ROCKVILLE, MD--(Marketwire - 09/07/10) - MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of Freedonia Group Inc's new report "Pet Health: Products & Services" to their collection of Healthcare market reports. Total spending on pet health products and services is expected to advance 6.5 percent annually to $33.1 billion in 2014. At that time, there will be over 200 million pets in the US and 62 ...

Community Digest

Deerfield/ Lake Zurich Pet Vaccinations: The Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center's Animal Care and Control Program will offer two low-cost pet vaccinations: from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at West Deerfield Township and Deerfield Park District at Brickyards Park located adjacent to the Patty Turner Senior Center, 375 Elm St., Deerfield; and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 25 at Page ...

‘Guardian Angels’ care for soldiers’ pets

When military personnel are deployed, not only do they have to leave family and friends, but often, they leave behind an animal companion. If there is no one to take over the care and feeding of the pet, there is often no other recourse than to take the pet to the animal shelter or a rescue group. In January 2005, Linda Spurlin-Dominik and Carol Olmedo founded an organization in Arkansas ...

Pet safety in focus in Randolph

RANDOLPH TWP. —Dogs may be a child’s best friend, but understanding how to properly interact with canines is essential.

Humane Society offers pet care classes for kids

Does your child rescue frogs out of window wells? Can you barely see their bed underneath all the stuffed animals? Are they begging you daily to get a dog or cat?If so, you must be the parent of an "animal loving kid."Unfortunately, not every family can have pets. It may not be the right time or maybe a family member has allergies. Pets require a lot of time and attention. Kids sometimes just ...