It was a hot June day when Virginia W. noticed that her 10-year-old Shepherd-mix, Benji, was listless and coughing. “He wasn’t feeling good,” Virginia recalls. “He didn’t look like himself. I knew there was something going on.” A resident of Liberty City in Miami, Virginia had visited the new ASPCA Community Veterinary Center (CVC) last […]
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Brain-eating amoeba in water supply spurs Texas city to declare disaster after boy, 6, dies
Brain-eating amoeba found in Texas city water supply Texas city declares disaster for water contamination. A city in Texas issued a disaster declaration Saturday after a brain-eating amoeba was found in water supplies, weeks after a 6-year-old boy died after contracting the microbe. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality warned the Brazosport Water Authority on […]
New York City Moves Toward More Humane Food Sourcing
On Wednesday, August 14, legislation to implement the Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP) was introduced in the New York City Council. This food-procurement tool, which the ASPCA actively supports in cities across the country as part of our broader Shop With Your Heart program, helps school systems, municipalities and other public entities source food that […]
Deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo reaches city of 1.4 million
Since August 1 the current Ebola outbreak has seen 93 confirmed cases which have caused 54 deaths . (Reuters) BENI, Congo – Congo health officials say that a case of Ebola has been discovered in Butembo, a city of 1.4 million people in the country’s northeast. Jessica Ilunga, a Ministry of Health communication officer, said […]