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Assure your pet survives you in good hands
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 10:15amTwo of the fastest growing legal specialties are elder law and animal law. Both focus on providing for and assuring protection for the most vulnerable family members. As millions of aging Baby Boom...
El Dorado County animal group sues banks over foreclosure
Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 8:15amFace animal cruelty charges if you leave your pet inside a hot vehicle
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 3:12amEl Dorado County Animal Services is advising pet owners to not leave dogs, cats or other pets unattended in vehicles during warm weather. According to Henry Brzezinski, Chief of Animal Services, if the outside temperature is 80 degrees or higher, temperatures inside vehicles can climb to 120 degrees or more within ten to twenty minutes, even with the windows opened two or three inches; heat stroke, irreparable brain damage and death can follow shortly thereafter.
2 Southern Calif. women bitten by coyotes within 2 weeks
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 10:09amPALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Riverside County animal services officials say two women have been bitten by coyotes near a retirement community in Palm Desert.The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports (ht...
New bear cub brought to Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 9:58am
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care has taken in a new bear cub, reports Tom Millham, founder. The cub came from the Humboldt area in northwest California, "because its mom was found dead." The cub was transported by LTWC Volunteer Linda McKenzie and her husband, Lonny.
Public campground fees to increase by $2 at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 4:25pmDue to increased costs of doing business, fees at campgrounds operated by California Land Management on National Forest System lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin will rise by $2 this season.
Camping fees will increase at Fallen Leaf (now $30), Meeks Bay (now $25), William Kent (now $25), Kaspian (now $17) and Nevada Beach (now $30 for regular sites, $34 for premium sites) campgrounds. Even with the fee increase, CLM campgrounds are below the cost of privately operated campgrounds in the basin. The fees at Bayview Campground, beaches and day-use areas remain the same.
The killing agency: Wildlife Services’ brutal methods leave a trail of animal death
Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 4:45pmForest Service prepares Lake Tahoe spring recreation openings
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 5:20amThe U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will soon begin the annual process of opening recreational facilities around the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Animals and the future of the Olympic Games
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 11:18amWhile across the pond Londoners are preparing for the 2012 Olympic Games, local canine athletes are preparing for one of the animal world's Olympic-worthy competitions to be held this year in Reno....
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care eyes Echo Creek Ranch for relocation
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 2:43am
A 16-acre parcel near where Highways 89 and 50 meet is being scoped as a possible and permanent relocation site for Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.
The property, known as Echo Creek Ranch, sits in an estate and trust by the late Alex Graf and once had a value of about $7 million during the height of the real estate boom.
Seasonal dog ban at Upper Truckee Marsh planned for late spring
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 9:26am
For the second straight year the Tahoe Conservancy will enforce a seasonal dog prohibition at the Upper Truckee Marsh at south shore Lake Tahoe. The dog ban is meant to protect sensitive wildlife areas, including threatened and endangered species, during breeding season. The Upper Truckee Marsh provides critical breeding habitat. The dog ban begins May 1.
Sheriff’s department takes over animal services in Washoe County
Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 6:00pmPet lovers barking over California budget proposal
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 2:17pmLOS ANGELES (AP) - Pet advocates are fighting like cats and dogs to stop a deficit-slashing proposal from Gov. Jerry Brown that aims to save $23 million by ending reimbursements to animal shelters ...
Kudos & Kindness; Thanks to participants in Nail Trims for Christmas Cheer
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 6:00amAlpine Animal Hospital raised over $2,000 for Christmas Cheer this holiday season. We would like to thank all of our clients and fuzzy friends who helped make this 21th annual edition possible.A...
California wildlife officials release orphaned bear cub back into the wild
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 1:46pmTAHOE NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. - A sedated black bear lies on the tailgate of Marc Kenyon's truck. Kenyon is trying to draw a sample of blood from the animal, but he can't find the artery. He pok...
A new home: State wildlife officials release orphaned bear cub back into the wild
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 8:47amTAHOE NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. - A sedated black bear lies on the tailgate of Marc Kenyon's truck. Kenyon is trying to draw a sample of blood from the animal, but he can't find the artery. He pok...
Humane Society Ranks Nevada 30th In Animal Protection
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 7:49pmCARSON CITY — Nevada ranked 30th among the states in how it protects animals in 2011, scoring only 25 points out of a possible 66, The Humane Society of the United States said in a national report released Tuesday.
From the horse's mouth to Spielberg's ear
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 3:44pmSteven Spielberg's "War Horse" sentimentalizes the effect one remarkable animal has upon many distressed humans. The disconnect arises from presenting this fairytale as though it was grounded in...
Euthanasia to control shelter population unpopular
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 10:42amLOS ANGELES (AP) - Seven in 10 pet owners say they believe animal shelters should be allowed to euthanize animals only when they are too sick to be treated or too aggressive to be adopted.Only a...
Mixed reaction to Lahontan OKing chemicals in Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 1:51pmBy Kathryn Reed. Public health is one of two reasons the Lahontan Regional Water Quality board on Wednesday voted to allow chemicals to be used to rid Lake Tahoe of invasive species – plant or animal....
Animal adoptions half price in Tahoe Vista
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 1:43pmA New Hope Animal Foundation is offering half off the cost of adoptions for all animals at the Placer County animal shelters in Auburn and in Tahoe Vista from ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../animal-adopt...
Pet owners worried about trapping regulations
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 7:00pmBy Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal. The need to protect domestic pets from harmful animal traps, a risk of interfering with professional pest controllers and ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../pet-owners-...
Fishing report through Nov. 2
Submitted by Don Quilici on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 12:56amHere is the fishing report for the week of Oct. 26 to Nov. 2. This report covers rivers, streams and lakes in Nevada, the Sierra, Northern California and Southern Oregon.
Dogs bite people on both sides of El Dorado County
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 1:50pmEl Dorado County Animal Services officials are searching for dogs that bit people in two separate incidents, one in South Lake Tahoe and the other in Grizzly ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../dogs-bite-peo...
Fishing report through Oct. 26
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 9:18amHere is this week's fishing report through Oct. 26 for Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon.
DFG biologists determine cause of Pelican deaths
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 4:48pmBy the California Department of Fish and Game
California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) biologists say that sea lions are responsible for recent pelican deaths in the San Luis Obispo area.
Residents and local law enforcement have been finding the carcasses of California Brown Pelicans along the beaches for the past few days.
More than a dozen of the large aquatic birds have been injured or killed by large puncture wounds.
Tahoe Tails Adoptable Pets in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 2:29amShe had been at another animal shelter since June and came up to Tahoe to change her luck She is affectionate with people and likes other dogs but she does ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tahoe-tails-ado...
