New Drug Could Revolutionize Spay/Neuter Programs
Scientists may have found a non-surgical way to sterilize female dogs – it would help all the homeless pets.
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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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Collapse of Antarctic Ice Sheet Irreversible
One of the six major glaciers being eroded from below by warm water What does it mean when two major studies this week tell us that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is…
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2013 Game Changers
Two events share top prize as game changers for the year just ending: The Nonhuman Rights Project's lawsuits have started a whole new conversation about how we relate to other…
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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…
The Right Music for Cats
Greyhound Shock Angers Australians
Holiday Gift for Elephant Music Lovers
The Yeti Bear
Lions More Likely to Eat You after Full Moon
It’s not to do with the gravitational pull of a full moon. Nor for any paranormal reasons. But yes, you are, indeed, more likely to be eaten by lions in the days following a full moon.
Airlines Ban Snub-Nosed Dogs, Cats
Several airlines already don’t accept dogs and cats who may have breathing problems aboard their planes. This week, the Asian airline Cathay Pacific has taken the same step.
UK Bans Household Product Tests on Animals
The U.K. government has announced a ban on the testing of household products, from air fresheners to toilet bowl cleaners on animals.
Did Bigfoot Pay a Visit?
One day last month, when Michael Patrick’s mother was getting some work done on the pool at her home in Chatham, Illinois, the workmen noticed a large footprint under her apple tree.
Ohio City Says We’re Guardians, Not Owners
City Council members in Parma, Ohio, have voted unanimously to change the city’s animal related ordinances to recognize pets as part of the family by adopting the term “guardian” instead of “owner.”
Life Lessons Learned at Critter Camp
An animal rescue organization in Utah invites young people out to its five-day, hands-on Critter Camp programs, to learn about animal care, dog behavior, and good pet guardianship.
Factory Farms vs. Video Cameras
The factory farm lobby in Iowa is pushing hard for legislation to make it a crime to shoot undercover video of cruelty to animals. But in doing this, they may have shot themselves in the foot.
Egg Industry Deal with Humane Group
The HSUS has struck a deal with the UEP to pass a bill that will require factory farms nationwide to increase the space for egg-laying hens.
Does Dog DNA Hold Clue to Parkinson’s?
Many Tibetan terriers carry a particular mutated gene that makes them prone to a condition called NCL – adult-onset neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis.
What Pit Bulls Taught Me about People
It wasn’t revolution, however, that I encountered when I started working with animals again; it was humility, reality and the knowledge that issues of animal welfare are far from black and white.
Giant Prehistoric Wombat Uncovered
They looked like hugely oversized wombats – those cuddly-looking marsupials you see out in the Australian bush. And while their ancient relatives, known as diprotodons, wouldn’t have been interested in eating you, they would have flattened you if you were in their path.
Skip the Plastic, Save the Turtles
A new study from Earthwatch in Queensland looked at the guts of over 120 dead turtles found in Moreton Bay. Dr. Kathy Townsend found plastic rubbish in over 30 per cent of them.
Lions Take Pride in New Home
It’s a big day for two prides of lions who were rescued from circuses in Bolivia and brought to a sanctuary in Colorado. They’ll soon be roaming on 40 acres of rolling grasslands at The Wild Animal Sanctuary.
Clean Your Boat but Save the Ocean
People cleaning their boatsinvolves chemical products that drain off into the ocean and are highly toxic to the fish and other animals.
Scouts Say Cookies Harm Orangutans
Two Girl Scouts are campaigning to get the palm oil out of Girl Scout cookies after they learned the rain forests are being torn down to make room for plantations.
Say Cheese and Have a Nice Day!
If a monkey with a typewriter will eventually write a great poem, will a monkey with a camera produce some great photos sooner or later?
Apparently, yes.
Grocery Chains to Shun Iowa ‘Farm’
Another undercover factory farm video. This one shows piglets being abused at a facility that’s been patronized by some big grocery chains.
The Birds Are Watching!
Movie director Alfred Hitchcock may have had it right: The birds are watching us. Crows, in particular, keep watch on you if they think you’re out to get them or their family. And they never forget your face.
Animals Like to Get Drunk, Stoned
Humans aren’t the only animals who like to take recreational drugs. From goats to gorillas and birds to boars, scores of species have been observed getting high or intoxicated.