Woman Gets Upset With Her Girlfriend For ‘Teasing’ Their Cat With Treats
When we have a cat in our lives, we try to do what we can to make them happy and comfortable. Some people, however, may overstep certain boundaries and that is what happened with one woman who went on the Reddit forum, “Am I the A****** .” She wanted to find out if she was actually being cruel to her cat when she teased it. The way that she teases the cat is by pretending to give it a treat so that the cat will do her bidding. Her girlfriend is irritated by her behavior. Photo: Unsplash She said: “I don’t like my cat...
Watch As A Red Fox And Snow Owl Face-Off In Security Footage
It doesn’t matter where we live, there is going to be some type of drama. Some of it takes place in our homes and others may take place in public locations. For the town of Cobourg, Ontario, it happened on a snowy street. A town employee took an amazing video on January 4 that showed animal tracks in the snow on the town’s pier. As she investigated the footage from the security camera, she saw something she wasn’t expecting. A red fox was walking on the pier, seemingly minding his own business, when suddenly, a snowy owl...
1.5 Billion Birds In The U.S. Have Been Saved By Air Pollution Reduction
When we think about air quality, we tend to focus on our own needs. The fact of the matter is, regulations to improve air quality have been in place for decades, and now, we are beginning to see some of the hidden benefits. This includes a study by scientists at the University of Oregon and Cornell. It was published in the National Academy Of Sciences of the United States Of America last fall and it shows how someone 1.5 million birds in the U.S. have been saved over the past four decades as a result of reducing ozone pollution. Most of us...
New Whale Species Found In Gulf Of Mexico Is Already Critically Endangered
Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have just identified a new baleen whale species in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The elusive whale species is hard to study because they spend most of their time underwater and away from the coastline. While the new Bryde’s‐like whale species was just identified, it was first discovered by biologists in the 1990’s but believed to be Bryde’s whales. A recent article posted in Marina Mammal Science reveals the research process and details of the...
Happy Tails: Meet Some Of The PawsXPacific Flight Passengers You Helped Fly To Forever Homes
On Oct. 29, 2020, you helped us make history by supporting PawsXPacific, the rescue flight that transported 600 Hawaiian cats and dogs across the ocean on a chartered C-130 cargo plane. Many animals on board had languished for months in overcrowded island shelters, but your generous donations helped us fly them to safety in Seattle, where they were distributed to shelters around the Pacific Northwest. Read on for heartwarming stories from some of the four-legged passengers traveling on board PawsXPacific, many of whom were adopted within days...
Boy Scouts Made Portable Winter Shelters For Stray Cats From Storage Totes
The world needs more people who are kind to stray animals. That is why it’s so lovely to see a group of Boy Scouts doing their part to help the feral cats and kittens of Atlanta, Georgia stay warm during the wintertime. High school student and Boy Scout, Tyrell Cooper, and his troop, Troop 3310, undertook a DIY project in which they created insulated cat shelters. These “feline abodes,” as he referred to them, were then donated to LifeLine Animal Project, which does its part to protect stray cats and kittens living on the...
Trinny’s Rescue Story
This is Trinny. PHOTO: Jillian O’Brien I found her at a local shelter on a weekend in September of 2003. She was half the weight she should have been, had an upper respiratory infection that resulted in an emergency ER visit later that night and she was very spooked by everything. I was told I would only be allowed to adopt her if she was the only animal in the house and I didn’t have any children. I checked off both boxes and home we went. I later came to find out that Trinny has a .22 caliber bullet lodged in her backside, so...
Help Us Make a Touchdown For Rescued Animals In The 6th Annual Shelter Bowl
On February 7, millions of Americans will tune in to watch the NFL’s top teams compete for the league’s championship ring. But here at the Animal Rescue Site, we have a different tradition – The Shelter Bowl – which provides free meals to hungry shelter pets across the United States. Our goal this year is to raise $50,000 for animals in need. Now in its 6th year, the Shelter Bowl was founded by our nonprofit partner, Greater Good Charities, which distributes nutritious meals to hungry shelter pets through their...
Serious Gorilla Dad Orders Hilarious Prankster Son To Stop Goofing Around
This story originally appeared at Shareably. When you think of a Silverback Gorilla, the word hilarious might not be the first thing to come to mind. The word “serious” on the other hand, would probably seem more fitting- unless you work in a zoo. Meet Oumbi! He’s a Silverback Gorilla that you wouldn’t necessarily want to encounter in the wild! He’s one of the residents at the Twycross Zoo in Norton Juxta Twycross in Leicestershire in the UK. He’s the father of a clever little Lope- an ape with a serious...
The World’s Tallest Dog, Freddy The Great Dane, Passes Away At Age 8
The world’s tallest dog, Freddy the Great Dane, passed away at the age of 8 in his home surrounded by his family. His mom, Claire Stoneman, announced the sad news on social media saying, “I’m so so so so unbelievably sad to say that Freddy has passed today. He was my world. My heart Dane. The bestest biggest boy ever and loved his followers so much. There’s a hole that can’t be filled. Fly high my amazing big brave boy.” Freddy held the Guinness World Record for the tallest dog in the world and oldest Great...
Special Needs Dog Is Still Looking For Forever Home After Being Stood Up By Potential Adopter
A 9-month-old American bully with spina bifida is still looking for a forever home after being stood up by a potential adopter. The adorable pup was rescued by Peaches Bully Rescue, an Ohio-based rescue dedicated to saving bully breeds, and named Jack. After receiving emergency vet care, he was taken in by a loving foster family. Jack is a typical puppy who loves to play and meet new people, but has limited mobility and needs to wear a diaper. Photo: Facebook/Peaches Bully Rescue “He has so much to offer a family and so much love to...
Check out these Return to Home resources
Return to Home (traditionally known as Return to Owner) is one of the most important programs you can have in place. We hope the first thing you do when finding a lost or stray pet is to try and find its home. Whether or not you’re participating in the No Place Like Home Challenge in March, there is plenty of information to be gleaned from our resources page. Below you will find just a few (of many) that can help when it comes to starting or expanding your own Return to Home programs. Does...
Shelter Names Special Cat After Girl Who’s Been Donating to Rescues Across the Country
This story was originally shared in the Clear the Shelters Adoption Story Challenge on ShelterChallenge.com. Create your own free Shelter Challenge account and vote for your favorite shelter or rescue group to win cash and prizes. Every time you vote we’ll give an extra donation to shelters! At the end of July, we received a card and letter from a young lady in Pennsylvania. Her name is Avery, and she is amazing. Avery took her love of animals and started a fundraising page. She then took those donations and purchased gift cards, which...
Foster Fails and Best Buddies Adopted Together: Rescue Cat Success Stories
These stories were originally shared in the Clear the Shelters Adoption Story Challenge on ShelterChallenge.com. Create your own free Shelter Challenge account and vote for your favorite shelter or rescue group to win cash and prizes. Every time you vote we’ll give an extra donation to shelters! Shelter Volunteer Can’t Help But Have a Foster Kitten Fail I fostered these two felines from Huntsville Animal Services located in Huntsville, Alabama. They were sickly and underweight. It was a foster failure; I adopted both. PHOTO: KAREN...
Drone Captures The Moment A Giant Crocodile Leaps From The Water And Snaps At It
Crocodiles are not an animal to be messed with, even from behind the safety of a drone as one man found out. Johani Mamid is a crocodile feeder, but he also frequently films the majestic predators at the Crocodile Park in Broome, Western Australia. He uses a drone since it’s a pretty safe way of getting close to the crocs without much risk. At least, that’s what he initially thought. However, he was in for quite the shock when one of the crocodiles he was filming tried to attack his drone. As shocking a moment as it was when the...
Woman Sets Up Camera To Figure Out Why She Can’t Sleep And Discovers Her Cat Is Pawing Her All Night
Cats can be quite the little pests – especially when it’s the middle of the night and you’ve got to get your sleep but your cat has other ideas. As cat owners, we’ve all been there. Still, as much as our little felines might get under our skin when we’re trying to sleep, we can’t help but love them and their silly ways. One cat owner named Susie, who has the username @susieandmollie on TikTok, had been experiencing some major sleep disruptions. But she couldn’t figure out what was going on, so she...
Pet Cow Loves To Watch Her Favorite TV Show Every Day
Humans love watching TV. And we all have our different preferences when it comes to TV shows. But we’re not the only ones – sometimes animals have their own TV obsessions, as viewers of This Morning found out. Apparently, there is a 10-month old calf named Honey who has an obsession watching The Chase. How cute is that? The sweet little calf was born via C-section on a farm in Cornwood, Devon in England. When Honey was born, she was quite weak. In fact, she wasn’t much bigger than the size of a terrier, which meant that it...
Muskoxen Are Growing In Population After Facing Near Extinction
Muskoxen are quite interesting animals who have been around for ages. In fact, their species have been known to have existed in prehistoric times and shared the world with wooly mammoths and sabertooth tigers! Having been around for at least 2.5 million years, these muskoxen traveled across the Bering Strait land bridge into North America roughly 2 million years ago. They are some of the only megafaunas from the arctic region that have lasted this long – apart from reindeer – as other animals like wooly mammoths, sabertooth...
Do Cats Get High From Catnip?
It’s always fun to watch a cat under the influence of catnip. The herb seems to get them in a silly and sometimes spaced out mood. But why? What is it about this mysterious herb that gets cats behaving like they’re high? Catnip is officially called Nepeta cataria, and it’s an herb within the mint family. It’s common around many parts of the world, however, it’s originally from parts of Asia and Europe. It can be often found growing as a weed beside roads. Because it is drought-resistant, a lot of people will...
US Bird Removed From The Endangered Species List After Populations Found Thriving
The interior least tern is a bird that was classified on the Endangered Species list. They are the smallest bird of the tern family, weighing only two ounces. The species suffered from many different threats. Back in the 19th century, they were hunted down for their feathers which were used in hat making. In addition to that, their nesting habitat along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers were virtually destroyed with dam and levee construction. But as of the 12th of January, there is exciting news. These birds are now able to leave the list...
