Hanging Out with Baby Bats
A typical day at the Australian Bat Clinic and Wildlife Trauma Center includes feeding, health checks, laundry, rescue expeditions and getting the baby bats ready to…
First Contact – A Black Tie Event
It was first contact – and love at first sight – when three humans on an Antarctic expedition met up with 9,000 emperor penguins on Princess…
Dolphin Asks Human Divers for Help
You’ve probably seen or heard about the dolphin who approached some divers off the coast of Kona, Hawaii, all tangled up in a fishing line and…
True Facts about Sloths
From Buzzfeed’s Ze Frank. (Fair warning: includes humor some may find tasteless!) [readon] And for more about sloths, visit the Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica –…
Fortunate Is Luckiest Cat
A homeless kitty who fell 80 feet from the top of a tree is “unbelievably” well at the animal hospital where she’s hanging out and getting ready for a good new home.
Blind Dog and His ‘Pwditat’
Pwditat knows how to guide his canine friend Terfel around the house and into the backyard of their home in Wales. He uses his paws to show Terfel the way.
The pair have been inseparable since Pwditat (the Welsh “w” is pronounced as in “pussycat”) arrived at the front door one evening.
Dogs Pass Driving Test
Following their test drive last week, Monty, Porter and Ginny headed out to the auto racing track in Auckland, New Zealand, where Monty joined other great…
Driving Miss Dogsy
Monty settles into the driver’s seat, starts the car, puts it in gear, and heads off down the road, carefully steering as he goes. You’ve probably…
Just Visiting
The face at the window this morning – and with all his family in tow.
Puppy Won’t Leave Mother after Violence
During the miserable violence that rocked the Kyaukphyu region of Myanmar earlier this month, a photo began to circulate that captures something of what our wars…
Penguins in Love
Humans, we’ve been learning, sometimes have difficulty remembering their vows, especially when one of them is on a tour of duty. But penguins are naturally faithful to each other. And one particular pair of Magellanic penguins turns out to be among the most faithful of couples.
Giving Thanks for Turkeys (just as they are)
Beautiful, affectionate, intelligent, emotional, caring animals at the Eden Farm Animal Sanctuary. [readon] Runs about 20 minutes, but you can watch as much as you like.
Count Dracula’s Kitties
Count Azul would love a little taste of your neck. He and his fellow Counts, below, were some of my favorite rescued kitties looking for good homes one October, several years ago, when I was part of Best Friends Animal sanctuary.
‘I Was Raised by Monkeys’
Kidnapped by human traffickers at age four, Marina Chapman woke up to find herself abandoned in the rain forest of Colombia. She spent the next five years living with Capuchin monkeys – like a female Tarzan.
Now in her 60s, she’s finally telling her story.
Smile, You’re on Camera Trap
Deep in the Borneo forest, a clouded leopard peers into a camera that takes a photo whenever it senses movement. For 18 months, researchers from the…
On Picking Up Starfish (Starhorses?)
Last month, I wrote about my friend Tom, who, after doing much to bring an end to the killing of homeless pets, finds himself involved in horse rescue and rehab – one horse at a time. Last month, Spartacus, an 18-year-old Peruvian Paso who had had a horrible life, had just had a visit from the chiropractor. Here’s an update from Tom on how Spartacus is doing a month later:
Rescued Crow Now Family Friend
When a family in Ottawa found a baby injured crow, they took him home. When he was back in good health, they released him. But by then he’d made friends with the Renauds – mom, dad, the kids and the cats. and while he’s free as a bird, he keeps coming “home” to visit. Check out this delightful video.
Till Death Do Us (Coyotes) Part
No cheating, no wife swapping, no ménages-a-trois, no polygamy. Coyote couples are partners for life. That’s the finding of a new study of urban coyotes in and around Chicago. Over six years, the research team didn’t find a single case of a coyote having more than one mate – nor of one mate ever leaving another while the other was still alive.