About 16 hamsters raced their hamster balls at PETCO, 5650 S. 56th St., with their beady little eyes fixed on the prize. The store gave awards to the top three competitors.

Using hamster balls as their vehicles, hamsters will race down an eight-foot track in heats of four. Following the derby, gerbils, mice, rats, chinchillas and guinea pigs will participate in the ...

Animal races - huh, passers-by said. What kind?, they asked. Turtles? Mice? No, they were told. There are hamsters in plastic balls. About 25 area residents and their hamsters signed up for the ...

Petco, one of the biggest pet retailers in the country, severed its relationship with a Pennsylvania small-animal dealer amid a federal investigation into conditions at the facility where it keeps ...