A Team Studying The Yellow-Bellied Marmots Discover The Key To The Species’ Long Life
Wouldn’t it be nice to be young forever? A lot of people spend so much money getting treatments done just to stay and look young but scientists have recently found the secret to slowing down the ticking of the aging clock for a species called the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris). PHOTO: Pixabay/timtwisted A new study was published in the Nature Ecology & Evolution journal about how the marmot is able to slow down their aging when they hibernate. The yellow-bellied marmots are large burrowing rodents. They are closely...
Long-Lost Cat Reunited With Owner Right Before Vet Was Supposed To Put Him Down
Most pet owners consider their pets to be part of the family. This was also the case for Jason and Liz McKenry, a Maryland couple that treated their kitten, Ritz, like their own baby, especially because they didn’t have any kids at the time. So, when Ritz ran out of their apartment one day and disappeared, the Annapolis couple was distraught. “We spent months looking all around and talking to the shelters,” Jason told CBS News. “Anything we could think of, we tried.” Photo: YouTube/CBS News But even despite the...
U.S. Veterinarian Traveled To Romania To Help Stray Animals Along The Ukraine Border
It was February 24, 2022, when Ukraine was invaded by Russia. Less than 3 weeks later, Dr. Jon Geller arrived at the border, ready and able to help. “I just had this obsession that I needed to do something and I think other people felt the same way,” he says. Dr. Jon Geller traveled to Romania to help pets and street dogs escape Ukraine safely. Geller learned that many refugees were trying to cross the border with their pets. Some Ukrainians who couldn’t drive themselves were forced to leave their pets behind because they...
The Video of a Cat Licking Water from The Shower Will Definitely Make You Laugh Today
Cats are dominating the internet! Every social media platform has cat content — in any form of social media post. It’s incredible how these cats can quickly trend or gain a massive number of views, shares, and likes in just a matter of hours. The contents range from cute to heartwarming. As you scroll through posts, you’ll wish that you have your own cat or attempt to create your own social media cat profile. The official Instagram account posted a video of a cat licking water coming out of the shower. Once the video was...
Mya The Pit Bull, Self-Proclaimed Professional Wigglebutt, Can’t Stop Helping Around The House
“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” -Maya Angelou Today’s story is about a rescue pit bull named Mya. And the quote I gave for today’s article might go both ways for Mya and her mom. Little miss Mya Wigglebutt, as she is famously known for, was rescued from a shelter and has been with her mom, Briana Maiola, since she was 9 months old. Mya was underweight when Briana got her, and she didn’t want to eat anything. Mya was found with numerous health issues and in one of her earliest...
An Ohio Judge Gives Creative Sentences to Make Animal Abusers Learn a Valuable Lesson
There’s a recurring question about why humans harass animals — answers are often not clear and vague. Most times, the animals are victims of neglect, ignorance, and human frustration. These reasons are still not valid for giving humans the right to inflict unimaginable suffering on innocent animals. Harming them won’t show superiority, especially if the animal did not do anything harmful to the person. Photo: Youtube/ABC News iHeartdogs interviewed a Municipal Court Judge from Painesville, Ohio. His name is Judge Michael...
Rescue Collie Becomes Best Friends with New Family’s Other Collie
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! Colin was a part of a hoarding rescue when he was about a week old. There were intact male and female Collies everywhere on the property. It was easy to figure out who the mothers were, but the only thing for certain about the fathers was that they were all Collies. We got him after the court case was settled and he was 5-months-old. We had another young Collie, Skye, that needed a friend...
Rescued Puppies Join 40+ Shelter Pets Flying To Safety During National Pet Month
May is one of our favorite times of the year. Not only do we get to celebrate warmer weather, Mothers’ Day, and military troops over Memorial Day weekend, May is also National Pet Month–the perfect time to show your pets how much you care! Photo: Pixabay National Pet Month is also an excellent time to help shelter animals, who would make awesome companions if somebody gave them a chance. Alas, many shelter pets won’t ever get this opportunity, especially if they live in the South, where shelter overcrowding leaves animals at...
You’ll Be Amazed by the Heroic Ants of the Sub-Saharan Africa!
There are more than 12,000 species of ants and the Matabele ants are among the largest of them. Matabele ants can grow up to more than 20 millimeters and their colonies which may consist of more than 20 million members are found in Sub-Saharan Africa. Photo: YouTube/Science News These ants were named after the fiercest African tribe that existed in the 1800s, whose brutal aggression these ants possess. These ants are the archnemesis of termites, but people avoid them too since several bites of a Matabele ant can paralyze a human limb. Brutal...
Family Tearfully Reunites With Their Beloved Dog Who Was Missing For 6 Months
A lost Texas dog has been reunited with his family after he was missing for six long months. Chase’s owner was distraught after he went missing on November 27, 2021. They immediately put up fliers all over their town and posted on social media. They spent the next several months driving around searching for him, but to no avail. Despite never being able to find their beloved furry family member, they never lost hope. Photo: Facebook/City of Denton Animal Shelter On April 27, 2022, the City of Denton Animal Shelter received a call...
