Chickens, hogs, cattle are raised as food animals and given drugs that the FDA approves of for human consumption, horses are raised as companion animals and medicated as pets such as dogs and cats.
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He said she worked mainly with small animals such as pets and dogs since joining the surgery in May 2011.
In Wales The charity also issued 15, 020 owners with welfare improvement advice, rescued and collected 21, 394 animals, microchipped 855 and rehomed 2008 pets.
He claimed some of the animals were like family pets and they were only found in overcrowded conditions as he had brought them in from the rain.
The charity had to rescue fewer animals in 2010 and saw a decrease in pets needing rehoming.
Posters issued by Birmingham City Council in Sutton Park recommended keeping children and pets away from grazing animals and washing hands, particularly before eating or drinking.
Stories of big cats in the UK go back to the 1960s and 70s when it was legal and fashionable to keep exotic animals as pets.
Lisa Jameson, a research fellow at the HPA, said all animals, whether wild or pets, carry bacteria and viruses.
Sadly, Caron, it is not a minority of people who mistreat animals - many people make their pets suffer through ignorance and apathy.
There was a significant trade in the animals during the 1980s and 1990s, when they were sought after as pets.
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Run by German carrier Lufthansa, animals range from domestic pets to more exotic specimens destined for zoos and animal reserves, explains Axel Heitman, director of the Animal Lounge.
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First imported as pets, the feral snakes vie with native animals for food and have devastated mammal populations.
Rabid wild animals can have unusually aggressive behavior and can transmit rabies to humans and to their pets.
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Older pets are often ditched in favour of new puppies and young animals can be dumped by owners who find themselves unable to cope.
The animals are endangered in the wild and protected by international law, but are sometimes illegally smuggled as exotic pets.
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