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PetGoodies.net a leading Internet resource for pet related products and information announces the release of their new line of Halloween costumes for pets. The Halloween costume line is just in time for this year’s trick-or-treat season and includes a wide variety of costumes for all of your furry friends.

PetGoodies.net feels that the release of the Halloween costume line will help to strengthen their position as a leading web-based pet resource. The costumes fill a niche market that many customers are looking for and keep PetGoodies.net on the cutting edge of pet fashion. Halloween costumes are a great way for pet owners and their pets to interact and have some fun with one another in the spirit of the season. As such, the new line of costumes fits perfectly into the PetGoodies.net goal of serving their customers in the best possible way and being the one place for all your pet care needs.

Pet Goodies strives to be the one place on the Internet that a pet owner should go for all their pet fashion needs. Pet Goodies also provides many useful links to information sources regarding pet care, health, and activities as well as a comprehensive index of supplies for all types of pets. They feel that the release of their latest offerings will allow them to better serve the pet owners needs and will help to strengthen the bond between pets and owners.

Those interested in perusing the Halloween costumes as well as all of the other remarkable and exciting products that are available should visit www.petgoodies.net today.

Lost and Pound, LLC announced today the national launch of Lostandpound.com. The lost and found pet website is the first of its kind to send out electronic email alerts for free to various authorities when a pet is lost anywhere in the United States.

www.Lostandpound.com offers a free service that allows pet owners to post pictures and descriptions of their lost pets including the location where they were last seen. Upon entering this information, a LOST PET ALERT is sent immediately via email to a combination of participating veterinarians, animal shelters, police stations, media outlets pet service companies and “neighborhood watch volunteers” within a 15-mile radius of where the pet was lost. Additionally, there is a section of the site where people who find lost or stray pets can post those pets’ information.

“When we lost our dog for a day last year, it was one of the most emotional experiences of our lives,” said Peter Lubell, Lost and Pound president and founder. “We realized that there was no immediate and effective resource that would allow us to quickly disseminate information about our dog to multiple locations and people. Lost and Pound provides a quick, easy and free service that will effectively shorten the time that a pet is lost.”

According to the Humane Society of the United States, between 6 and 8 million dogs and cats enter animal shelters each year, most of which are stray or lost pets. Due to the overpopulation of animal shelters, 3 to 4 million of these dogs and cats are euthanized each year. Only thirty percent of dogs and 2-5 percent of cats are reclaimed by their owners from shelters each year.

When a pet is lost, owners are advised to conduct a search that includes knocking on neighbors’ doors, visiting area animal shelters and hospitals, reporting their lost pet to the local police department, creating and posting signs around the area where the pet was lost and putting an ad in the local newspaper.

http://www.Lostandpound.com reduces the amount of time it takes an owner to take these steps. After entering the pet’s basic description and information on their last known location, the site automatically sends an email alert to the proper outlets, makes the user aware of where their alert was sent, creates a lost pet poster to hang in the area and posts their lost pet in a central database for anyone to search. This reduction in time increases an owner’s chances of locating their lost pet before they are picked up and taken to the pound, kidnapped, hurt or killed.

“As a veterinarian and a rescue group board member, it is heart breaking to see so many pets become separated from their families,‚Äö√Ñ√π said Scott Rovner, D.V.M., owner of the Roscoe Village Animal Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ‚Äö√Ñ√∫Lostandpound.com is a great resource for every veterinarian and animal lover around the country.”

Lostandpound.com is available to pet owners with internet access in all fifty states and can be used for pets of any kind. The company is working to add more outlets to receive the LOST PET ALERTS by forming partnerships with national, state and local pet and animal welfare organizations throughout the country and by asking pet owners and animal enthusiasts to join the network. Initial marketing of the site will take place through veterinarians’ offices and informational packets given to new pet owners.

“It is our goal to make Lostandpound.com a household name in the pet industry within the next five years,” added Lubell. “Through the help of veterinarians, animal shelters, local authorities and our network of volunteers, Lostandpound.com will play a large role in cutting down on the number of euthanized pets each year by expediting the process by which lost pets are reunited with their owners.”

Tame exotic felines can get a little wild when something unexpected happens. So it’s important to pay attention to the small details, like walking upright.

Lancelot Kollman startled his newly acquired tigress when he stumbled and fell inside the cat’s cage. The 250-pound feline swatted him, scratching the Hillsborough County man on his upper body. Kollman exited, locked the cage and asked a neighbor to drive him to the hospital.

Marcus Cook, director for the Feline Conservation Federation representing responsible exotic cat owners says, “We at the FCF wish Lancelot Kollmann a speedy recovery.”

Kollman’s exotic animal collection is permitted by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission and is inspected by the US Department of Agriculture. Licensed facilities with big cats are required to have secure enclosures surrounded by a secondary perimeter fence to protect the public.

Kollmann is no stranger to tigers and other large cats, having grown up in a circus family.

Circus performers, like all knowledgeable handlers understand and accept the occupational hazards of working with exotic animals. Russian circus director Maxim Nikulin once described an injury inflicted by a performing tiger to one of his circus’ big cat trainers as, “Very bad from the point of view of a normal person, but from a circus performer’s point of view it’s nothing really.” His quote is not surprising considering most people have zero tolerance for injuries, even those requiring a small Band-Aid.

Cook, a professional exhibitor of big cats with 18 years experience says, “Any big cat can accidentally injure you. It’s advisable to use the buddy system so someone can assist should the need arise.”

An FCF risk assessment study representing 5,000 cat years of experience documented only owners and handlers and persons voluntarily interacting with big cats were ever injured. There was no risk at all to uninvolved public.

Cook notes, “These rare incidents are often sensationalized by animal rights fanatics to incite politicians into supporting legislation to further the AR agenda of ending all animal ownership.”

Americans are at far greater risk of injury from their family dogs than from neighbors who own exotic cats. According to the Centers for Disease Control, dogs bite more than 4.7 million people a year, of these, 800,000 Americans seek medical attention for dog bites; half of these are children. Of those injured, 386,000 require emergency treatment and about a dozen die.

The FCF, which just celebrated its 50th anniversary, developed a Wild Feline Husbandry Course that has been taught in 18 states and graduated over 450 students. One section is devoted to animal handling. Students learn exotic felines love a good game of cat and mouse. The important thing is to not be the mouse. Certified course instructor Carol Bohning sums it up with, “Always keep your eyes on the cat.”