For many pet owners find a great veterinarian is as important as finding a good family doctor. While many factors may need to be considered, such as, location, hours of operation, after hours availability for emergencies and fees. We here at SFF, recomend  running your veterinarian or prospective veterinarians name thru the data base that can utilized by clicking the link below. A most useful link, allowing you to investigate veterinarians nationwide, will allow you to ensure that your veterinarian has not had their license revoked. It will also alow you to see whether or not the state you reside in has ever reprimaned  your veterinarian for sub standard care.

     We here at SFF   are aware of local veterinarian that had several animals die during routine spay and neuters. This left  us searching for ways to ensure our animals where getting top notch care, we found the link below.  Simpley click on it, scroll down to occupation, click veterinarian, fill in the required fields, state,name and zip code.Should the search return a YES click on the yes and it will detail why your state has cited this particular veterinarian.

https://secure01.virginiainteractive.org/dhp/cgi-bin/search_publicdb.cgi

Ps This link will also allow you to check out the license of any proffesional holding a state issued license, from your veterinarian to your childs pediatrician.

I am happy to report that neither of the two veterinarians whose services we use have ever been cited.

WILL ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS BE USED TO FUEL YOUR CAR???

Isn’t it enough that, in our society, animals are tortured daily ?? Tortured in the name of science,sports, research and food. Now researches are taking it a step further, using animals as bio fuel. It is estimated that by 2012 over 1/2 bilion gallons of bio fuel will be produced by ” animal by products. I wonder how many animals and how much suffering will go into a gallon of fuel!!?? I dare you to put a price on a gallon!!!

Years ago Exxons slogan was put a tiger in your tank, who will take the slogan ‘Put A Chicken in Your Tank”?  More importantly, where will this end? Will it end with Chickens?  Pigs? Cows? Unwanted shelter Pets?

Supply and demand is set to see biofuel feedstock prices climb dramatically if oil prices top the records seen in 2006. At $80 a barrel, the ethanol could bid $5 a bushel for corn, diverting the crops production away from food consumption to powering our vehicles. The same holds true for biodiesel with high oil prices resulting in high soy prices. But soy is hardly the only biodiesel feedstock as we’ve seen recently, and wholesaling for 60 percent of crude soy oil, tallow and rendered chicken fat could be the new game in town.

Estimates put total U.S. biodiesel production in excess of one billion gallons / 3.79 billion litres by 2012. And biodiesel produced from animal fat could account for as much as half of that. That’s a whole lot of chickens.

But that’s ok, because companies like Tyson Foods, which has recently announced that they will establish a renewable energy division, produces more than 2.3 billion pounds of chicken fat annually. Using current technology, this should be enough to produce around 300 million gallons / 1.14 billion litres of biodiesel. Taking advantage of this booming interest in biodiesel are groups like the Dutch company, BioKing, which is producing 25 farm-sized biodiesel manufacturing units a week from its factory in Gravenpolder, Holland, for sale throughout the European Union. BioKing plans to sell the same to North America.

HENRICO, VA (WWBT) – A Henrico man, whose job is to uphold the law, is now facing charges of dog fighting and animal abuse. This, after more than twenty pit bulls were seized from his home Thursday night.
“Anyone that mistreats animals should be punished severely. Even if it was one of my own deputies. Even if it was me,” said Woody.

Animal Control investigators expect their work to go on for several more days, and new charges are possible. In the meantime, most of the dogs are with Henrico anima

Corporal David Robinson was arrested and released early Friday morning. He could be back at work as early as Monday but the dogs won’t be leaving anytime soon.

One by one, dogs were seen, being pulled from the Miller Road house Thursday evening. It was earlier, that some of them broke loose from their chains or cages and started attacking each other.

“And you heard the dogs all the time, down there. I reckon a dog in there would get loose and they’d fight each other,” said neighbor Ed Johnson.

Of the twenty two pit bulls known to be kept on the property, four were injured. One was found dead.

Police say their owner, David Robinson, who wasn’t home at the time was later arrested and charged with two counts each of animal cruelty and animal fighting. A stunning development for Robinson’s boss.

“He done his job here, no write ups or anything like that nature but you never know what’s going on, on the outside,” said Richmond Sheriff C.T. Woody.

Robinson’s job involved law enforcement at the Richmond City Jail. He’d often be responsible for guarding or moving inmates. Now, he’s on the other side, fighting charges that could land himself behind bars.
 The four that were hurt are receiving veterinary care.

“I hope they can rehabilitate the pit bulls they took away from there. Cause, you know, it ain’t their fault,” said Johnson.

Animal Control also seized some equipment commonly used in animal fights, including “breaker bars”, a “pulling sled” and a “portable ring”. Items that Robinson claims were not used.

The sheriff says, if Robinson decides to go back to work, he’ll be put in a “no contact” position. Meaning: he’s on the payroll but won’t have the law enforcement powers he once did.

His next court date is the trial, set for June 9.

http://www.nbc12.com/Global/story.asp?S=10204355