Kitten Bowl vs Puppy Bowl: The Ultimate Super Bowl Showdown for Animal Lovers
Get ready for a showdown! The Puppy Bowl faces new competition with the Kitten Bowl, as both compete for your heart and promote pet adoption this Super Bowl Sunday.
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Save Life at Animal Shelters: Become a Volunteer
There are a lot of people in the world who are unable to have a pet where they live, or maybe they just don’t have the funds to feed and care for a pet. They may not have any family to keep them company or maybe there are retired. A solution could be the local…
Book Talk: Mary M. Mitchell goes to the dogs with a friend
LONDON (Reuters) – Etiquette expert and Reuters columnist Mary M. Mitchell found that using a dog as an intermediary helped to take the sting out of tricky discussions with a treasured friend.
Mitchell created an email personality for her French bulld…
Egg industry, Humane Society propose cage laws (AP)
WASHINGTON – Threatened with a series of state laws cracking down on cramped cages, the egg industry on Thursday said it would agree to seek federal regulation to improve conditions for egg-laying hens. In an unusual move, the United Egg Producers announced the effort in a joint appearance with the Humane Society of the United…
Record low Danube levels cut down bird populations: WWF (AFP)
SOFIA (AFP) – The record low levels of the Danube this summer have caused a drastic drop in bird populations along the Bulgarian and Romanian stretch of the river, environmental group WWF said Tuesday. A week-long WWF bird watching expedition at the end of June counted 3,145 pairs of nesting birds — herons, cormorants, spoonbils…
Judge refuses to restore wolf protections (Reuters)
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A federal judge refused on Wednesday to overturn an unprecedented act of Congress that removed some 1,500 wolves in Montana and Idaho from the endangered species list. District Judge Donald Molloy sided against environmentalists who argued Congress exceeded its authority when it passed legislation in April to lift federal wolf protections,…
Pet Abuse And Neglect Defined
There are many definitions of pet abuse or neglect and you will find that many people and their interpretation of abuse of animals can be varied and different when compared to others and their view of this subject. Knowing what is considered to be abuse validation of an animal or pet can be more difficult…
Watch whales, then eat them (AFP)
SAINT HELIER, Jersey (AFP) – Watching and hunting whales “work perfectly together” in a look-and-cook combo of tourism and gastronomy, Iceland’s Whale Commissioner said Thursday at the global whaling forum. “Many of the tourists that go on whale watching tours go to restaurants afterwards to taste whale meat,” said Tomas Heider, speaking on the sidelines…
Ohio struggles to draft tougher law after exotic animals’ escape
By Jo Ingles | Reuters – 20 hrs ago COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – Ohio legislation designed to clamp down on ownership of wild animals after the escape last year from a farm of dozens of dangerous beasts including lions, tigers and bears, is drawing criticism from private animal owners for being too tough and from animal rights…
Anti-whaling group to launch action in Faroes (AFP)
SAINT HELIER, Jersey (AFP) – Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said Thursday it will erect a “wall of sound” in the sea to deter the killing of hundreds of pilot whales in shallow coves along the Faroe Islands, a Danish territory. Using two ships and a helicopter, the US-based activists will start their operation on…