pets

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Collins explained that Mammoth Mountain is a community surrounded by forests, inhabited by a healthy population of bears, and encouraged residents to be hyperaware, especially if they have pets.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The pest can also affect wild animals, pets and even people.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

A national “positive list” of which animals citizens are legally permitted to keep as pets.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

NWS can infest people and pets as well, but the risk to humans is low, and human cases of screwworm are rare.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

There were some more conventional pets, too: Tana, a beautiful white and lemon cocker spaniel who was given to me, and Hobo, a springer spaniel I looked after for a friend.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall