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CVS Announces New Pharmacy Option for Pet Owners
Source: ABC CVS Health has expanded its pharmacy services by allowing pet owners to fill select prescriptions for dogs and cats at more than 9,000 CVS Pharmacy locations across the United States. The new offering includes commonly prescribed medications such as...
An 11-Year-Old Boy in Florida Has Spent More Than 100 Hours Reading to Pets at His Local Animal Shelter
Source: Koco News 5 An 11-year old Florida boy has been recognized after spending more than 100 hours reading to homeless pets at the Jacksonville Humane Society. Nehemiah Turner volunteered alongside his grandmother for more than two years through the...
Could Your Pet Be The Reason You Finally Quit Smoking?
Source: Consumer Affairs A pilot study from Tufts University suggests veterinarians may play a role in encouraging pet owners to quit smoking by explaining how secondhand smoke affects companion animals. Researchers surveyed smokers before and after brief...
New Training Center in Carrollton Aims to Address Vet Shortage
Source: MSN A new surgical mentorship center in Carrollton, Texas, is helping address the nationwide Veterinary shortage by providing hands on training for recent graduates. The Dr. Barbara Craig Surgical Mentorship Center, created through a collaboration...
Health and Science Fat Cat? Weight-Loss Drugs May Be Coming for Your Overweight Pet
Source: CNBC Experimental GLP-1 weight loss drugs, similar to Ozempic, could one day help overweight cats, as two U.S. biotech companies begin clinical trials targeting feline obesity. Akston Biosciences is sponsoring a Cornell University study of a once weekly GLP-1...
CATalyst Council Releases Second Edition of “Puppocalypse, Kitten Craze” Report, Confirming Its Veterinary Visit Forecast Through 2035
Source: Animal Health News CATalyst Council has released the second edition of its Puppocalypse, Kitten Craze, and the Expectations Reset report, reaffirming its forecast that U.S. Veterinary clinical visits will decline between 1% and 2% annually through 2035....
Bear Steals Golf Clubs From Cart on British Columbia Course
Source: UPI A black bear caused an unusual disruption at Golden Eagle Golf Club in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, when it wandered onto the course and stole a golfer's bag of clubs from a golf cart. The curious bear was captured on video grabbing the bag in its mouth...
New Study Reveals the Science Behind Why Cats Lick Each Other. Spoiler: They’re Not Always Being Nice
Source: People A new study published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science suggests that cats do not always groom each other as a sign of affection. Researchers found that mutual grooming, or allogrooming, can sometimes be used to annoy or displace another cat rather...
Pet Oxygen Mask Kits Donated to Blandford Fire Department
Source: WWLP Paws Finding Peace, in partnership with the Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Association Charities, has donated pet oxygen mask kits to the Blandford Fire Department to help first responders provide lifesaving care to animals during emergencies. The...
Montana Lawmakers Working on Bill Targeting Shortage of Rural Veterinarians
Source: Montana Right Now Montana lawmakers are revising legislation aimed at addressing the growing shortage of rural veterinarians, a challenge affecting ranchers and livestock producers across the state. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 17 Montana...
Invasive Sheep Brought to US after WWII are Making Texas Bighorns Sick
Source: Popular Science An invasive sheep species known as the aoudad, introduced to West Texas after World War II for hunting, is posing a serious threat to the state's native bighorn sheep. New research published in Scientific Reports found that aoudads carry...
Clemson University Veterinary Students Will Provide On-Farm Care
Source: South Carolina Daily Gazette Clemson University's new College of Veterinary Medicine is launching an ambulatory field service that will give Veterinary students hands-on experience while helping address rural Veterinary shortages across South Carolina....
Mars Recalls Pedigree Dog Food After Allegedly Diverted Product Reaches Consumers Amid Foreign Material Risk
Source: DVM 360 Mars Petcare US has recalled two lots of Pedigree High Protein Chopped Chicken & Duck Flavor canned dog food after discovering the products may contain metal and plastic fragments that could pose choking, laceration, or gastrointestinal injury...
Commissioner Sid Miller Urges FDA to Approve Feed-Based Ivermectin to Combat New World Screwworm
Source: Texas Agriculture Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue an Emergency Use Authorization allowing ivermectin to be added to medicated livestock feed as part of the response to the expanding New...
New Forest Ponies Die in Equine Flu Outbreak
Source: AOL A rare outbreak of equine influenza has struck England's New Forest National Park, marking the area's first reported cases in approximately 30 years and resulting in the deaths of at least 10 ponies. Equine influenza is a highly contagious viral...
The Financial Cost of Constant Urgency: Why Living in Reaction Mode Delays Progress
Veterinary medicine teaches us to respond quickly. Every day presents a different challenge that requires attention. A patient arrives unexpectedly. A team member calls out. Equipment needs replacing. A client needs answers. The schedule starts falling behind before...
Is the ‘Jack of All Trades’ Veterinary Hospital Disappearing?
A few months ago, I was speaking at the Midwest Veterinary Conference, and the conversation turned to an open discussion around some of the biggest challenges facing hospitals. One owner was frustrated because clients seemed more resistant to fee increases than they...
Washington’s e-VCPR Law: What Happens Next?
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed House Bill 2247 into law on March 24, 2026. The legislation expands access to Veterinary telemedicine by allowing telehealth relationships under certain circumstances. Electronic VCPR (e-VCPR) is now allowed in Washington when...
How I Bought a Practice That Was Never for Sale
My first practice acquisition may actually be due to divine intervention. I had been talking with a veterinarian for a month about buying his practice. It was not the right deal, but he connected me with a colleague who might be interested in selling. We texted back...
Will There Be Enough Applicants? A Look at the Veterinary Medical Applicant Pool
To help address the well-documented shortage of veterinarians, Veterinary student enrollments across the country are expanding; numerous new programs are being launched, and significant increases in class size are being implemented throughout existing programs. But...
Clubs in VET School: A Guide
Well, it is officially August. Despite the blazing temperatures outside in my home state, it seems that summer is nearing its official end. The final weeks leading up to school starting come with mixed emotions. Of course, there is the dull ache of no more pool...
Don’t Wait to Celebrate: Why Small Wins May Be the Culture Shift Animal Welfare Needs
There is no shortage of headlines telling us why working in animal welfare and Veterinary medicine feels harder than ever. Veterinary care continues to become more expensive. Shelters are caring for more animals with increasingly complex medical and behavioral needs....
The Cat is Out of the Bag
There is a cat in an American house right now who is fourteen years old. She sleeps on the bed. She eats twice a day from a bowl in the kitchen, in the same room where the family eats. She has been to a veterinarian twice in her life. Households like hers are not...
When Someone You Love is Hurting
(Editor’s note: Beckie Mosser is co-author of this article.) There are certain phrases we say almost instinctively when someone is facing a difficult season. “I’m so sorry.” “You’re in my thoughts.” “Let me know if you need anything.” They come from a place of genuine...
The Dimmer Switch Syndrome: Why Every Practice Owner Eventually Needs a Second Set of Eyes
One of the greatest challenges of owning an independent Veterinary practice is that you're living inside it every day. You arrive early, work through appointments, answer questions, solve staffing problems, return calls, review invoices, and somehow try to keep the...