Summary: Nicole Humphries runs a blood bank for companion animals. She’ll answer the itching question, is dog’s blood different than cat’s, or is a German Shepard’s blood different than a Pug’s? And where does all this blood come from? You never see a pet blood-mobile in the neighborhood. Also, a mischievous cat escaped its carrier on board a Delta flight last week and to the horror of a cat fearing flight attendant, the cat roamed free in the cabin. Of course, someone caught the incident on video and it had some comical moments. The poor cat’s owner fell asleep with headphones on and somehow it managed to get out of the carrier. Also, for owners of dogs and cats stricken with cancer, expensive treatments only adds to the emotional difficulties. Just the initial cancer diagnosis can cost $2,000. A standard course of chemotherapy costs between $3,000 and $5,000. A bone marrow transplant costs between $16,000 and $25,000 and the cure rate is only about 33%. These aren’t just wealthy people. Some used their life savings, and even refinanced their houses to pay for the treatments. And finally, some really strict new laws there now make it a crime to insult the Thailand monarchy and now a factory worker could go to jail for 37 years for making disparaging posts on Facebook about the king’s dog. Turns out that the man was charged after making a “sarcastic” Facebook post about the dog. The 88-year-old ailing King rescued Copper from an alley and in 2002 he wrote a best selling book about her. She is so revered there that the media must address the dog as ma’am.
