The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that Natura Pet Products, Proctor & Gamble’s pet food division, has issued its third voluntary recall since March for possible salmonella contamination. Natura is voluntarily recalling specific lots of dry pet food because it has the potential to be contaminated with salmonella.

While Americans willingly cut their spending on upscale restaurants during the Great Recession, their pets continued to dine on gourmet meals.

I can’t tell you how excited I was the first time I saw a butter butt. Laugh if you will, but after 30 years of bird watching, it was the first time I had spied the yellow-rumped warbler that, along with a flock of his friends, stopped for several days by a nearby stream on their annual migration to their Canada breeding range.

Q: My 8-year-old cat is losing weight, going from 12.4 pounds in June to 11.54 in December. The medications he is on include: 25 mg atenolol ½ tab twice daily, ¼ tab 75 mg Plavix, .81 mg aspirin every three days. He is on Revolution for fleas and is wormed regularly.

COLUMBUS: New regulations meant to crack down on high-volume dog breeding operations in the state would ensure animals live in spacious, clean cages, receive veterinary care and are transported in safe enclosures.