Search and Rescue Dogs in Northern Ireland Deploy to Turkey to Assist in Quake Efforts
After the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, help began pouring in from around the world. Unfortunately, one of the most needed resources is specially trained canines for search and rescue efforts. Dogs, who weigh less than humans and have a much better sense of smell and hearing, are well-suited for the difficult work of locating survivors. Many have arrived but more are still needed. Now, a search and rescue charity from County Down in Northern Ireland is preparing to deploy to one of the hardest-hit regions to try to assist...
Stray Cat Follows Dog Home And The They Become Instant BFFs
An unlikely friendship formed when a stray cat decided to follow an Australian Shepherd home one day. It all started when Cay was taking his dog, Coconut, out for a walk around the neighborhood. Suddenly, a stray cat appeared and started begging Coconut for attention! Photo: YouTube/The Dodo Photo: YouTube/The Dodo In an interview with The Dodo, Cay explained, “[The cats] meowing at her, and he’s purring and loving all over her. And the next thing you know, he’s best friends with my dog.” The trio continued their walk...
Dog Cares for Kitten, Who Grows Up Thinking She’s Also a Dog
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 Smudge came to me through 4 Paws Animal Rescue while I was in hospital after having back surgery. The lady that owns my place looked after her a few days until I got home, as I already had an adult cat and had experience with lots of kittens from cats that I have owned in the past. The lady thought I could help this little one. Smudge was only 3-weeks-old, and all her brothers and...
Playful Rescue Dog Teaches Himself To Sled In The Snow
Sledding is a favorite winter pastime and it’s enjoyed not just by humans but by animals as well! Just ask Harley, the 3-year-old rescue pup. According to ViralHog, Harley, a pit bull and rottweiler mix, was rescued as a puppy. Photo: YouTube/ViralHog At first, he was so sick that he couldn’t even walk. After he was nursed back to health, he learned to not only use his legs to walk but to run and play as well! In an adorable video, you can see Harley at his home in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Snow blankets the ground and Harley finds...
Bobcat Rescued in Southern California Released Back into the Wild After Receiving Treatment
What a glorious sight! A bobcat that was rescued by the San Diego Humane Society’s Humane Law Enforcement team was released back into the wild after receiving treatment and recovering in their care. More than three weeks ago, the bobcat was brought to their Pilar & Chuck Bahde Wildlife Center, where their wildlife specialists determined that he had likely been hit by a car. Once sedated, veterinarians at the center were said to administer pain medication before performing radiographs and treating the animal for abrasions and minor...
Golden Retriever Mom Teachers Her Puppies How To Play In The Snow
Being a mom is a tough job, and that’s true not only for humans but for animals as well. However, alongside the hard stuff is also a lot of fun stuff. Just ask Boon, a golden retriever living in northern Vermont. Photo: YouTube/Susan Menne Boon’s owner, Susan Menne, regularly shares videos of her golden retrievers as part of her business, Butternut Goldens. Sweetly enough, one of her videos featured sweet Boon with a litter of 7-week-old puppies. Raising puppies is no easy task, but it comes with a lot of fun parts too –...
Dog Trainer Breaks World Record With Impressive 14-Dog Conga Line
A conga line can be a lot of fun, but have you ever seen a group of dogs participate in a conga line? It’s something unusual to see, but in Germany recently, a 14-dog conga line made its way around town! Photo: YouTube/Guinness World Records According to the Guinness World Records, German dog trainer Wolfgang Lauenburger broke the world record for most dogs in a conga line. Lauenburger performed the act in Stuckenbrock on August 25, 2022. Photo: YouTube/Guinness World Records It’s hard enough to train dogs to do simple tasks, but...
Love Bug Freddie is ALWAYS Up for Some Pets and Affection from Humans
Meet adorable 8-month-old Freddie! This handsome boy is a big love bug and very friendly! He’s said to be completely chill and relaxed, yet Freddie is ALWAYS up for some pets and lovin’ from his humans. He’s always up for fun, too, so it’s not unusual to find this active boy playing by himself with some of his toys, with other resident kitties, or with his people. He just likes to play, period, but that’s understandable at his young age. Photo: SACatRescue Purring Machine Another thing you can always count on...
Budweiser Clydesdale Ranch Hosts First Super Bowl Watch Party Featuring Baby Clydesdales
Warm Springs Ranch, home of the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales, is hosting their first-ever Super Bowl watch party. The special event has attracted football fans and horse lovers from near and far for a night filled with horses, food, and of course the Big Game. The Missouri horse ranch, home to over 70 Clydesdales, is excited to debut their 2023 foals at the event and named the party Football and Foals – SBLVII Watch Party. Those lucky enough to have purchased a $100 ticket before the event sold out will meet the iconic Clydesdales...
Where We Find Hope and a Call to Action in the (Pretty Dismal) 2022 Shelter Data
You probably didn’t need to see a comprehensive report to know that 2022 was a tough year in sheltering. But we do have the data, thanks to Shelter Animals Count. Here’s their newest report: Intake and Outcome Data Comparison for the Full Year, Q1-Q4 2022. The long and short of it is that by most metrics, 2022 was worse than 2021, but still significantly better than 2019. While encouraging you to read the whole report, some of the most important and salient data points and findings include: 2.7 percent more pets entered shelters...
What To Do If Your Dog Eats Chocolate
Humans aren’t the only ones with a sweet tooth. Dogs often like the smell of chocolate, making it a tempting treat to taste. However, because dogs cannot digest and eliminate the main toxic components — the methylxanthine alkaloids theobromine and caffeine — as quickly as humans, they experience poisoning when indulging in the sweet stuff. If your dog eats chocolate, regardless if it’s milk or dark, consider it an emergency and call your veterinarian or animal poison control immediately. If your dog eats chocolate,...
The January Weekly Community Conversations grant giveaway winners are…
On Monday, Maddie’s Fund® gave four organizations a $2,500 grant for attending the January Weekly Community Conversations! A total of $10,000 in grants was given to four people chosen at random. These four people won a grant for their organization: Kyle O’Neill, AniMeals, (Missoula, MT) Cecilia Oliveros, Animal Friends (Pittsburgh, PA) Vickie Ramirez, One Health Clinic Seattle (Seattle, WA) Jenna Riedi, Animal Friends Alliance (Fort Collins, CO) Want a chance to win a grant for your organization? All you have to...
Vet Struggles to Solve Puzzle of Kitten with Labored Breathing Who Isn’t Eating
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 wife and I had just put down my beloved cat Bear. He suffered from from a rare gum disease that made it painful for him to eat, chew, and move his mouth. A Hail Mary full mouth tooth extraction hadn’t worked. We were devastated. Three or four days later, I was sitting at my desk at work when my best friend popped in and asked how I was doing. He said, “Hey, wait...
Beavers Swipe Wildlife Webcam and Add it to Their Lodge
Beavers gather a few things to build their lodges: sticks, twigs, rocks, mud, webcams… Wait, webcams? Well, some beavers in Scotland just did that. Argaty Red Kites, a nature preserve and rewilding project in Doune, Scotland, is home to relocated beavers. There’s a wildlife camera on site for monitoring the animals, and the preserve recently noticed that the view had changed substantially. In a tweet, they said, “We were wondering why our Beaver Cam was showing nothing but sticks and mud… turns out the naughty...
Mexico Bans Shark Tourism Off Baja Coast in Bid to Protect Toothy Giants
According to reports, Mexico has banned shark-related tourism activities in an area often referred to as the top destination for great white shark encounters. In fact, some in the industry boast that it outperforms South Africa and Australia with its “shark-seeing consistency and conditions” purportedly found there. So, just where is this Jaws Mecca? Located in the Pacific Ocean 150 miles off the west coast of Mexico’s Baja peninsula sits Guadalupe Island, a small volcanic mound, more or less, surrounded by sharks....
Man Faces $24,000 Vet Bill To Save His Dying Dog
Dogs are part of the family, and as such, we do everything that we can to take care of them and keep them healthy. While we do our best to give them the highest quality of care, there’s sometimes little we can do to save our furry friends when a medical emergency strikes. For those with limited resources, a medical emergency or diagnosis of a pet can be devastating. It can also mean they’re forced to give up time with their fur babies because vet care or life-saving treatment is too expensive. Photo: Flickr/Pedro Lozano License:...
Massive Elk Herd in Colorado Rushes Across Roadway in Spectacular Video
A massive herd of elk galloped across a Colorado highway recently in an amazing show of energy often displayed during mating season. The Rocky Mountain state is home to the largest elk population in the world, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials noted in the caption of a video they posted to Twitter. The brief clip shows hundreds of elk queued on the side of a mountain slope as they wait patiently to cross over the roadway to join the rest of the herd. Once they get going, they really pick up speed with their downward momentum. Photo:...
Sometimes All It Takes is a Bag of Food to Keep Pets in Homes
Feb 08, 2023 What can 24 pallets of donated pet food do? It can connect a community, build a community, and keep the individuals in that community fed and safe. In 2022, APA! became a benefiting partner of a program created by the Humane Society of the United States and Chewy that connects Chewy’s warehouse returns to shelter partners in need. This collaboration has helped build upon our expanding PASS (Positive Alternative to Shelter Surrender) program, which has seen extreme growth over the last few years. A large delivery that we...
Can Dogs Sense Human Emotions?
It goes without saying that as pet parents, we develop a close emotional connection with our dogs – we’re able to recognize their feelings as easily as we do our own. But have you ever wondered “can dogs sense human emotions”? Extensive research has been done in this field and the results may (or may not) surprise you. How well can dogs sense human emotions? Pet parents know very well that dogs have an extraordinary ability to read human emotions, but in recent years this hunch has been backed by scientific research....
Yoga Pup Searching for Forever Home Has Downward-Facing Dog Nailed!
Namaste! Meet Poppy, the sweetest yoga buddy you’ll ever meet in your life. Poppy has been hoping a fun-loving forever person/family would come along and adopt her since April 2022. She’s a paws-on kind of gal who likes to be involved in activities with her humans, especially fitness. Outdoor yoga is one of her new favorites, and her fellow participants loved her to pieces when she arrived. Photo: Pima Animal Care Center Shelter Pets Staff at Pima Animal Care Center in Tucson made the following comments about this good-natured...
