Welcome to Issue #2 of the Newshound.... sniffing around the web for news stories related to animals. These stories are gathered from various places on the internet, and they do not neccessarily represent the views or opinions of Gardner Animal Hospital, or it's staff or managment. This is simply a list of stories that we hope you find interesting. This week, I have highlighted 3 stories for you to check out ---
The following story, about firefighters reviving a dog in a residential fire, is a common theme and reminds us again, to be grateful and appreciative of our Emergency responders. Big Thumbs up to these guys!
 Firefighters save dog in Naperville fire
Naperville firefighters saved a small dog from a smoky townhouse fire Sunday morning, reportedly giving the dog mouth-to-mouth before using a special pet-sized oxygen mask to revive it.
A fire started in the laundry room of one of the units in the townhouse in the 900 block of West Court when clothes left near a water heater apparently caught fire, Naperville Fire Department Battalion Chief Patrick Sleik said. No one was home at the time.
Firefighters heard the dog barking when they arrived on the scene at about 10:06 a.m., Sleik said.
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This story reports on a cat with a confirmed case of swine flu.
Cat swine flu: H1N1 latest illness shared by owner, pet
16-pound orange cat in Ames, Iowa, did something last month that will now and forevermore have a lot of cat lovers taking care to sneeze into their sleeves.
The 13-year-old tabby came down with H1N1 swine flu, proving that humans ill with the flu virus should take pains not to spread it to cats as well as humans.
The case surprised human and animal health authorities, who hadn't seen a human flu virus passed to a cat before, though passionate cat lovers were shaking their heads when it was reported last week.
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Let's put this one in the "Wouldn't that be Nice?" category :
 Tax breaks for animal care? Grand Rapids-area pet owners are divided on legislation
GRAND RAPIDS — Barb Balk could offset the cost of caring for her two dogs and three cats if Congress authorizes a tax deduction of up to $3,500 for their expenses.
“A lot of people are turning pets in because they can’t afford them,” she said. “This tax credit is something that is quite needed. People’s pets are like family and are so important to our lives.”
Balk, a nurse, said she and her husband have pet insurance for their dogs — Nick, a Tibetan mastiff, and Lily, a white shepherd mix — but care, especially for unexpected injuries, isn’t cheap. When Nick damaged a ligament in his back leg, they had to ante up half the costs, which were more than $1,200, she said.
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