What if you have $150,000 in your pocket? You will probably buy a nice house, a luxurious car, some trendy gadgets and tour the Carribean on a grand holiday cruise. This is not the case, however, for a Californian woman who wants to spend the same amount to have her dead pet cloned in the world's first commercial dog cloning project, says the Times Online.

Beware! Just because you live all year round in the city or in other highly urbanized areas, it doesn't mean you and your pets are safe from Lyme disease. That's because ticks, the most common carriers of the bacteria (Borrelia burgdorferi) that cause the disease, are finding their way to us.

It was, indeed, a lucky break for these animals - 12 dogs, a cat and a Burmese python – when their unfortunate plight was accidentally discovered.

Law enforcers went to 24514 Audubon Drive to arrest John Stansfield for theft and dealing in stolen property. In the course of performing their duty, they saw the pets in the house which was full of feces and urine. They were appalled by the animals' health and living conditions.

Every year, millions of people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's disease, a degenerative disorder famous for affecting actor Michael J. Fox, boxer Muhammad Ali, and Pope John Paul II, among others. The disease also strikes a lot of dogs, and veterinarians at an American university are looking for ways to cure it, reports Science Daily, an online magazine.

Short of cloning the perfect canine, pet lovers have done everything to make their pet dogs unique. Dressing them up, giving them extraordinary hair styles, providing them their own accessories, and giving them “personalities” -- these are just some of the measures pet lovers take to make their dogs stand out from the canine crowd.

Weighing a mere 27 pounds and needing a diaper, Cookie is suffering the worst kind of withdrawal symptom as she settles in with her new Grand Rapids, Michigan family.

Every dog certainly has its day. In this case, it's a day for the beagle dog breed as well when Uno won the most coveted prize in the 132nd Westminster Kennel Club show.

There really is cause for celebration for their breed. In the almost 100 years that Westminster gave out the best in show award, the beagle, although a constant favorite has never won as top dog.

All-out concert access makes pets big-time.

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

In an Enid, Oklahoma neighborhood, this creed has been put to the test by no other than man's best friend. Postal officials have declared the neighborhood a “dog danger zone” and postal workers no longer carry mail through it. No dog attacks have been reported in the neighborhood as of yet but Enid Postmaster Jeff Carroll says, “We’re not going to wait for that to happen.”