PewDiePie’s 17-Year-Old Pug Named Maya Just Died
Losing a pet is so hard, especially around the holidays. Even celebrities can’t escape the heartbreak that comes from losing a pet. Recently, 33-year-old Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, more popularly known as PewDiePie, had to say goodbye to his beloved pug named Maya. PewDiePie and Maya have been taking the internet by storm for years, and Felix regularly posts photos of them together on Instagram. Felix announced Maya’s passing on Instagram in mid-December, writing: “Said farewell to my little Maya this morning.. 17 years is a...
Airline Sends American Family’s Dog To Saudi Arabia Instead Of Nashville
Traveling with pets can be stressful and when we fly, things are especially tough. It’s hard to let your pet go with a stranger out of sight, but we can find comfort in knowing we’ll be reunited with them at the end of the trip. One family traveling to Nashville, however, arrived to a nightmare situation when they were told their dog was re-routed to an entirely different country! Photo: Flickr/Riik@mctr License: CC BY-SA 2.0 According to the Washington Examiner, Madison Miller adopted 5-year-old Bluebell in Britain, but when it...
Cockatiel Performs Impressive Beatboxing Solo In Viral Video
Have you ever heard a bird beatboxing before? If not, this is your chance! It’s pretty well known that birds can sing, and some even mimic their owners. However, beatboxing is a whole other ballgame. Photo: Instagram/@airplawan A talented cockatiel from New South Wales, Australia has gone viral on social media for her impressive self-written song. Ginger lives with her owner, Pawan Sorasongkram, and was recently filmed performing a beatboxing solo, which is quite impressive. Photo: Instagram/@airplawan According to Yahoo!, Pawan said,...
Puppy Who Was So Hungry She Would ‘Eat Leaves and Sticks’ Become’s Fur Family’s Matriarch
This story is an entrant 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! Stevie is the matriarch of our fur family. She taught our new GSD puppy the ropes and puts up with his antics. PHOTO: THERESA PLATT She was found as a tiny stray puppy (about 8-weeks-old) by Bossier City Animal Control. She was starving and trying her best to find food on her own....
The Brains of Stranded Dolphins Show Signs of Alzheimer’s
Dolphins and whales often become stranded on land or in shallow waters. This can happen to individual animals, a mother and calf, and sometimes groups. The reasons why aren’t always understood. A recent study investigated possible brain pathology behind these incidents and found that some of the animals showed signs of a common human disease. Researchers across several Scottish universities and the Moredun Research Institute examined the brains of 22 toothed whales, or odontocetes, that had become stranded in waters off the coast of...
Most Wildlife Bridges Are Too Narrow, According to New Study
An estimated 1 million animals are killed on American roads each day. Throughout the year, there are also more than 1 million deer fatalities stemming from collisions, with these crashes killing around 200 people, as well. Wildlife bridges aim to address issues like this, as well as to help connect animals to their fragmented habitat. However, a new study finds that most of these structures may be too small. Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) recently examined wildlife overpasses throughout the world to better understand...
Good Samaritans Rescue Horse Trapped In Frozen Lake
A group of Good Samaritans came together to save a horse trapped in the freezing waters of a Wisconsin lake. According to ABC News, the horse, nicknamed Jack, was found in Wood Lake, Wisconsin. The horse’s owner was nowhere to be found, but that didn’t stop people from working together to free him. Speaking with ABC News, the president of the Big Wood Lake Association, Mike Strub, said that he and his neighbors refused to give up on getting Jack to safety, despite the limited resources and subzero temperatures they faced. Katelyn...
Polar Bear Cub Captured in Alaska Will Live in Zoo
Rather than euthanize a polar bear that had become too accustomed to humans, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) explained that the bear was instead captured and transported to the Alaska Zoo, where it will spend the remainder of its life. While not ideal, putting it down would have been worse. Polar Bears Due to global warming and habitat encroachment, polar bears are facing difficult existences these days. With the ice floes they count on for hunting all but melting away — disrupting their feeding practices in the process...
Research Urges Counselors To Take Death Of Client’s Pets More Seriously
Losing a pet is heartbreaking. They’re part of the family, and when a dog or other pet passes away, it can feel like losing a loved one. Sadly, the loss of a pet isn’t often regarded the same as the loss of a human loved one. You can’t generally take time from work to mourn or grieve a dog in the same way you can an aunt or sibling, but the pain can be just as deep. Photo: Pexels/Oleksandr Pidvalnyi Even in clinical settings and counseling, the grief experienced over the loss of a pet is often disregarded and dismissed....
Rare Display of Moose in Alaska Shedding Antlers, Video Goes Viral
Deer, moose, and elk shed their antlers each season, but it’s rare to actually catch a glimpse of the annual event. Hunters and folks that spend a lot of time in the woods run across the discarded racks from time to time, but seeing it occur in realtime is seldom an option. That changed recently when a family with a Ring Doorbell camera in Alaska captured it for all to see. Moose in Alaska Tyra Bogert informed Today that she was visiting her sister watching TikTok videos with her niece when she received a Ring alert. Grabbing her phone,...
