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Dr. Fiona Caldwell talks about what to do when your cat pees on the bath mat and other places it shouldn’t, and addresses why puppies get the hiccups and whethere there’s anything you can do about it.
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http://www.timesofearth.com/Worldnews/?NT=0&nid=14451 – Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was punched in the face at the end of a rally on Sunday by a man holding a small statue in his hand, leaving the 73-year-old with a bloodied mouth and looking stunned.
Milan, Italy – The Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was left bloodied and shaken after he was punched in the face as he left a political rally in Milan.
He suffered two broken teeth, a minor nose fracture and cuts to his lip after being struck with an object said to be a souvenir of the city’s cathedral.
The 73-year-old premier collapsed after he was apparently struck in the face by a man who was clutching a small statue of the Duomo, the city’s world-famous cathedral.
A shaken Mr Berlusconi was quickly dragged to his waiting car by his security guards and driven to hospital.
Doctors said he had not suffered concussion and had insisted “I’m fine, I’m fine, don’t worry about me” as he was stretchered in from his car. But they said he had bled profusely from his mouth and two of his teeth were loose, one of them fractured.
He was given a CAT scan and was to be kept in for observation for at least 24 hours.
Police arrested Massimo Tartaglia, 42, a local man who has received treatment for mental health issues for the last ten years.
The incident happened at the end of a fiery speech Mr Berlusconi had given to supporters of his People of Freedom party in the square in front of the Duomo.
It is the second time that Mr Berlusconi – who likes to work the crowds and will often go on walkabouts – has been attacked in public. In 2004 he was hit over the head with a camera tripod while strolling in Rome.
The attack happened as the premier was signing autographs in a scrum of people. It immediate raised questions about the wisdom of allowing the leader of one of the world’s leading economies to be so accessible to the public when the weapon could have been a gun or knife.
Only last month it was reported that security had been tightened around him following warnings by intelligence agencies that he was being targeted by Left-wing terrorists. He had also received anonymous letters in which the authors threatened to harm him unless he resigns.
The atmosphere was already febrile before Mr Berlusconi left the meeting. At the beginning of the rally Berlusconi was heckled and whistled by at least 10 members of the audience who chanted “shame” at him.
The Italian defence minister, Ignazio La Russa, who witnessed the attack, said: “The prime minister was punched in the face by a man who was holding something in his hand. I was about a metre away and I saw blood coming from the premier’s nose and mouth. and he was then pushed into the car by his bodyguards and driven away.
“He was actually trying to step on the edge of the door so that he could stand and wave to the crowds but his bodyguards would not let him do it they pushed him inside.
“The attacker was held immediately by the police and it’s a good job he was because he risked being lynched by the crowd there would have been just pieces of him left.”
Umberto Bossi, leader of a coaltion partner the Northern League, said: “This was an act of terrorism. We have had a heavy climate for some time now and this is the first worrying sign. After what has happened today we need to raise our guard.”
Mr Berlusconi’s larger-than-life premiership and private life have attracted fierce criticism as well as the adoration of many Italians. He was condemned for imposing a law that granted him immunity from prosecution and last week he had to hit back at claims from Mafia supergrasses that he had been connected to organised crime.
Hundreds of supporters had gathered for Sunday evening’s rally and there was a heavy police presence as Mr Berlusconi arrived with his party faithful chanting “Silvio, Silvio”.
Opponents were on one side of the square and there was heckling between them and Berlusconi during his speech in which he again hit out at suggestions he was in in the Mafia.
He told the rally: “I have been described as monster but I am a good son.”
When he was heckled he hit back and told them they should be ashamed for “not allowing free speech.”
Mr Berlusconi then added that claims he was in the Mafia were “lies” and that he had had enough of “politically motivated magistrates” who he claims are out to get him.
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Dr. Matheys answers Kevin’s final questions about cat health, posted on the Pets Best Insurance Facebook page.
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Do you dress your pet up for Halloween? If yes, make sure you choose a pet appropriate costume and only have your dog, cat, or other companion animal sport the seasonal ware under your close observation.
Check out this informative Halloween safety video Cardiff and I did for Perez Hilton’s animal website, TeddyHilton.com.
Feel free to submit your dog and cat health questions to tips@TeddyHilton.com
Follow and Tweet me your pet questions @PatrickMahaney
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Dr. Fiona Caldwell answers pet health questions from the Pets Best Insurance Facebook page. This clip covers a dog who eats rocks and a cat who eats bags.
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Dr. Jane Matheys answers your cat health questions! This video covers transitioning cats from dry food to wet, and what to do about a cat who bites.
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This Pilot preview of “To Your Dog’s Health” is a new reality television series in production, created by PS7 Pictures & Rogue Elephants Productions, focusing on achieving optimum health for dogs through nutrition, thereby improving all aspects of owner’s lives with their pets.
To Your Dog’s Health offers eye-opening real-life cases that, in Poveromo’s words, may make viewers want to “apologize to your dog for all the years you just opened a can or bag of food, put it in a bowl — and left for the day…. And then you got upset when you returned only to discover your pet hadn’t touched its food.”
Hosted by acclaimed nutritional scientist and author Mark Poveromo, the series reveals a holistic philosophy centering on how proper nutrition is the catalyst to pets’ health and well being.
Every day people come to Mark with issues and questions regarding their pets health. Issues ranging from skin disorders to diabetes to cancer. He’s heard them all and treated them all, through proper diet you can prevent and in some cases cure these conditions. Because when all else fails, Mark can help.
A Rogue Elephants Production
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©2011 Mark Poveromo
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The Cat Doctor continues answering Kevin’s cat health questions.
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The Cat Doctor, Dr. Jane Matheys, answers cat health questions posted on the Pets Best Insurance Facebook page.
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Enthusiastic cat lover Kevin C. posted dozens of cat health questions on the Pets Best Insurance Facebook page – so many, we turned them into a mini-series! Enjoy Part 1.
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