Dog Rescued from 200 Foot Deep Quarry
Gresham, Oregon – If you lost your pet, you would look everywhere for her. That’s what Tammy Johnson and her daughter Jennifer did when their dog, Daisy, went missing. One place they never expected to find her, however, was on a ledge 50 feet below the edge of a 200-foot-deep rock quarry. No one knows […]
Untrained House Dog Finds Missing Child
Prescott, Wisconsin – Autumn is an 8-year-old golden retriever. She is a family pet who has never been trained for search and rescue. In addition, she’s a little chunky at 75 pounds. Nevertheless, on July 4 she did what hundreds of searchers had been unable to do for over 20 hours – she found a […]
New Epilepsy Gene Located In Dogs
A new epilepsy gene for idiopathic epilepsy in Belgian Shepherds has been found in the canine chromosome 37. The research of Professor Hannes Lohi and his group conducted at the University of Helsinki and the Folkhälsan Research Center opens new avenues for the understanding of the genetic background of the most common canine epilepsies. The […]
The Importance Of Protecting Wolves: Video
A great video about why we should protect wolves.
War Veterans Help Train Wolf-Dogs At California Rescue Center
LOS ANGELES – It’s been three months since a California animal rescue center retrieved 29 wolf-dogs from an Alaska tourist attraction that had fought the state over owning, breeding and selling the wolf-hybrids. Chains were so deeply embedded in the necks of two of the animals that they had to be surgically removed. Many developed […]
Pet Spending Passes $50 Billion Per Year
Americans spent $50.96 billion on their pets in 2011. That’s an all-time high and the first time in history more than $50 billion has gone to the dogs, cats, canaries, guppies and the like, the American Pet Products Association said in a report issued Thursday. Food and vet costs accounted for about 65 percent of […]
Dogs Understand Us Better Than Any Other Animal
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 […]
Detection Dogs Used To Find Pythons In Everglades: Video
Brought to Florida by the exotic pet trade, and set free in the Everglades, the Southeast Asian snakes are normally about 12 feet long but can reach lengths of up to 19 feet. Opportunistic eaters, pythons have all but wiped out marsh rabbits, opossums, and raccoons in the southern region of Everglades National Park, according […]
Stray Dog Stops Prison Break In Paraguay
ASUNCION, Paraguay – A stray dog is getting credit for thwarting a prison break in Paraguay. Officials say three dangerous inmates dug a 26-foot tunnel leading from their cell to the street, and were about to break free just before dawn Friday. That’s when the stray started doing what comes naturally – barking – which […]