Ron Rust and Beve Kozub were poking around the toy booths at China's biggest trade fair two years ago when something caught their eye: pouty-faced baby dolls snuggling in light blue and pink fleece blankets, their eyes tightly shut or gazing with a newborn's woozy stare. ...more

January 12, 2008

TAMPA - Kirsten Simenson's fourth-grade class at FishHawk Creek Elementary School has embarked on a pet project that is just purr-fect for emergency workers who have to resuscitate smoke-filled animals. ...more

January 11, 2008

It doesn't take much to get a dog to wag its tail - a pat on the head, a kind word, a run or a walk in the fresh air. ...more

January 10, 2008

It doesn't take much to get a dog to wag his tail - a pat on the head, a kind word, a run or a walk in the fresh air. ...more

January 10, 2008

the 8-year-old green-wing macaw muttered to himself and cowered in the back of his cage. He squawked loudly and paced when anyone came near. His aggressive behavior made it difficult to handle him. ...more

December 25, 2007

When Lane Nemeth, who founded Discovery Toys in 1978 and sold the company to Avon two decades later, decided to start a pet products company a few years ago, one of the first things she did was to look for regulations about how to manufacture pet toys safely. ...more

December 22, 2007

Have they started asking yet? For a pet, that is. Every parent knows that at some point, usually from 4 to 7 years old, their children will pine for a pet of their own. And with the gift-giving season upon us, chances are many letters to Santa include a plea for a fuzzy buddy. ...more

December 22, 2007

Have they started asking yet? For a pet, that is. Every parent knows that at some point, usually from 4 to 7 years old, their children will pine for a pet of their own. And with the gift-giving season upon us, chances are many letters to Santa include a plea for a fuzzy buddy. ...more

December 21, 2007

Bird trainer Jennifer Klosowski remembers what Rebel was like when he first arrived – the 8-year-old green-wing macaw, muttered to himself and cowered in the back of his cage. He squawked loudly and paced when anyone came near. His aggressive behavior made it difficult to handle him. ...more

December 21, 2007