Forget bracelets. A New Jersey artist is designing intricate critters on her pegged loom – and melting hearts along the way Sandra Sobieraj Westfall is a former national political correspondent, ...

A kitten was saved from likely death when rescuers found it with loom bands around its throat. The small, brightly coloured rubber bands are popular with children, who weave them into jewellery. Tania ...

Veterinarians have treated dogs and cats that ingested loom bands. If an animal swallows several bands, an intestinal blockage can form, a problem that can become fatal. (LORI L. VOLKMAN/ASSOCIATED ...

A SCHOOL has “banned the band” — because the loom band craze sweeping the playgrounds could put animals in its “city farm” at risk. Staff at Scared Heart RC Primary in Westhoughton are asking children ...

WE’VE had our fair share of primary school age crazes in our house, from Silly Bandz to Moshi Monsters figures. Now the kids have gone loopy for loom bands – the new must-have toy. These are tiny ...