Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, July 24, 2025. Link.
Most read posts from July 24, 2025 AHD Bulletin –
- The stares we can’t ignore. Link.
- Decoding pet insurance: Navigate policies, client questions (podcast). Link.
- Improve employee communications by these 9 phrases. Link.
- Difficult customers. Link.
- Hunter ticks and pathogen transmission variables. Link.
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ASPCA Right Horse program; a solution for long-distance horse adoption
Source: Horse Illustrated, July 23, 2025. Link. “We strive to make people aware that there are adoptable horses nationwide. The ASPCA has tried to eliminate that barrier via myrighthorse.org. It’s a powerful tool that brings awareness to adoptable horses. It showcases adoptable horses from 40-plus ASPCA Right Horse Partners,” shares Libby Hanon
Check those home fragrance diffusers, some being recalled
Source: Martha Stewart, July 25, 2025. Link. Pura is recalling its Pura 4 smart home fragrance diffuser. The magnets on the inside of the detachable covers can become dislodged, posing a choking hazard to children <and potentially pets>. The recalled diffusers were sold on Pura’s website, Amazon, Target, Scheels, and other stores nationwide from August 2023 through May 2025.
Robotic bunnies taking on invasive Burmese pythons in Florida
Source: USA Today, July 17, 2025. Link. Burmese pythons aren’t native to Florida where a burgeoning population has contributed to population declines of a half-dozen animals, including raccoons, opossums, bobcats, foxes, marsh rabbits and cottontail rabbits. Mechanical rabbits are being tested to help researchers gain knowledge about python behavior in hopes of curtailing the python population.
The invisible toll of bird flu on wildlife
Source: Scientific American, July 15, 2025. Link. H5N1 has rapidly spread across the globe in recent years, surprising scientists at every unpredictable turn. Meghan Bartels shares the mortality effects on wildlife species in this article. The metrics are significant, although invisible to most people.