Pets are very important to many people with cats and dogs often talked about as members of the familly.This research shows that people that own pets such as cats and dogs are less likely to develop the cancer...
Many of us have an aversion to rats while they are revered in some cultures. Now even those who are sworn enemy of these rodents have to modify our stance. The African pouched rat is currently being...
I am always made aware of the plight of many dogs on the street in the Philippines, its normal us the pet loving foriegner that moan about badly treated dogs and cats that roam the streets and country side. Yet I...
On the grasslands of Badlands National Park in South Dakota, wildlife officials are trying to do all they can to save one of the country's largest colonies of endangered black-footed ferrets."The deadly disease...
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Just got this through a mailing list I am on:""Just a heads up to all our neighbours in the southwest section of Dunbar.Every morning this week we have encountered a pair of coyotes while walking our dog at 6:30 am. Tuesday through Thursday the animals were close...
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I have heard many horrifying stories about the stuff they eat in China. The worst is definitely raw monkey brains. I know I shouldn't be judging them because who is it to say that eating something is wrong and eating...
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They say that if animals believed in the Devil, he would look like Man. For animals that are caught up in the laboratory sciences, this must hold especially true. Whether undergoing repeated poisonings in...
OPINION I think this judge needs to get some rehab since he is obviously high. Our tax dollars being burned up with court time and "an independent animal assessor" and then maybe even professional...
Dogs in Delhi never had it so great. Delhi is going to organise a mass wedding for dogs. Over 100 canines will be united in wedlock at a ceremony to be organised in New Delhi on 30th September. Organised by animal rights activists people have lapped...
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As rescuers brought eight people to saftey, including Italians and Swiss after an avalanche hit Mont Blanc at 0100GMT, further rescue attempts to save another eight still believed buried under the snow has had...
Below are a half-dozen news headlines I found worthy of twisting into one-liner observations that might make you laugh:Hallmark introduces gay marriage greeting cards. Does anyone still shop there?Living with humans...
"A common form of skin cancer could be diagnosed by the distinctive chemical "scent" it gives off, say US experts. Philadelphia's Monell Center sampled the air directly above basal cell carcinomas and found it was different to similar samples from healthy skin. They told a...
Under developmentThis is a huge problem in Arizona and even down in Mexico. " TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Some of Arizona's famed saguaro cactuses soon will be more difficult to steal...
I am not a dog owner but i'm animal lover, hope whoever did these heinous acts against beloved pets is caught and and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, before someone else loses their pet. " She was...
"HAGERSTOWN, Maryland (CNN) -- Chante Wright was set to testify against a career criminal when she was gunned down on the streets of Philadelphia in January. Investigators believe it was a hit ordered from prison, by an inmate using a cell phone. ...