8 Questions to Ask Yourself When Adopting a Dog
It’s easy to fall in love with all those shelter dogs and puppies, but before you adopt, ask yourself these questions to ensure a happy experience for everyone involved. Sharing your life with a dog is a joy. But it also comes with great responsibility and commitment. Adopting a dog should therefore be a well-thought-out decision. Are you ready to make sacrifices to meet your dog’s needs in the years to come? Do you have the time, energy and financial means to provide the care and attention a dog requires in order to thrive? And...
Are you using pets.findhelp.com yet?
Have you heard of pets.findhelp.com? It’s a curated database of free or low cost pet support services provided by Human Animal Support Services. Users can select their preferred language and search by specific services like veterinary care, pet food pantries and temporary pet care. They can also choose from categories, browse local programs and more. There are several ways one can sign up – as a consumer, to help others or as an organization. Your animal organization can sign up to show up in search results for specific services...
Traffic Noise Makes European Robins More Aggressive, Study Finds
Traffic is pretty aggravating even on the best of days. A new study finds that it’s so frustrating, it even angers robins. Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University in the UK and Koç University in Turkey recently studied how urban and rural European robins react to traffic noises. The animals, which are quite territorial, show another bird that it’s on their turf with movements and song. The team found that their physical aggression toward intruders increased when there was traffic noise. In a paper published in the journal...
Long-Lost Tasmanian Tiger Remains Rediscovered in Museum
The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, went extinct (thanks to you know who) in the mid-1930s. Native to the Australian mainland and the islands of Tasmania and New Guinea, the unusual marsupial was sometimes referred to as a Tasmanian wolf. It’s estimated that roughly 5,000 thylacines were living in Tasmania when Europeans first arrived. Due to excessive hunting, habitat destruction, and diseases introduced to them in quick succession, their numbers soon declined until they were gradually eradicated. Photo: (Series relates to Australian...
Badly Injured Kitten Who Would ‘Probably Die’ Rescued From Road, Defies Odds
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! The week of Thanksgiving 2012, while driving to work, we spotted something in the road. As I passed, the something moved! It was small and light-colored. We turned around and braved the traffic on the busy road by stopping. The something was a kitten, a silver and grey kitten, but badly hurt. She had blood on her tail, part of it was missing, and wounds all over her head. We took her to...
The Most Important Things To Look For on Pet Food Packaging
The food we feed our pets plays a big role in their overall health, so you want to choose a brand that will support them in living their happiest, healthiest life. If you’re not sure whether a pet food brand is reputable or not, just take a look at the packaging. Just like the packaging on the food we eat, pet food packing provides detailed information on the ingredients and nutritional content. To help ensure you’re choosing the best possible food for your pet, we’ve put together a list of the most important things to look...
“Noodle” The Famous TikTok Dog Dies At 14
If you’ve spent much time on TikTok, you might be familiar with the famous pooch named Noodle. Noodle the pug was believed by millions of people, but he sadly passed away recently. Photo: TikTok/@jongraz Noodle’s owner, Jonathan Graziano, announced the dog’s passing in a heartbreaking video. He said, “Hi everyone. I am so sorry. I’m so sorry to have to share this, but Noodle passed yesterday. He was at home. He was in my arms. And, this is incredibly sad. It’s incredibly difficult. It’s a day that I...
Big Cat Ownership Curtailed in the U.S. by Senate Decision
If the Netflix series Tiger King did anything at all, it was to draw attention to the serious and grotesque problem of big cat ownership in America. The surprisingly popular series was a Grade A train wreck from start to finish. The real losers were not the big cats depicted in it but rather the people who spent hours absorbing it. But good things can come from bad situations. In this case, a bill restricting the private ownership of big cats in the U.S. has thankfully passed in the Senate by unanimous consent.Known as the Big Cat Public...
Save Money: Preventative Care Can Be You and Your Pets’ Best Friend
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Those wise words are attributed to Benjamin Franklin, and in essence, they mean that it’s easier to stop something from happening in the first place than to repair the damage after it has happened. If you wish to keep your pet around for as long as possible and avoid or reduce costly vet bills, preventative care is a good place to start. Doing so can potentially lengthen lives, improve the quality of time spent with us, and save money in the long run. Photo: Pixabay/Alexas_Fotos Pet Food...
Cat Trashes Woman’s House So Badly She Calls 911 And Reports A Burglary
Police officers were left flabbergasted after a cat broke into a home and trashed the place. According to the LeicestershireLive, 24-year-old Noemi Zonta was shocked to open her apartment in Koper, Slovenia and discover it had been wrecked. Photo: Flickr/eutrophication&hypoxia; Wikimedia Commons/John License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 She immediately suspected a burglary, as drawers and cupboards were flung open, household objects were strewn around, and there was even urine all over her bed. According to the LeicestershireLive,...
