Full Moon Sends More Dogs and Cats to Emergency Room

Injuries and illness among dogs and cats seems to be higher during full moon than at other times of the month, a new study finds. But researchers don’t know why.

The study, reported in the July 15 issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, finds emergency room visits for these pets increases during or near the full moon. In studying 11,940 cases at the Colorado State University Veterinary Medical Center, the researchers found the risk of emergency room visits to be 23 percent higher for cats and 28 percent higher for dogs on days surrounding full moons.

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