North Las Vegas, NV — Dozens of animals rescued from deplorable conditions late last month have been euthanized. While some animal advocates are criticizing those actions, The Animal Foundation is standing behind its decision. The shelter says the majority of the 61 animals pulled from a North Las Vegas home were in extremely bad health. [...]
Chimpanzees may be our closest living relatives, but they do not understand us as well as dogs do. The study in the latest issue of PLoS ONE. found that chimpanzees could care less when people pointed to objects, but dogs paid attention and knew precisely what the person wanted. “We think that we are looking [...]
Vetstreet.com has released a list of the top 10 trendiest names for male and female dogs in the last 10 years. The idea for the list came while researchers were putting together the most popular pet names. During this process, they started noticing certain trends, in particular nicknames became more prominent and a move away [...]
Pit bulls seldom garner positive publicity. McDonald’s recently came under fire for an ad that painted the dogs in a less-than-flattering light. Lovers of the breed were outraged that trying a new McDonald’s product was portrayed as less risky than “petting a stray pit bull.” Todd Jagemann of Jamesburg, NJ said he hopes to counter [...]
Dogs and bones. The two are almost inseparable: What dog doesn’t like chewing and then hiding a bone? But a growing number of vets across the country are raising concerns about a popular dog treat that they say is injuring, even killing some pets: Cooked pork bones. Most dogs chew on rawhide bones, which shred [...]
RENO, NEVEDA — Barbara Bagley says she never gave up hope that her dog would be found alive in the Nevada desert after the animal bolted from the scene of a crash that critically injured her and killed her husband. But the Salt Lake City woman endured plenty of frustration until her beloved 4-year-old Shetland [...]
