Man Writes Song About Getting Trapped With A “Cat On My Lap”
If you’ve owned a cat before, you know just how hard it can be to get stuff done when they’re in the mood for snuggles. After all, if a cat plops down in your lap, it’s nearly impossible to get up until they’re good and ready to move. They’re like royalty and they deserve our utmost respect – at least, that’s what they think. Some cat owners agree with that, and they want to pamper and spoil their furry friends and allow them to have uninterrupted lap time and snuggles whenever they want. Photo:...
Christmas Week Cold Emergency in Austin – Help Needed to Protect Pets
Dec 19, 2022 Dangerous winter weather with temperature lows in the teens is predicted to hit Central Texas this week. With some of our animal enclosures exposed to the elements, temperatures this low severely strain our facility so we must get our Town Lake Animal Center shelter pets in warm homes by THIS THURSDAY. We’re calling on our community members for help needed NOW: Foster homes for cold shelter animals We need our animals, especially our dogs, out now, before the coldest weather hits Thursday. With Christmas week/holiday...
A Sweet Rescue Dog Still Needs a Home After Being in Shelter for More Than a Year
Meet Mister, an adorable shelter dog who’s been waiting for a forever home for more than a year in southern Arizona. A 6-year-old neutered male, he’s a gorgeous tricolor pit bull terrier that weighs approximately 70 pounds. Mister may be a formal name but he’s a pretty casual kind of guy. He loves mellow strolls, giving smooches, and wearing Hawaiian shirts every day (not just casual Fridays). Mister enjoys car rides, loves to play fetch, and knows basic skills like sit, down, and stay. Ok, his down isn’t perfect but...
Pretty in Pink, CuppaPug Cafe’s Pint-Sized Pack of Pugs Decked Out for the Holidays
Pug lovers in London have something to be excited about over the holidays. CuppaPug, a cafe for snuggling with the little flat-faced goofballs millions have come to love, is celebrating the holiday season in pug style. Dressed up like Santa and his helpers, the cafe’s motto is “pugs’ welfare first, cafe second,” and is home to seven resident rescue pugs: Gaston, 6, Bruce, 5, Bowser, 3, Beau, 2, Gizmo, 1, Bebe, 1, and cute little Baloo, that’s just six months old. Photo: Pixabay/judygraham Pugmas Opened by pug...
Unsuspecting Cat Is Bombarded With Video Game Lasers
An unsuspecting feline was bombarded with video game lasers in an adorable viral video. The video was first shared years ago and it received a lot of attention, but the owner of the Xxiou Games YouTube channel recently brought it back. Photo: YouTube/Xxiou Games In the clip, you can see a tuxedo cat named Quint perched right in front of the video game monitor. He has no idea that a game of Metroid: Other M is raging behind him, and suddenly, the lasers start pointing and firing right at him! The lasers bombard the cat until he lets out a long...
Rescue Dog Warms Heart of His Grieving Human When He Picks Up Habit of Her Old Dog
This story is a finalist in the Fur-Ever Family Photo & Story Contest. Voting runs through December 31. Three grand prize winners will each receive $500 in cash and $2,000 in cash and supplies for their favorite shelter. See all the entrants and finalists here! Banjo was adopted on March 10, 2017, about a month after I lost my dog Bonnie. DOG. PHOTO: PIXABAY / FERNANDO LATORRE I wasn’t going to get another dog. Bonnie was a special girl and had seen me through the hardest times of my life: Cancer and the loss of my husband to...
Woman Taking Dog For A Walk Accidentally Leads Police Raid
What started as a normal day for Taylor Lumpkin quickly turned into a morning she’s unlikely to forget. Taylor (TikTok user @tayylumpp) shared about the morning, explaining that she woke early before work to take her dog, Gracie, out to potty like usual. Photo: TikTok/@tayylumpp What started as a typical doggy potty walk, though, turned into her leading 15-20 armed officers dressed in tactical gear in a raid! “Never a dull moment living in good ole MKE,” she captioned her video. @tayylumpp Never a dull moment living in good...
Cat Lost On Cross-Country Road Trip Returns Home In Christmas Miracle
Losing a pet can be devastating and we do our best to search high and low for our furry friends when they disappear. Sometimes, though, it can prove quite difficult – like if a pet goes missing in an unfamiliar city. It’s a scenario Jamie McCall found herself in while taking a cross-country road trip from Florida to Michigan. Photo: YouTube/WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7 According to WXYZ Detroit, McCall was moving up to Michigan with her 3-year-old cat named Tucker. Sadly, the cat escaped from her hotel room in Cleveland, Tennessee....
A Pretty Name For An Equally Pretty Fish – The Rose-Veiled Fairy Wrasse
A beautiful new species of fish was just discovered in the Maldives. The rose-veiled fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa) is equally as pretty as its name. Finifenmaa is Dhivehi, the Maldivian language, for rose, and it refers to the species’ wonderful coloration. And to add more meaning to its name, the national flower of the Maldives is the Pink Rose, or Fiyatoshi Finifenmaa. PHOTO: Pixabay/David Mark Technically, the species isn’t exactly new to researchers. Although it’s newly discovered, a specimen has been sighted...
How much does the microbiome REALLY contribute to animal health and wellness?
We were taught in school that the genes we inherit from our parents are the biggest driver of health outcomes. Since Antonie van Leewenhoek’s discoveries in the 1680’s that there are visible differences in microbes from the mouth vs. feces, the microbiome and its influence on health and behavior is slowly being realized (cardiovascular, neural development, metabolism, immune regulation, bacterial infection and anxiety to name a few), yet there is so much that remains unknown. [1-6] We know that the cellular power of the microbiome...
