Wearables are all the rage, with people using on-body devices such as smart watches to monitor everything from the number of steps they take in a day to their heart rate, stress level, blood pressure, hours slept, and a lot more, depending on how much one is willing to fork out. If this is what has humans hooked, how can their best friend be left behind? Pawfit, a division of the U.K.-based tracking innovations company...
Loyal, a San Francisco-based company dedicated to improving the health and longevity of dogs, and Prelude, a life science software company looking to raise the bar on clinical research, have announced a strategic partnership, a press release from Prelude said. The rising rates of dog ownership worldwide and rising demand for solutions to improve the health of pet dogs have highlighted the need for innovation within the animal health industry, Prelude said in the release....
Boehringer Ingelheim, a German family-owned research-driven biopharmaceutical company and global leader in animal health, has announced the launch of NexGard SPECTRA® chewable tablets in India following its approval by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation. After the launch of NexGard X and L in 2020 and NexGard S and M (afoxolaner) in 2023, this represents an expansion of the NexGard product line for dogs aged at least two months and weighing 2 kg or more....
Personnel from Maharashtra’s forest department rescued a pair of adolescent wild dogs that had fallen into an open well in Malvan taluka of Sindhudurg district in the coastal Konkan region last week, a report in the newspaper Mumbai Tarun Bharat said. The two animals were found inside the well of local resident Mahendra Manjrekar at Mauje Chinder Bazaar Wadi in Malvan taluka on Thursday. At first glance, Manjrekar thought the animals were foxes and so...
Adding a pet to your family is an important decision that can bring joy, companionship, and responsibility into your life. However, before you make that commitment, there are some aspects you need to ponder deeply over. Lifestyle compatibility: Assess what a typical day in your life is like, and how a pet will fill into it. For instance, if you are single and tend to have long working hours, then it might be wiser to...
Films like Must Love Dogs (2005), Walking The Dog (2017), 23 Walks (2020) and Puppy Love (2023) all have one thing in common—the ‘meet cute’ of couples occurs while taking their pets out for a stroll and, slowly but surely, love blossoms. On April 11, celebrated as National Pet Day in the U.K., an online poll of 1,265 British dog owners confirmed that which many professional dog walkers already know: not only is having a...
ELIAS Animal Health, a leading companion animal cancer therapeutics company, announced on Wednesday the appointment of Brian Segebrecht as chief revenue officer in anticipation of the impending product approval of the ELIAS Cancer Immunotherapy (ECI) in the fourth quarter of this year. Segebrecht joins the ELIAS leadership team after leading Sentrx Animal Care as chief executive officer until last year. At the company based in Olathe, Kansas, he will lead the commercialization of the company’s...
While families in Indian cities struggle with finding reliable pet sitters and lodging solutions for their furry or feathered members when they want to travel, a report by The Dyrt, the USA’s top-ranked app for camping availability, photographs and reviews, suggests that many Americans simply take their pets along, particularly when they go camping. The Dyrt’s 2024 Camping Report revealed that 53.7% of campers brought their pooches to the campsite last year, the company said...
The Karnataka High Court struck down on Wednesday the central government notification of March 12 asking the governments of states and Union territories to ensure that no permission is given to breed, keep or sell dog breeds considered “dangerous for human life”. The list of ‘banned’ dogs included popular varieties such as the American pit bull terrier, which is not recognized as a distinct breed by the American Kennel Club, and breeds such as the...
It’s National Dog Bite Prevention Week… in the USA. During the week (April 7-13), a coalition of veterinarians, animal behaviour experts, and insurance representatives are urging people to understand the risks dog bites pose to people and other pets, and to take steps to prevent them. According to the latest data from the American Veterinary Medical Association, 45% of households in the USA include a dog or dogs, for a total of 88 million canine...
