Reductio ad Hitlerum
As formulated in the early days of online forums by Internet attorney Mike Godwin, Godwin’s Law states that: Given enough time, in any online discussion, regardless…
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Ringling Caves!
The elephants are packing their trunks. By any standard, today’s decision by the Ringling Circus to phase out its elephant acts represents a seismic shift in the use of…
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Mother Carries Shot Pit Bull to Safety
It started out as the same hike that Andi Davis does every day to the top of one of the mountains near where she lives in Phoenix, Arizona. But this time, close to the top,…
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Liberators or Terrorists?
When 100 people, mostly women from various rescue groups, rescued 178 beagles from a research lab in Brazil last week, nobody called them terrorists. The five security officers…
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Do Pets Prevent Sudden Death in Children with Epilepsy?
A group of Brazilian researchers wondered if the presence of a pet in the home of a child with epilepsy might reduce their risk of dying from SUDEP. They found that of the 1,092…
The Right Music for Cats
Greyhound Shock Angers Australians
Holiday Gift for Elephant Music Lovers
The Yeti Bear
NRA Lobbyist Shoots Elephant on NBC Show
Hard to know what to say about this one. I mean, where do you even begin with a major TV network airing an episode of its…
The Great Dachshund Dash
Ninety-six dachshunds made a run for it, last weekend, in Washington D.C.’s Federal Triangle, raising $2,000 for the Washington Humane Society. It was the 2nd Annual…
Dick Cheney’s Latest Gun Malfunction
Last time Dick Cheney had a gun problem, he shot his hunting partner in the face, neck and chest. The man suffered a heart attack, but…
Macaw Tells His Friend to ‘Ssh!’
The priceless moment is when this Harlequin Macaw, who’s trying to figure out who exactly the bird in the mirror is, calls out to him and…
This Time It’s for Real?
Toka checks out her travel crate After more than two years of false starts, this time, everyone seems agreed that the three elephants at the Toronto…
Prince William’s Guard Dogs
It’s hard to know what to make of Britain’s Prince William and his relationship to animals. One day he’s out hunting them. (The whole family loves…
Now You See It, Now You … Huh?
It’s an ocean bush. No, wait, it’s some kind of white projectile. Or … did it just turn into a pancake? This is the video that…
Where Homeless Dogs Are off the Charts
If you think homeless pets have it bad in some cities in the United States, you “ain’t seen nothin’.” In Bucharest, a relatively small city of…
Top Wildlife Photos
A Bottlenose dolphin surfs the tunnel of a giant wave. “In the Living Room” by George Karbus is the winner of this year’s British Wildlife Photography…
Kittens on Slides
Lots of kittens; lots of sliding. [readon] And how to foster kittens. One mama who really gets it.
Chickens Flying High – Literally!
They’ve spent their whole lives in tiny cages, unable even to spread their wings. But now thousands of them are flying high – to sanctuaries all…
The Great Cockroach Escape
They call it “traditional medicine.” The million-and-a-half cockroaches in a backyard greenhouse-like facility were going to be ground up and the cockroach “extract” sold as a…
Fish and Sparrows Prefer Bach
Can you tell your Bach from your Stravinsky? The French audience that first heard Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring in Paris in 1913 hated it and almost…
Elephant on Trampoline
Enough with the dogs and goats and bears and kittens. Here comes the heavyweight: (P.S. Yes, yes, it’s just C.G.)
My Three-Eyed Cat?
What is this? Take a guess and then read on:
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Jersey, a chimpanzee at Save the Chimps, is busy checking herself out in a mirror – not very different from what you or I do when…
Carriage Horse Owner Admits Lying to Public
The horse on the left is not the real Jerry As the old game show used to say: Will the real carriage horse Jerry please stand…