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International Dog Day 2023: How Can Puppy Yoga Enhance Your Overall Well-Being

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[ad_1] Puppy Yoga has swiftly gained popularity as a unique way to enhance overall well-being. This innovative trend brings together the physical and mental benefits of yoga with the therapeutic effects of spending time with puppies. The concept revolves around practicing yoga in the company of playful puppies, resulting in a harmonious blend of relaxation and joy. The soothing nature of yoga combined with the innocent puppies creates an environment that promotes stress reduction and relaxation. Puppy Yoga’s potential to improve flexibility, reduce stress, and boost overall happiness makes it a trend that not only benefits physical health but also adds an element of pure delight to the journey of holistic well-being. Adittya Dhingra, Founder of Puppiezo shares how ‘Puppy Yoga’ can enhance your emotional and physical well-being.  What is Puppy Yoga? Adittya Dhingra shares, “Puppy Yoga is a unique fusion of traditional yoga practice and adorable puppy interaction. It combin

Hong Kong raids shop suspected of selling cat and dog meat -- 70 years after trade was banned | CNN

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[ad_1] CNN  —  Authorities in Hong Kong have raided a shop suspected of selling dog and cat meat as food – more than 70 years after the trade was outlawed. Officers seized “suspected samples of dog or cat flesh” at a shop in the Yau Ma Tei district during a “joint blitz operation” by the city’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department on Thursday evening. The AFCD said it had carried out the raid after receiving reports that the meats were on sale in Yau Ma Tei – a densely populated commercial and residential district in the Kowloon area – and that it had arranged testing of the seized samples. It said it was also investigating whether the shop was trading fresh meat without a license. “Prosecution will be instituted should it be proven,” the AFCD said in a statement. Eating dog and cat meat

Dogs To Detect Covid? Study Reveals Sniffer Canines Are Better At Detection Than RT-PCR Tests

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[ad_1] Scent dogs may represent a cheaper, faster and more effective way to detect Covid-19, than conventional Covid-19 tests such as RT-PCR.  The review, published in Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, found that scent dogs are as effective, or even more effective, and could be a key tool in future pandemics, a new review of recent research suggests.  "Although many people have heard about the exceptional abilities of dogs to help humans, their value to the medical field has been considered fascinating, but not ready for real-world medical use," said Prof. Tommy Dickey from the University of California, Santa Barbara in the US.  cre Trending Stories "Having conducted this review, we believe that scent dogs deserve their place as a serious diagnostic methodology that could be particularly useful during pandemics, potentially as part of rapid health screenings in public spaces. We are confident that scent dogs will be useful in detecting a wide variety of diseas