A 2-year-old chihuahua named Pearl has been officially recognized as the world’s shortest dog by Guinness World Records.
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A 2-year-old chihuahua named Pearl has been officially recognized as the world’s shortest dog by Guinness World Records.
Australia has a few million too many cats: feral cats, which kill an estimated two billion animals annually; and outdoor house cats, which whack some 83 million native reptiles and 80 million native birds every year. To address the latter carnage, many municipal councils are imposing nighttime curfews on the furry murderers.
The York Police Department in York, Maine had to retire their comfort dog, Yukon the husky, after only five months on the job. Yukon called it quits after suffering from seizures brought on by stress.
A dog in Caseville, Michigan happened upon a Fitbit in her owner’s bedroom. Being a dog, she sized up the wireless fitness tracker and decided the device was edible.
This week the American Kennel Club crowned the French Bulldog as the most popular dog breed in America, a surprising elevation downgrading the Labrador Retriever to second place. The AKC’s ranking is based on its registration statistics.
The winner of Britain’s ugly dog contest – a 4-year-old Pug and Chinese Crested cross named Peggy – last week received her prize: a pampering makeover session and professional photo shoot at a grooming salon in Beverley, East Yorkshire.
A startup company in the UK is making dog food with a novel ingredient: larvae of the black soldier fly. Tuggs is the brainchild of Harry Bremner, whose 2021 master’s dissertation-cum-business proposal on dog food was so good, his advisor offered to fund it.
A Japanese Youtuber devised an elaborate setup in his aquarium that allows his fish to play a certain Nintendo video game. It was all going swimmingly until the fish went off the reservation, so to speak, and charged a few items to the credit card linked to the game.
A nearly blind, somewhat deaf chihuahua in Camden, Ohio is recognized this week by the Guinness World Records. At 23 years and 44 days old [as of January 20], the dog named Spike has been crowned the world’s oldest canine.
A study out of the University of Michigan finds that seniors who live with pets for five or more years have better cognitive memory than those who live without furry roommates. The researchers point out that their findings show correlation, not necessarily causation, but the case for cause is strong.
The documentary “Wildcat,” in which a young British war veteran suffering from recurrent depression and PTSD seeks solace in the Peruvian rainforest, is a visually beautiful and sensitive portrait of an ecosystem at risk.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has just signed legislation that will ban the sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits at retail pet shops throughout the state, a move intended to end the inhumane conditions rampant in the commercial breeder industry. The ban kicks in December 2024.
When the Johnston-Grimes Metropolitan Fire Department responded to an alarm last week in Grimes, Iowa, they had nothing to do because there was no fire. A security camera revealed who had pulled the alarm.
Winners of this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are in and we think they are in fact funny. The comic possibilities of wildlife tend to fall into set categories. There are the photos of slapstick in progress – a 3-month-old lion cub falling out of a tree, for example, which happens to be this year’s overall winner. “It was probably his first time in a tree and his descent didn't go so well,” said photographer Jennifer Hadley.
Dogue, which is French for “mastiff,” is the brainchild of Rahmi Massarweh and wife Alejandra. At this posh new restaurant in San Francisco’s cool Mission District you can watch your dog wolf down a three course meal for $75.
This week Live Science asks, “Is it safe to give cats milk?” The answer is unequivocal: nope. Kittens start their lives on mother’s milk but most lose the ability to digest lactose as they age. Milk has limited nutritive value, is fatty, and contains phosphates, which are especially hard on cats with kidney issues.
Pine Island, Florida, took a massive hit from Hurricane Ian. The overseers of the Malamu Manu Sanctuary, Will Peratino and partner Lauren Stepp, refused to abandon their island compound, choosing instead to save some 275 parrots (and two lemurs) from a horrible fate.
As Florida continues assessing the damage wrought by Hurricane Ian, there’s one bit of good news: Ernest Hemingway’s Key West home has weathered the storm unscathed and, more importantly, so have the 59 cats that live there.
"We get invited, we show up, and we let the dogs do their work." So says Bonnie Fear, crisis response coordinator for the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry, which sent ten golden retrievers to Uvalde, Texas, site of a school shooting in May.
Turkmenistan’s Alabay - They really like the Central Asian shepherd dog, also known as the Alabay, in Turkmenistan. A new law recently took effect that restricts export of the beloved native breed and requires puppies to be registered in the government’s pedigree book.