How Cattle Grazing Is Destroying Clean Water and Native Wildlife Habitats
Cattle grazing has been a longstanding tradition in the Western United States, but the practice has become outdated and the preservation of land and wildlife needs to come first. There are countless documented cases of animals being killed to make way for ranchers who leave an environmentally destructive path in their livestock’s wake. Grazing cattle can destroy wildlife habitats. In 2016, almost an entire Washington State wolf pack was killed after cattle were attacked on federal grazing lands known to be the pack’s territory,...
Starved Horses Seized From North Carolina Property Which Was Supposed To Be A Sanctuary
“This has been a long time coming…” Countless reports of animal neglect and cruelty on a property in Bostic, North Carolina, were unaddressed until a group of dedicated animal rescuers and an Animal Control officer, Kathy Hamilton, persuaded law enforcement to take action. It led to dozens of farm animals being seized. The property known as Paws Ranch was supposed to be a horse haven for abused and neglected horses but as one rescue said it is now a “horror show”. Nine emaciated horses were rescued from the...
Go Green with Environmentally Friendly Dog Foods
You and your dog can play a small but important role in making our planet healthier by switching to a low-carbon diet or supporting a food company making other sustainabiity choices as part of its business model. Going green in the food bowl is a giant step in being kinder to our planet. Serving up plant proteins and insect-based proteins more than traditional beef and poultry proteins translates to less carbon monoxide, fewer trees cut, less greenhouse gas emissions on the planet and much more. Consider that American dogs and cats rank fifth...
Help keep your dog mobile and happy with Kinesio Taping
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3 Newborn Bear Cubs Are Being Nursed Back To Health After Their Mom Died
Researchers were using a radio collar to track a mother bear in the wild for a project, but were sad to find out that she had one day passed away, leaving her three bear cubs behind to fend for themselves. Since the orphan cubs are only around four to five weeks old and could barely walk on their own, they would most likely have died if left in the wild. Posted by Wild Instincts on Sunday, February 20, 2022 Luckily, they were rescued and taken in by Wild Instincts, a wildlife rehabilitation center in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Staff members...
Group Of Snowmobilers Rescue A Moose Trapped Beneath The Ice Of A Frozen Creek
When Andrew Koerner and his friend Terry White set out for a day of riding snow machines in Alaska, they never expected that their day of fun would end up saving an animal’s life. While they were headed home, the pair spotted a moose in distress that was stuck beneath the ice of a frozen creek. Photo: YouTube/9NEWS They knew they had to help this poor animal and that every second that passed was a matter of life or death for him. “You could just tell by his eyes that he was just so ready to get out of that hole,” Koerner...
Woman Helps Direct Busy Traffic Away From Kitten in the Road
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! When I was just a tiny baby and looked to be about 5-weeks-old, I was sitting in the middle of a busy road for unknown reasons. Unsure of what to do, I just stayed there, not knowing the dangerous situation I was in. KITTEN. PHOTO: PIXABAY / GMBARLEAN Suddenly, a black car came over the hill. I didn’t bother to move, so the car swerved to miss me. I saw the driver pull over across...
Blind Pit Bull Does Not Need Eyes to Find Happiness – Or a Ball!
Arnold Ray, a blind pit bull, is having the time of his life! Yes, this dog is blind, but his disability is not stopping Arnold from having fun like normal dogs do. He loves ‘treasure-hunting’ in the park, where he just recently found a ball then and pranced his way to his trainer, Erin Mahoney, of the A Pawsitive Approach, which is an animal rescue and training center in Maine. Erin could not help laughing at the dog’s response to her praises, a mix of bark and happy growl followed by more ‘tippy taps.’ Photo:...
Hero Dogs of WWI
This story came to my attention when I saw it on a recent Task and Purpose site posting. It is one of those sidebar stories that come out of war that insert just a bit of normalcy, or moments of warmth or hilarity, in the midst of the horrors of war. It involves the presence and the unique services that “man’s best friend” brought to the soldiers in the trenches during WWI. The story I read is actually about the service that the civilian organization the YMCA provided to the soldiers, even on the front lines, during WWI. But...
#AmplifyLifesaving for Pets Like Elton
Mar 01, 2022 Elton was born in Bastrop, Texas, and was brought to their shelter when he was just a baby. When he was rescued, it was soon found out that Elton had a very severe case of Parvovirus and almost did not survive. Our Parvo ICU took him in and saved Elton from these terrible circumstances. Parvo is a canine life-threatening virus that rapidly infects the dividing cells in a dog’s body, most severely in the intestinal tract. The virus is highly contagious and resistant and can survive in the ground for up to a year. Many...
