Mar 20 Pets are part of the family. That makes it harder when veterinary care is out of reach By Cat Wise When our animals suffer, we suffer too. Yet for many, veterinary care is simply out of reach. One in four pet owners in U.S. experience barriers to veterinary care, often due to financial constraints. Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch 7:19 After pandemic pet boom, owners struggle with rising costs of veterinary care By Cat Wise Millions of Americans became pet owners during the pandemic. Today, around 70 percent of U.S. households now have pets, but many owners struggle to cover the costs of veterinary care. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports from Tennessee. Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch 4:37 Animal shelters struggle as many pets adopted during pandemic are returned By Courtney Norris, Dorothy Hastings Rescue shelters are feeling pressure with too many potential pets and not enough people adopting them. Inflation has made owning and caring for a pet more expensive, leaving some owners struggling to afford rising costs. Deputy Senior Producer of National… Continue watching
Feb 15 Why economic hardship is keeping more animals in shelters By Courtney Norris, Dorothy Hastings In the first 14 months of the pandemic, nearly one in five American households adopted a cat or dog. But as COVID precautions shift and inflation takes its toll on the economy, many of those pets are going back into… Continue reading
Jan 18 Hong Kong to euthanize thousands of small animals after several test positive for coronavirus at pet store By Zen Soo, Associated Press Hong Kong authorities say they will kill about 2,000 small animals, including hamsters, after several tested positive for the coronavirus at a pet store where an employee was also infected. Continue reading
Dec 02 U.S. tightens definition of service animals allowed on planes By David Koenig, Associated Press Say goodbye to emotional-support animals in airplane cabins. The Transportation Department issued a final rule Wednesday covering service animals. Continue reading
Jul 30 First dog that tested positive for COVID-19 dies in New York By Associated Press A German shepherd that was the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in a dog in the United States has died in New York. The Staten Island family that owned Buddy tells National Geographic that the 7-year-old shepherd developed breathing problems… Continue reading
May 11 Watch 3:28 The NewsHour’s family of furry friends By Judy Woodruff, Anne Azzi Davenport Amidst these difficult times, we wanted to acknowledge the outpouring of interest in the furry creatures who keep some of us company, on- and off-camera, and those pets who are becoming part of the NewsHour family on social media, too. Continue watching
Apr 22 2 pet cats in New York test positive for COVID-19 By Associated Press U.S. authorities say that while it appears some animals can get the virus from people, there’s no indication the animals are transmitting it to human beings. Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch 5:50 Fostering pets is helping some better cope with the pandemic By Melanie Saltzman, Laura Fong Thousands of New Yorkers have responded to pleas from animal shelters looking to find homes for pets amid the COVID-19 crisis. And it turns out, fostering animals also has emotional and physical health benefits for the humans taking care of… Continue watching