Most of us don’t get to pick our siblings. We just ‘get’ them automatically. If I could have chosen my siblings, I would have wanted a sister! Instead, I got two brothers – two great ones as it turns out! Christina and Vincent adopted a Tamaskan (bred from Siberian Huskies and German Shepherds) puppy and …
Mother nature has been handing out some very cold, wintery weather in parts of the world. Franz Stehle, a hunter, found a fox in a river when out in southwest Germany this past December. The fox was encased in ice in the Baden-Wurttemberg area of Germany. Stehle cut the fox out of the ice making …
Picture this. It is just about dawn. The sun is slowly creeping up over the horizon. The fields are starting to glisten as the sun hits the morning dew. The big red barn starts to become more than just a dark shape in the background. Then, the familiar sound of the rooster is heard Cockle …
In 2012, some heartless person left a blind golden retriever puppy in a Southern California field with his brother. The dog, now named Kanga, had a congenital defect that made it hard for him to walk. Soon after being rescued by a Long Beach shelter Kanga was taken in by the Golden Retriever Club of …
Not everyone aspires to have a cat or a dog as a pet. Some people prefer more exotic pets. I can understand ferrets, bunnies, and maybe birds. But having reptiles as pets is a little out there for me (I am not a fan of many reptiles). Snakes and spiders? NO way! But how about …
It is said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. We all know that young babies learn mostly through imitation. They see us do something and immediately try to do it themselves. Young children are amazing little sponges that are fascinating to watch! They pick up things very quickly (both good and the not …
Do you know what to do if you happen upon an alligator? Me either! Besides being freaked out, I wouldn’t know how to handle it. Larry Lynch and David Moynahan actually went out looking for alligators – at night! Why did they do that, you ask? They are photographers, and they wanted to get photos. …
Horses were widely used in the late 1880s. They could pull a plow or a wagon. One breed of horse, the Oregon Long-haired Wonder Horse had some amazing hair! There is some disagreement about where the breed came from. Historians say that they are related to Clydesdale draft horses. As you can imagine, these horses …
Have you ever heard of the famous trio consisting of 3 animals named the ‘BLT’? They consisted of Baloo the American black bear, Leo the lion and Shere Khan the Bengal tiger, all rescues residing in the same enclosure at the Noah’s Ark Animal Sanctuary, located in Georgia’s Locust Grove, United States. The three animals were rescued …
One day in Bahrain, a boy named Bilal Aslam brought a furry creature to the local BSPCA animal shelter all the way from Isa Town Market. It was no ordinary animal. It was a 4 month-old kitten dyed pink with the use of wall paint. The veterinarians working at the BSPCA named her Pinky. The boy …