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Pet fur conservator Marion Wheatland's job title is as unique as the work itself. Ms Wheatland takes dog fur and spins it into yarn to knit or crochet objects that owners can keep as treasured ...

After I learned that Frances, my 13-year-old black cat, was dying of heart disease — her heart is too large, beating too fast — my first impulse was to think about how best to commemorate her, when ...

Dogs have been in the Americas for more than 10,000 years. They were already domesticated when they came from Eurasia with the first people to reach North America. In the coastal parts of present-day ...

Turn your pet's shed fur into a warm, sentimental yarn! This video guides you through cleaning, carding, and spinning dog fur into wool. The resulting yarn is perfect for knitting a hat, scarf, or ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... People from all over the world are mailing their dog’s hair to Pat Martinek in Golden. She most recently corresponded with people in Greenland and Germany, ...

A few months ago, as summer was turning to fall, my dog Chester began to shed profusely. He’s a fluffy mutt, part-Australian shepherd (I think), and emits a cloud of hair all the time—but twice a year ...