Why a Chicken Isn’t an Animal
A chicken enjoying her life at the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary When is a chicken not an animal? Answer: When she’s in a factory farm. If…
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Ringling Caves!
The elephants are packing their trunks. By any standard, today’s decision by the Ringling Circus to phase out its elephant acts represents a seismic shift in the use of…
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Mother Carries Shot Pit Bull to Safety
It started out as the same hike that Andi Davis does every day to the top of one of the mountains near where she lives in Phoenix, Arizona. But this time, close to the top,…
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Liberators or Terrorists?
When 100 people, mostly women from various rescue groups, rescued 178 beagles from a research lab in Brazil last week, nobody called them terrorists. The five security officers…
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Do Pets Prevent Sudden Death in Children with Epilepsy?
A group of Brazilian researchers wondered if the presence of a pet in the home of a child with epilepsy might reduce their risk of dying from SUDEP. They found that of the 1,092…
The Right Music for Cats
Greyhound Shock Angers Australians
Holiday Gift for Elephant Music Lovers
The Yeti Bear
Teddy Bear’s Halloween Special
The chatty porcupine is back with his latest tell-all on pumpkins. (From Zooniversity.)
NYC Carriage Horses – from the Frying Pan into the Fire?
Good news: The carriage horses of New York City may soon all be retired. New York’s top two mayoral candidates, Democrat Bill de Blasio and Republican…
What’s in a Chicken Nugget?
“I was floored,” the doctor said when he looked at the sample under a microscope. “I was astounded.”
Ridiculously Cute Sloth Photos
These latest great photos were taken by graduate student Rebecca Cliffe, who used them to raise funds to help reintroduce orphan sloths into the wild in…
Seattle Zoo Investigates Itself
It’s a dark tale of rape, incest, torture and cover-up: A female elephant artificially inseminated at least 112 times; a male elephant forced to breed with…
Condor Cam
If you tune in at the right time, you might catch up to 25 California condors in front of this new live-streaming camera. [readon] It’s the…
The Dogs Who Wouldn’t Be Separated
Why would Ben, a 4-year-old mutt who’d found the perfect forever home, run away and go all the way back to the shelter? The answer: He…
Liberators or Terrorists?
When 100 people, mostly women from various rescue groups, rescued 178 beagles from a research lab in Brazil last week, nobody called them terrorists. The five…
Cats and the Zombie Apocalypse
Good news if you live in North Carolina: Thanks to cats, especially kittens, you are almost zombie-free. A study by the Wake County SPCA and the…
They’re on Their Way
Two trucks, three elephants, and a convoy of veterinarians, caregivers, police and other appropriate officials. After three years of petitions, arguments, agreements, disagreements, votes, flight plans,…
The Yeti Bear
Walt Disney imagined the Abominable Snowman as a red-eyed monster when he conceived the Matterhorn Ride in 1959. But for hundreds of years before that, imaginations…
Running Out of Patience
Her patience, it seems, finally ran out. Maybe it’s because elephants never forget. And Patience had a lot of bad things to remember – dating back…
The Great Lion Hug
Don’t try this at home – or on your next trip to Africa. But zoologist Kevin Richardson has a new video promoting his work with lions.
How Dogs Really Think and Feel
It seems obvious to most of us that dogs (and other animals) share the same kinds of emotions as we humans. But how do we really…
Baby Elephant Tries to Wake Dog
. . . and a bear who’s a bit more polite than the baby elephant: [readon]
Leaving Las Vegas
Last December, Terry the chimpanzee celebrated his 34th birthday. He got some apples and other treats, and a few visitors wandered by, but it wasn’t much of…
How Elephants Say Goodbye
Most of us have seen photos of videos of elephant herds gathering around one of their own who’s passed away and for whom they’re grieving. This…