Yahoo Brings Home Yahoo Pets

From Lassie to Morris the Cat and Mr. Ed to Babe, animals continue to be an important part of people's lives around the world. Today, Yahoo! Inc., a leading global Internet media company, welcomed Yahoo! Pets (pets.yahoo.com) as the newest member of Yahoo!'s family of Web properties.

A comprehensive resource for pet owners and animal lovers, Yahoo! Pets provides users with an array of useful offerings including: research covering health, behavior, maintenance, nutrition, and breed information; animal greeting cards; and an active Internet community of animal enthusiasts through Yahoo! properties such as Yahoo! Clubs , Yahoo! GeoCities ,and Yahoo! Message boards .

In addition, animal enthusiasts can discover the latest and greatest animal feat or happening through "Animals in the News." Pet lovers also can access the more than 8,000 pets in need of adoption through Yahoo! Classifieds user-submitted and shelter-animal listings or even find a new home for their pet.

At Yahoo! Pets, holiday shoppers can find everything from basic pet supplies to unusual pet gifts. From catnip to collars, Yahoo! Pets makes it easy to please any four-footed, fuzzy or feathered friend in the house. Through Yahoo!'s suite of commerce offerings, Yahoo! Pets' users can find, compare and buy more than 3,500 pet supply products in Yahoo! Shopping and more than 1,800 collectibles and merchandise in Yahoo! Auctions.

"By assembling useful pet content, commerce services and community tools for pet owners and animal lovers into a dedicated property, Yahoo! Pets enables Web users to easily connect with other pet owners, products, and information whenever and wherever they want," said Twain Mein, producer at Yahoo!.

"Through Yahoo! Pets, we recognize the important role that pets play in people's daily lives. Yahoo! Pets brings together a rich and diverse community of animal lovers, pet professionals, and companies who can share their combined wisdom as well as the joy and discovery that animals can bring to people everywhere."

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Colten Rice is a successful author and regular contributor to http://www.1st-in-pets.com. Pamper your pet and get up to date information on pet health, food, accessories, behavior, gifts and toys.