“Scott groomer collects dog hair to create booms for Gulf oil spill” plus 3 more

Scott groomer collects dog hair to create booms for Gulf oil spill
Animal lovers try to save pets in the Internet age of half-truths
Local jam band Heavy Pets ready to rock Culture Room
Families looking for options when pets pass away

Scott groomer collects dog hair to create booms for Gulf oil spill

Posted: 07 May 2010 08:35 PM PDT

A local pet groomer is saving dog fur to ship to a San Francisco-based nonprofit that is collecting pet and human hair to create "hair booms" to help absorb some of the oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico .

Animal lovers try to save pets in the Internet age of half-truths

Posted: 07 May 2010 08:15 PM PDT

The ad was heartbreaking: A blind dog had its eyes gouged out in an act of unspeakable torture and would be put down if someone didn't adopt it.

Local jam band Heavy Pets ready to rock Culture Room

Posted: 07 May 2010 07:48 PM PDT

The Heavy Pets bring a contagious vibe -- a blend of rhythm and blues, jazz-funk and reggae and homegrown rock 'n' roll -- to the Culture Room on Saturday night. In 2007, the Fort Lauderdale jam band -- singer-guitarists Mike Garulli and Jeff Lloyd, keyboardist Jim Wuest, drummer Jamie Newitt and bassist Justin Carney -- became a Sirius radio sensation with the release of their double-disc debut ...

Families looking for options when pets pass away

Posted: 07 May 2010 01:49 PM PDT

SOUTH BEND Our pets are part of the family during life. So why can't they be treated like family after death? Now they can.