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Animal Earthquake Anxiety: How To Reduce Doggy Distress
An Icelandic expert in animal behaviour yesterday urged dog owners to be aware of the anxiety that their pets might feel during earthquakes. Hanna Arnórsdóttir, a vet at the Animal Hospital in Garðabær, said that dogs are more sensitive to seismic activity…
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Pig Farmers Told To Stop Gelding Without Anaesthetic
Pig farmers in Iceland have until the end of the year to stop castrating pigs without anaesthetic, even though the practice is already illegal.Chief Veterinary Officer Sigurborg Daðadóttir told RÚV that gelding animals without anaesthetic causes great pain, and is in fact already illegal…