everyone purring. With the likes of organic cotto
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Grateful Dog is Sacramento's First Green Dog Day Care
The name may give you visions of dogs mellowed out, but the Grateful Dog wants to make sure your dog is both happy and healthy throughout their entire stay. You can leave your dog for the day or the week, knowing that
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The Week in Pictures: Obama's Battery Plan, Cute Critters, Clunkers and Other Cars, and More
From politics to taxidermy, a lot happened this week. Obama announced that $2.4 billion in funding will go to 48 different battery-operated and electric vehicle projects; cash for clunkers had a wild ride; we discovered a solar-powered forest, and a
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September Promises to be Killer Month for Wolf Hunters
Within weeks, grey wolves in the Northern Rockies will be on the business-end of high-powered hunting rifles. Most people remember back in May 2009 that the Obama Administration delisted the wolves from the endangered species
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Biggest Dogfighting Raids in US History Save 350 Dogs
In a series of simultaneous raids, a staggering 350 dogs were seized from dogfighting rings in 5 states around the country. Some 30 people have been arrested so far for a range of heinous violations--it all amounts to the biggest
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UnTreeHugger: Pet Airways.
Thanks to the gang over at Daily Candy for this little tip. For just USD$149 each way (starting price), you can ship Fido, Fluffy and all of your four-legged family members around the US on the newly minted Pet Airways. The
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Amazing Treat Machine: A Dog-Friendly Cardboard Snack Dispenser
Your pooch may be smarter than the average dog—canine Mensa material, to be exact—but the premise for the Amazing Treat Machine is so simple that even the dumber-than-dirt dog will get it: Tennis ball goes in, tennis
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Fetchstix: Mother Nature's Dog Toy Made From Actual Wood
In a world saturated with flashy, electronic whatsits and geegaws, sometimes you've got to throw an old-fashioned dog a bone. Or in the case of the urban pooch who's pining for his own personal Walden, a wooden stick. We're
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When the Love of Animals Becomes Deadly
Hoarders have been around for years. Some prefer to classify themselves as "pack rats," others "collectors." Whatever they choose to be called, they are still among
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A Little Toilet Humor: Powerloo, The Flushable, Outside Dog Toilet
Sometimes finding humor in life is as easy as checking into some of the news being featured around the nation. Today's humorous news bit comes from a story published yesterday in the Chicago Tribune titled, "What to do with doggy
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Can Walking Dogs Help the Planet?
When you work at Monster Minders it can. Besides cleaning up garbage (poop), getting physical exercise, and making a little Vitamin D from all the sun exposure, leaving your pooch with Monster Minders allows you one more
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Yesh, "Mutts" Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell Makes Every Day Earth Day
The state of our planet isn't funny business, but dozens of King Features' cartoonists will be inking the change they wish to see in the world for the comics syndicate's second annual Earth Day
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Do You Care About the First Puppy?
As Gawker put it, A Nation Sighs as Obama Puppy Crisis Finally Ends. Google News lists 1,406 articles on the subject this weekend. Treehugger declared the puppy green. In other countries like France, what goes on behind the walls of the Palais de l'
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Green Puppy in the Obama White House
Image: Pete Souza -- The White House Photo on WashingtonPost Political Puppy Pleases If anyone had any doubts about Obama's abilities to navigate delicate politcal situations and finesse an optimal outcome, these reservations must now be dashed: the
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Top Ten Plants That Will Poison Your Pet: Grapes Especially Toxic To Dogs
When a grape lands on the kitchen floor, I expect my Black Lab to scarf it down: like any other people-food item she beats me to. But, when it's a grape, she mouths it and spits
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Blue Dog Bakery Serves Up Lip-Lickin Treats For Dogs
The latest savory creations from Blue Dog Bakery are meat, meat and meat in the form of Grilled Steak, Roasted Chicken, Liver and Beef & Bacon dog treats. Blue Dog Bakery prides itself on making dog treats with all
