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Denise Flaim
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Denise Flaim, a Newsday staffer since 1994, covers companion animals – not pets -- every Monday in her Animal House column. Denise is owned by two Rhodesian Ridgebacks, and is involved in breeding, conformation (code for "dog shows"), lure-coursing (don’t worry, no one else knows what that is, either), obedience, agility and therapy-dog work. She is the historian of the Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of the United States, and author of "The Holistic Dog Book: Canine Care for the 21st Century" (Wiley, 2003) and "Getting Lucky: How One Special Dog Found Love and a Second Chance at Angel’s Gate" (Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2005).

 

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November 06, 2007

Valium in the litter box?

What to do with all that extra Vicodin? Don't flush it, warn the feds -- making fish and salamanders and assorted wildlife woozy by introducing powerful controlled substances into the environment can't be a good thing.

No, instead, mix your overage of OxyContin in with the kitty litter, or your dog's scooped poop, advises the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. That way, marauding junkies will be less inclined to salvage it from your garbage.

You just can't make this stuff up.

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