A Calf and a Piglet are the Cutest Best Buddies You’ll Ever Find in Iowa Farm Sanctuary
A lot of people desire a quiet and simple farm life, especially when they grow tired of the noisy and complex city lifestyle. Most importantly, spending time with farm animals will widen your knowledge and give you exceptionally good memories. There’s something about them that makes the whole country life experience more meaningful and enjoyable. You get to treat them like family members and learn about their personalities as if they were humans. You’ll get to witness those animals bond together and become inseparable. Photo:...
Tiny, Spiny Mammal Finds Interesting Ways to Stay Cool in the Heat
We all have tricks for keeping cool when it gets a bit too toasty out. Maybe it’s a wet cloth on our necks or a kiddie pool with some cold water for our feet. A spiny, egg-laying mammal found in Australia and New Guinea has its own tricks. The echidna, which has a lower body temperature than most mammals, often deals with warm temperatures across its home range. Researchers at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, decided to use thermal vision to observe the species’ tactics for cooling down. Their findings were recently...
A Piglet was Abandoned in the Woods Until This Woman Took Her in and Gave Her a New Family
People are used to the fact that pigs are only essential for livelihood and nurtured for meat. It’s their primary purpose, as if their destiny is already written in the stars. Since humans are too focused on that objective, many tend to forget that pigs can be just like dogs and cats. They are also smart, playful, and have a sunshine personality that could easily win someone’s heart. For this reason, some families adopt the farm animal into their homes — which has been one of the best decisions in their life. Pigs...
Dog Survives After Being Hit on Road, Falling Under Pickup Truck and Boat Trailer
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! My morning started out like many others. I needed to drop some packages off at the post office, but the one by my house was closed for the weekend, so I decided to drive to the other one not far away. I was driving down the road, when all of a sudden a small white and tan dog darted out into four lanes of traffic. I thought “OMG” and started to slow down, when suddenly this...
A Group of Women Devised a Plan to Carefully Save a Squirrel Trapped Inside Their Walls
Animals move from one habitat to another, especially when the previous one can’t accommodate their needs. The weather and climate are huge factors why they have to move. During winter, mammals and birds search for warmer places to stay. Safety is also essential to why animals look for a new home. For instance, pregnant squirrels search for safe and secure spots to build their nest. And sometimes, a house is the perfect target for them, specifically the hidden corners. Photo: PxHere Squirrels take advantage of an impenetrable...
Amidst the Fear He Felt, This Horse Was Still Able to Call Dad to Save His Injured Mom
Through the years, horses have helped civilization in different areas of human life. They have assisted in livelihood, wars, transportation, and sports and have been a great help to a person’s well-being. No one can ever deny the significance of horses since ages ago — a huge contributor to the advancement of society. While transportation is hugely modernized, horses are now nurtured for agriculture, equestrian sports, and human therapy. Photo: Youtube/The Dodo What’s more incredible about them is they cherish relationships...
Friendly Otter Befriends Curious Beagle In Adorable Evening Ritual
It’s not unusual for animals of other species to become friends. Usually, those animals live in the same house as pets. There are classic animal friends, like dogs and cats, and then there are rarer pet friendships like this cat and rat. Photo: YouTube/sasslang While even more unlikely, it’s not unheard of for pets to become friends with wild animals they meet while out and about. Sometimes a dog may befriend a deer or a even a bird, but some dogs make even rarer friendships with wildlife. Just take Rio, for example. The beagle...
Woman Rescues Feisty Kitten Hiding Under A Trash Can
Cass Perchoux is no stranger to rescuing animals who have a bit of an attitude, but one tiny kitten may just have the most sass of all. Cass spotted the tiny kitten hiding under a trash can and knew she had to take it home. The only problem? The fesity kitten wanted nothing to do with humans! Photo: YouTube/The Dodo In an interview with The Dodo, Cass said: “I don’t even think he had seen a human before, let alone been touched by one.” Despite the kitten clearly not wanting to be bothered, Cass risked her hands and picked...
A Shelter Cat with a Fondness for Fashion Only Wants to Walk One Runway — Yours!
She’s not a fashion hound, she’s a fashion feline, and her name is Sheba. Sheba is a fun-loving kitty with style and flair who moonlights as an office assistant at the Pima Animal Care Center in Tucson, Arizona. Spayed, she’s considered a Domestic Medium-hair girl and weighs approximately 11 pounds. Shelter staff believes she’s about 9 years old, so she’s only midway through her nine lives. Photo: Pima Animal Care Center Shelter Life The sad part is that she’s been at the shelter since at least July 2021!...
Watch the Nail-Biting Rescue Operation of an Anteater Who Napped on a Power Line
Finding animals in the most random places is an interesting experience, especially when you rarely see them around. Such encounters often happen where wild animals can freely roam around since they live nearby. You’d see them sitting on benches, visiting a store, walking on the roadside, etc. Humans will never miss a chance to capture that moment on video and share it online. But despite the excitement of encountering different species, civilized areas could put them in danger. Photo: Youtube/The Dodo Those wild animals could become...
