We all run late for work or an appointment at some point in our lives. Sometimes it isn’t a big deal, you just show up a little late, and things are fine. Sometimes, it is not okay to be late! Like, if you are the teacher at a college – you really should show up …
I have heard of people who hoard cats and dogs – but never about a bird hoarder. Stories like this make my heart sad. The woman in this story started out with a passion for birds that soon turned into a big problem. She lived with her elderly mother in an apartment in Vienna, Austria …
Coco met Lucky Lou at a refuge for unwanted birds in Vancouver, Canada and the two quickly became BFFs. They had both been passed around from house to house never finding a forever home because the trouble is that most people don’t have any idea what is it like to take care of a parrot. …
People like to leave lights on at night for various reasons. Some neighborhoods are very dark, and maybe it will help deter would-be thieves from wreaking havoc on your property. In Galveston, Texas, lights left on at some city buildings resulted in the death of 395 birds! Police officer Josh Henderson was not prepared for …
This horrifying image of a puppy being strangled by a python was posted by a woman. The woman and her Royal Python live in Granada, Spain. She is under investigation by the animal protection unit of the Guardia Civil. A volunteer at a local animal shelter saw the picture after reading about a snake for …
It is rare for you to be outside, in nature, and just get approached by a wild animal – right? We don’t live in a fairy tale land where wild animals just trust us enough to come close. But, one man was outside doing yard work when a baby robin came by for a closer …
A sad fact of life is that everything and everyone eventually dies. We all know that things die. But that doesn’t make it any easier when the time comes. Do animals understand death? I don’t know. I know animals grieve and experience loss in the same way that people do. I had a male cat …
Do you find it creepy when animals imitate human sounds? I do – just a little. There are birds that can talk and sing, and that is okay. Sometimes it is cute to hear a bird sing along to songs or talk along with a commercial on television. The Magpie in this video just sounds …
Do you like birds? I do. But I do not wish to have them as pets. My mom had some finches and cockatiels once. They are a lot of work. My younger brother taught the cockatiels how to tweet “pretty bird” and to whistle a few short tunes. It was amazing that they could learn …
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, …