Cats, Dogs to Get Rights in Russia
A new bill will require basic conditions for the keeping, walking and euthanasia of dogs and cats. Provisions include that: Cats and dogs will be classified…
Belgium Plans Mandatory Spay-Neuter for Cats
Last year, more than than one-third of the country’s 37,000 strays were killed in shelters. So the Belgian government has come up with a plan by…
Happiness Is a Warm Puppy
How a dog helped a patient in psychotherapy rediscover her true emotions. “Animals have a way of triggering the deep imprisoned emotions of love, kindness, trust, value and playfulness,” explains psychologist Dr. Ruby Benjamin.
The Ghost of Oreo
A dead dog continues to haunt New York City and the no-kill movement. By Michael Mountain Oreo was a pit bull dog, abused by a young…
Blind Kitty Lost in S.F. Turns Up in NYC
Why do cats do mysterious things? Jack Daniels at the New York City shelter. (Photo by NYC AC&C) The rule of thumb is very simple. Any…
A Matter of Animal Taste
Cats don’t have a sweet tooth … and other tasty facts. Of your five senses, taste and smell are the oldest. They evolved first because it’s…
‘Naïve’ Students Hold Record Adoption
Blow away previous 25-pet record with 131 adoptions Lauren Gray (left) and Patty Dingman with two freshly neutered foster kittens. Since black kittens frequently get overlooked…
Red Cross Calls Pit Bull a Hero
Dog who would have been banned, saves family. It’s a good thing Elkhart County, Indiana, didn’t go ahead with its plan to ban pit bulls. Thor…
Long Island Town Repeals Dog Ban
Dog lovers turnout impresses lawmakers The Board of Trustees in the incorporated village of Rockville Centre, NY unanimously voted on July 20 to repeal the law…
Tortoise’s Not-So-Long Journey
Two years and a mile and a half later Lottie the tortoise is home safely — two years later and a mile and a half down the…
Dog Takes Communion (Gasp)
Just a storm in a wineglass, say churchgoers St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Toronto, Canada, doesn’t like turning people away. So when Donald Keith was told…
Pudgie Would Be Barking
Where it’s illegal to surgically de-bark dogs Pudgie never liked Keith Olbermann. Whenever Olbermann’s news show, Countdown, came on on MSNBC, he would race back and forth between the…
New Life, Love for Rescued Monkeys and Beagles
More than 170 animals freed from bankrupt laboratory For years, they had no names; only numbers. But on July Fourth they became known Liberty and Star…
Kitten Survives from China to Canada
Now named Mandarin, she was locked in a shipping crate for 45 days, first on a cargo boat across the Pacific, and then overland to Calgary. The rest…
Rescued after Four Days in Tree
Chewy the cat raced up a tree when she came face to face with a raccoon in her backyard. Then he wouldn’t come down. The family…
Dog to Her Friend: ‘You Can Do It!’
In West Palm Beach, Florida, they’re calling it “the incredible journey.” The starving male pit bull – no more than 30 pounds – was staggering through…
Ayatollah Says No to Pet Dogs
Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has issued a “fatwa” — or religious ruling — saying that keeping dogs as pets is not to be tolerated.…
Whose Side are the Dogs On?
Maybe he was thinking that as part of its budget-cutting austerity measures, the Greek government would neuter its spay/neuter programs for the stray dogs of Athens.…
‘Ugliest’ Dog Goes to Heaven
Miss Ellie, winner of the “World’s Ugliest Dog Contest” in 2009, has gone over the Rainbow Bridge. This little sweetheart had been campaigning tirelessly on behalf…
Are Humans the Only Animals that Keep Pets?
In this monthly blog, psychologist and author Hal Herzog, Ph.D., discusses some of the quirks and anomalies of our relationships to our fellow animals. Why don’t animals…