“Which philosophy about animals most closely aligns with your own?”

This question was posed by DVM Newsmagazine, a vet industry news publication. The undisclosed number of veterinarians responding offered the following basic breakdown in views:

Animal Welfare: 78.1%

Animal Rights: 2.4%

Other: 12.7%

No response: 1.8%

Though I have no idea how many vets responded and to what degree statistical...

One of my client’s dogs, a shepherd mix named Madison, recently came back from the kennel making horrible gagging sounds. “Oh my God, she’s trying to vomit but can’t! I think she’s bloating!” While well-informed of her large breed dog’s pathological proclivities, this owner had never experienced the dreaded kennel cough (the most likely source of Madison’s current distress).

“But the people at...