Tag: Dogs - Page 2
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Dog Discovered Living Alone Atop Mount Kilimanjaro
Every year, over a thousand hikers make the grueling trek up to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, for a chance to gaze over its stunning vistas -- but at least one such traveller has apparently decided to
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Who Would Steal Spot? Pet Thefts Are On The Rise
My beloved dog, Betsy, has been taken from me on three occasions. Twice ruffians took her when she was tied outside of a café; and a well-intentioned Whole Food's staffer took her, thinking Betsy was abandoned outside her store. I
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Adorable Puppy Gets a New Home in an Old Fridge
I'm a little late posting this, but it's just as irresistible as when the pictures first came out: an old refrigerator recycled into a dog house for a puppy that had nowhere to sleep. Inhabitat reports that the Y-town folks in
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Stray Puppies Being Cooked Alive in Eastern China
Every day in China, countless dogs are cooked and eaten -- part of a culinary tradition that dates back thousands of years. Rarely, however, has the grim reality of the cruelties these animals face been so horrifically
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Helmsley Money Set-Back for Dog Charities
Stunned headlines followed news that Leona Helmsley's dog, Trouble, became a millionare in her own right after the "Queen of Mean" left her pet $12 million in her will.
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Hunters Gun Down 190 Stray Dogs in Kosovo
Kosovo's capital city, Pristina, has a dog problem. Throughout the city, roving packs of stray canines scour the streets, occasionally attacking humans, many of whom live in fear of the feral animals. Last year, after an infant was
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What My Puppy Taught Me About Being an Omnivore
The natural instincts driving puppies can barely be hemmed by us humans, even if we think we know better. Take eating, for example. Puppies chew on everything. A hierarchy evolves: things that are fun to rip and tear but must
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High Levels of Flame Retardants Found in Dogs
Researchers at Indiana University have found flame retardants in the blood of pet dogs at levels five to ten times higher than typically found in humans. Could dogs be the canary in the coal mine for how accumulating polybrominated
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Blind Man Gets His Blind Guide Dog a Guide Dog, and Deaf Couple Teaches Deaf Puppy Sign Language
This might possibly be the sweetest story of the year so far: a partially blind man in the UK had a seeing eye dog, Edward, for years. Edward got cataracts, though, and lost his own eyesight—but the man, Graham
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11 Ways to Take Dogs on Bikes (Slideshow)
Yes, this is all about cute-overload. But if you're a regular cyclist and have a dog as your very best friend, the question will eventually hit you: How can you take your pooch along for the ride?
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11 Ways to Take Dogs on Bikes
Yes, this is all about cute-overload. But if you're a regular cyclist and have a dog as your very best friend, the question will eventually hit you: How can you take your pooch along for the ride? Whether you don't want to leave Fluffy alone, are hitting
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The Week in Animal News: Polar Bears Eat Spy Cams, Well-Endowed Frog and More
What happens when you place spy cams all over the arctic in order to track polar bears? Well one might become a polar bear snack. We also have news on a very well-endowed frog, rescue efforts in place for Japan's pets, barking dogs facing the death penal
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City Considering Killing Dogs That Bark Too Much
Noisy dogs had better quiet down or else face the death penalty -- at least that's the proposal being considered by one city in Australia. The city council of Adelaide is currently mulling over a plan that calls for canine
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Dolphins Save Doberman From Drowning in Florida Canal
Last week concerned dolphins successfully saved the life of a struggling Doberman Pinscher by alerting a vacationing couple that the poor pooch was stuck on the sandbar. The dolphins were enjoying a swim through the Florida canal on
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Could Sniffer Dogs Save Endangered Species?
Whether it's celebrity chefs feasting on endangered birds or wildlife smugglers trafficking in protected species, you'd think rare animals would have enough to worry about these days. So why
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Witches Use Natural Products to Put a Hex on Politicians
If you are a Romanian politician, don't mess with the witches. Witches in that country are reacting strongly and with great venom to the introduction of taxes on their business.
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Why (and How) Should we Pick up Dog Waste?
It's a nice day, you're walking along and all of a sudden--squish. You don't even have to look because you know you've really
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Will Steger Views Global Warming from the Coldest Places on Earth (Podcast)
"It's almost as if Antarctica didn't want us there and was continually trying to kill us," says Will Steger of his seven-month dogsled expedition across the southern pole. But the journey wasn't just arduous and unprecedented, it was an eye opener for
