Four days after she was “euthanized”, this puppy was found by a shelter worker, struggling to keep her head above the mound of dead dogs in the freezer of a shelter. Today, she visits classrooms to teach children about taking care of their pets
Reading aloud to other people can be stressful for young people. But there’s no better way to gain confidence than by reading to a furry friend!
If you live in the suburbs, you’ve probably heard of someone’s cat being carried off by a coyote. As suburbs have sprawled, coyotes who used to catch wild rabbits have had to start hunting on our streets, where wild rabbits are scarce but house cats are plentiful
The obesity epidemic has expanded beyond pets and humans. Other kinds of animals have been getting larger, and there are new theories that implicate pollution and viruses. Still, the basic facts about good food and exercise haven’t changed.
Did Norton the parrot belong with the family he now lived with? Or with the neighbors who had given him away but now wanted him back? Companion animal custody cases are becoming more common. Check out the judge’s ruling in this one, and tell us if you agree.
How a beloved dog touched a boy’s heart and gave him a new life By Judith A. Proffer With cornflower blue eyes wide as saucers and…
Target survived the mean streets of Afghanistan. She survived a suicide bomber. She was adopted by one of the soldiers, but the one thing she couldn’t survive was an animal shelter here in the United States
Nancy Shaskey never gave up searching, hoping to find her cat, Stickers. Back in 2003, Stickers, then 3 years old, jumped in the back of a…
Left in a book-drop on a freezing winter’s night, Dewey became the world’s most famous library cat. A new book by his librarian and caregiver tells tales of people who wrote to her about how their own lives were changed by the love of a cat
In this Agatha Christie whodunit, the city council did it At the Willamina city library in Oregon, Agatha Christie isn’t a mystery. She’s the beloved, 14-year-old…
Pet ID tags often go out of date and have the wrong info on them. A new website helps you create your own simple tag, keep spares, or pass lots of them around in case of emergency.
A college student in Mexico gets real-life lessons in anthropology — and prejudice — when she learns that white dogs are welcome in well-to-do homes, but brown dogs are not. Animals aren’t just animals; they’re cultural symbols, too
Voters in Missouri said yes to a measure that would put modest restrictions on the puppy mill industry – for example, dogs must be fed at least once a day and see a vet once a year. But now the breeding lobby is fighting back
Missouri voters approved a ballot measure that will place limits on some of the worst aspects of the puppy mill breeding business. When it becomes law,…
Suffolk County, NY, has voted unanimously to establish the nation’s first animal abuse registry. The new law is written along the same lines as federal legislation…
The rescue of hundreds of rabbits from the grounds of the University of Victoria in Canada polarizes a community. Is there hope for the rabbits?
Dogs and mail carriers sometimes have a tense relationship, at best. But here’s the story of a dog who went postal in a good way.
A psychologist explains why the desire to keep pets is like a virus – the most adorable virus ever.
When a French couple set out from Miami two years ago on a trek to the tip of South America, they brought only backpacks, good shoes and idealism. And then along came an orphan kitten.
There are many rituals to say goodbye to people we love, but almost none for beloved pets. At a windy Utah animal sanctuary, a psychotherapist learns to mourn for Peter, a dog who died too soon.