animal health
Harmful algal bloom at Indian Creek Reservoir prompts warnings
Submitted by paula on Fri, 08/02/2019 - 8:48am
MARKLEEVILLE, Calif. - Elevated levels of blue-green algae in the Indian Creek Reservoir have prompted officials to warn users to stay away from algae and scum in the water and both humans and pets should avoid drinking it.
Routine sampling at the reservoir on July 22 found levels of cyanotoxin, Microcystins at 4.39. µg/L (microgram per liter), which is above the 0.8 µg/L level established for safety and triggers notification of the public.
South Tahoe Public Utility District manages the property and has posted caution signs at the reservoir
Tahoe's only canine physical therapist joins integrative veterinarian
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/15/2018 - 4:23pm
STATELINE, Nev. - Local integrative veterinarian, Carrie Turner of Heal on Kingsbury Grade in Stateline, is offering pet owners even more options for integrative veterinary care. Jenny Jones, physical therapist and certified canine rehabilitation therapist has partnered with Heal to provide more healing options for Lake Tahoe’s dogs and cats.
Location
Heal Integrative Veterinary Medicine
290 Kingsbury Grade #23
PO Box 3923
United States
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Bears at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care heading back home soon
Submitted by paula on Fri, 03/16/2018 - 2:48pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The four bear cubs who have been spending the winter at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care (LTWC) will soon be heading back into the wild.
Last summer, the nonprofit organization in South Lake Tahoe lost two of their six cubs suddenly to a virus called Canine Adenovirus. This came as a shock to the group who has rehabilitated animals from not only Lake Tahoe, but from around the state since forming forty years ago in 1978.
Animal Ark toxicology results positive for barbiturate
Submitted by paula on Wed, 02/25/2015 - 11:03pm
Animal Ark wildlife experts continue to probe the death of a wolf and tiger after receiving toxicology results, which showed traces of two drugs used to euthanize animals and control seizures, on Wednesday morning.
Officials received lab results from the California Animal Health & Food Safety Laboratory System, which came back positive for pentobarbital and phenytoin.
Both are considered barbiturates, a type of depressant drug that causes relaxation and sleepiness, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Study finds poisons from illegal pot grows threaten wildlife in Sierra Nevada
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 06/27/2013 - 12:44pmRat poison used on illegal marijuana grows is killing fishers in the southern Sierra Nevada, according to a recent study conducted by a team of scientists from the University of California, Davis, the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Research Station, UC Berkeley, and the Integral Ecology Research Center in Humboldt County, Calif.
