2,000 Hamsters To Be Killed After COVID Outbreak In Hong Kong Pet Shop
Authorities in Hong Kong are planning to kill off as many as 2,000 hamsters and other small mammals due to an outbreak of COVID linked to a pet shop employee. According to the BBC, health officials tested hundreds of animals at the pet shop. Only 11 hamsters at the Little Boss pet shop tested positive, but Hong Kong’s “zero Covid” strategy requires culling any potentially infected animal where there is possibility of animal-to-human Covid transmission. That means animals like rabbits and chinchillas will be culled, despite...
Lead Ammunition is Stunting Bald Eagle Recovery in the Northeast
Bald eagles have come a long way in the past several decades. In fact, their population has more than quadrupled in the lower 48 since 2009. However, a new study finds that there’s a lingering threat that continues to hamper their recovery: lead ammunition. Researchers from Cornell University theorized that lead poisoning was impacting species recovery in the Northeast, and they set out to see if that was true. Their findings, published in the Journal of Wildlife Management, seemed to confirm their suspicions. The data showed that...
Strangers Rally To Help Couple Whose Dog Ran Away While They Were On Vacation
A Michigan couple was vacationing in Florida when they got some devasting news. Their dog, Blue, had escaped from their dog sitter’s house and gone missing. Now the married couple–who do anything for their dog–was desperately worried, unable to help, and over 1,000 miles away. “We were relaxing on the beach, and we got a missed call and a text saying call us urgent,” Ryan Skornicka told Wood 8 TV. “Blue went on a little adventure and ran away.” Photo: Pixabay Unsure of what else to do, Blue’s...
Woman Works for Months to Save Dog Living By the Freeway
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! In 2008 while I was heading to work, I passed a business center and saw a small rat terrier attempting to tear into a discarded food bag. I pulled into the lot and the dog took off! I followed in my car as she ran the perimeter of the parking lot. She dashed under a fence and was now literally on the berm of the freeway, where she lived. DOG. PHOTO: PIXABAY / ANNAPOWA I contacted a rescue...
Senior Cat Named Rose Nylund Finds Forever Home Days Before Betty White’s 100th Birthday
People across the country honored the late Betty White by donating to their local shelters in her name on her 100th birthday. Maui Humane Society participated in the #BettyWhiteChallenge and as a bonus one of their longtime cat residents found a loving home. Screenshot: YouTube/petangopets The senior gray tabby cat named Rose Nylund, after Betty White’s Golden Girls character, spent over 100 days in the shelter waiting for someone to choose her. A video of the friendly cat was shared on YouTube with the caption, “While my...
Chonky Shelter Cat With Lots Of Love To Give Seeking Someone To Give Him A Home
Mister is a 30-pound shelter cat with lots of love to give. According to Mister’s caretakers at the Michigan Humane, the chonky cat’s hefty size is only matched by his large and loving personality. “He’s full of love and I think he’s just the sweetest senior boy I think I’ve ever met,” a shelter employee told Fox 2 Detroit. Photo: YouTube/Fox 2 Detroit “He’s going to be the cat that’s going to want to curl up next to you and watch movies all day,” the worker gushed about the...
60 Million Icefish Nests Discovered Near Antarctica
Antarctica’s southern Weddell Sea is the place to find a mate, if you’re a icefish. A group of scientists recently discovered about 60 million icefish nests in the seafloor. As Live Science reports, Autun Purser of the Alfred Wegener Institute and his team of researchers on the RV Polarstern were monitoring the area for marine life when graduate student Lilian Böhringer called up to the bridge. She had been keeping a close eye on the video feed of the seafloor of the Weddell Sea, taken from the Ocean Floor Observation and...
Cat Rescued and Rehabilitated After Being Frozen to Cement Porch
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! I lost my beloved foster kitty Namir to feline infectious peritonitis several months ago. That meant I was a one-kitty home, which was not acceptable. But I waited until the time was right. Last week was the right time, and I decided to get a rescue kitty. CAT. PHOTO: PIXABAY / JACLOU-DL I went to a local no-kill rescue shelter and almost instantly fell in love with my Izzy-Belle. Her...
FDA Approves “Groundbreaking” Treatment For Cats With Arthritis
Old age–and often, arthritis–comes for us all, especially if you’re a cat. According to USA Today, arthritis is so common among felines that roughly 45% of all cats will get arthritis. Those odds essentially double when cats turn 12, by which point 90 percent of cats experience arthritis pain. Photo: Pixabay And while there are ways to help ease your cat’s arthritis, including supplements, acupuncture/massage, and anti-inflammatory treatments, these options only provide temporary relief. Moreover, anti-inflammatories...
Senior Dog Named Betty White Looking For New Home After Being Returned To Shelter
Saratoga County Animal Shelter hopes to find a senior dog named after the beloved actress and animal advocate, Betty White, a loving forever home. The 10-year-old boxer mix spent 382 days in the shelter before she found a loving home in 2020. Sadly, due to no fault of her own, she was returned to the shelter. The shelter posted, “Her dad is sick and needs our help. It is nothing Betty did. In fact, all she has done is provide him with comfort and love, and he has done the same for her. But she is back at the shelter and hoping to once...
