PetSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) is the leading chain of retail stores doing business in the United States and Canada engaged in the sale of specialty pet supplies and services such as grooming and dog training, PetSmart PetsHotel dog and cat boarding facilities and Doggie Day Care. The name PetSmart was coined as a pun.

This is an interview with Tracie Hotchner, author of The Cat Bible: Everything Your Cat Expects You to Know. Some of the issues the article touches on are declawing, cat food, indoor-outdoor cats, and advice on where to get a cat.

According to pet expert and author CJ Puotinen, most holistic veterinarians and animal health care professions list annual vaccinations and commercial pet foods as the major contributory cause in the rising rates of chronic illness in pets today. Remember the recent dog and cat food recall that killed numerous pets?

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Animal control authorities are not amused by a fast food chain's marketing stunt encouraging customers to dress their cats in a special take out bag.

A 60-year-old woman was charged with animal cruelty after authorities said they found her living with 75 cats, 14 dogs and other animals, many of which had no food or water. Droppings and garbage about 6 inches deep covered the floors in every room of Judith Space's house on Fairmont Road, authorities said.