Romney Donor Barbecued Dog
Fred Malek, the president of Marriott Hotels, is a big donor to Mitt Romney. But Dogs Against Romney, a grassroots organization, has dug up a story…
Two More Horses Dead in Race Horror
Yet another disaster yesterday at a big horse race. At the U.K.’s infamous Grand National, where the contestants race around a dangerous obstacle course, two of…
Teenage Girl Risks Life, Saves 25 Horses
Ignoring warnings from her stepdad, 15-year-old Madison Wallraf dashed into a burning stable on Wednesday night and rescued 25 horses from the blazing fire. Taking the reins of the terrified horses – in some cases just throwing ropes over them to lead them out – the 4-foot-10 girl guided as many as possible to safety.
FDA to Drug Companies: Stop Dosing Food Animals with Antibiotics
The Food and Drug Administration has finally called on drug companies to limit the use of antibiotics in farm animals, a practice that is contributing to…
Another Chicken Factory Farm Busted
In the latest undercover investigation into animal abuse at factory farms, we see, in the same cages as living chickens, birds who have been dead so…
The Elephant on Mars
A sanctuary on Mars for elephants spirited out of zoos by Bob Barker? No, just the latest “face” seen in hi-res photos from Mars. This one…
Iowa Governor Defends Pink Slime
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is on massive damage control in the wake of public revulsion to the idea of “pink slime” in their beef. Wearing a…
Fox’s Mole and Romney’s Horses
Political pundits are twittering about the Fox News mole who’s sending gossip to Gawker. The mole’s first dispatch: Mitt Romney chatting “off camera” with Hannity about…
Titanic – a Tale for Our Time
Lots of talk this week about the 100th anniversary of the maiden – and final – voyage of Titanic. It’s an ever-fascinating morality tale of human…
Pastor Brings Caged Lion to Church Sermon
The pastor of a Texas mega-church used a live lion in a small cage and a baby lamb in his arms during his Easter Sunday service.…
Ringling Circus Train Collides with Truck
A Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train collided into a dump truck that had stalled on the train tracks near Knoxville, Tenn. The train…
Why Little Brown Bats Are Sick
The mystery of why millions of bats in North America have been dying over the past several years may be solved. White nose syndrome, as the…
For Dogs Too Fat to Climb the Stairs
This new device is NOT the answer to the problem of Fido being so fat he can’t even climb the stairs. The answer is to lose…
Did a Canadian Navy Sonar Bomb Kill a Beloved Young Orca?
I may have met Little Victoria last summer. I don’t know that for sure, but I certainly met her family. She was a young orca, and her battered body washed up on the beach two months ago. The evidence is that she was killed by a sonar bomb set off by the Canadian Navy.
To Dye, to Die, Aye, There’s the Rub
Astoundingly, the Governor of Florida has signed a bill overturning a 45-year-old ban on dyeing baby chicks. We’re told that this extraordinary step backward was at…
The Sloth Photo Bomb!
For sure, the best photo bomb of the year to date! (And yes, to the very best of our knowledge this is not a piece of…
Champ the Horse Rescues Drowning Filly
Forest Service Volunteer Becky Standridge watched and took photos as a group of wild horses went for a swim in an Arizona creek. One of them,…
Reunited … 16 Years Later!
Poldi the cat went for a walk from his family home in 1996. He reappeared … this week. For months after he disappeared, Poldi’s family searched their Munich, Germany, neighborhood for him. They finally gave up, thinking they would never see him again.
Why Sparrows Are Changing Their Tweets
They found that the pitch of the male white-crowned sparrow song has risen over the years – they’re singing at a higher frequency now in order to be heard better over the lower-frequency growl of passing cars, lawn mowers, etc. Their song overall has changed, too. The two researchers call it “the San Francisco dialect.”
Hundreds of U.K. Military Dogs Killed, Not Retired
There’s outrage in the U.K. over the number of military working dogs who are routinely destroyed, rather than retired, when they return from active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.