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Climate Change Is Helping Heartworm Spread to Pets in the Mountain West

Warming temperatures and changing precipitation patterns are helping expand the range of heartworm-carrying mosquitoes and other vectors for diseases that afflict dogs and cats.

By Tina Deines

One animal control program manager estimates that there are around 180,000 unhoused dogs on the reservation. Credit: iStock/Getty Images Plus via Grist

Rez Dogs Are Feeling the Heat From Climate Change

By Taylar Dawn Stagner, Grist

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