What do you do when you want to play, but your friends want to sleep? If you are a good friend, you let them sleep! If you wake them up, they may not be too happy about it! Everyone needs a good night’s rest. Unless you are a cat, then you will need almost 18 …
Within the animal kingdom, you would not have guessed that mishaps would happen during mating, especially amongst reptiles. Nor you would have predicted that human movement aids would be used to facilitate an animal’s recovery from a particular incident. Meet Bert, a 22-year-old African spurred tortoise who developed arthritis in his hind legs after over-extending himself during a …
In Margate, a town located in Kent, England, investigators reported that a passerby found a dog left to die amongst a heap of rubbish. The dog was identified to be a Chihuahua-cross pup named Chunky, who was stolen a few days prior. Chunky was found badly burnt and showed aftermaths of torture that could have …
In Idaho on New Year’s morning, Nelson Wilson went out to feed his horses. He saw one tiny bird perched on the steel fence by the water tank. Most of us know that touching something frozen and metal with wet hands will cause your skin to freeze onto the metal. The poor bird, a finch, …
Do you have a BFF? You know a best friend who would do anything for you or be there for you in your time of need. Most people have at least one person who they can count on. Animals often have BFF’s too. Some animals will have friends within their own species, but not always. …
The world has a homeless pet population. There are millions upon millions of cats and dogs that are living on the streets of just about every city in the world. Just like us, they are doing what they can to survive. In China, a horrifying and touching story about a mother cat and her two …
Have you ever found a stray? What would you do if you did? We actually found a stray. Well, more accurately, she found us! She was hurt and hiding under a tree next to our home. We coaxed her out from under the tree and got her medical help. Her owners were never found. She …
To make sure products made and distributed for human use are safe, animals are often used to ‘test’ them out first. It is a sad and horrifying process. The experiments are often painful, and because of the chemicals in some of the products, many of the animals die (painful, slow deaths). Animal testing is still …
Dogs in hospitals are becoming more and more common. It is not as if the dogs are just allowed to come in and take up residence. But, they are allowed in to see their owners in some cases. Nursing homes also allow some dogs to come in and interact with patients. It is a form …
Circuses may seem like magical places on the surface, but behind the scenes, they are not so happy for the animals that live there. We, humans, have the ability to produce amazing art and music – and at the same time have the ability to harm animals in unthinkable ways. Take this circus in China. …