Award-winning actress and pet parent Felicity Huffman has teamed up with Iams Home for the Holidays to help raise awareness for the millions of homeless dogs and cats throughout North America. Home for the Holidays has set a goal to place 1 million orphaned animals into happy and loving homes during this year’s holiday season [...]
Everyone has an opinion about what kind of dog the Obamas should take to the White House.
Rescue a homeless dog, advise adoption shelters. Think poodle, says the American Kennel Club, which ran an online survey. Radio talk and Internet comments run the gamut from serious pet-care advice to un-PC jabs.
In his election night address, Barack [...]
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Tens of thousands of animals throughout Europe are kept in cruel conditions because zoos fail to apply EU rules on standards of care and the laws themselves are unclear, an animal welfare coalition said on Wednesday.
Zoos often fall short of providing proper space, nutrition and mental stimulation for the animals, said ENDCAP, a pan-European coalition [...]
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The wolf battle continues!
On Chuck Becker’s cattle farm in north-central Minnesota, wolves can cause his animals to run through fences and become crippled. Some are eaten alive.
Before, Becker could trap or shoot the wolves to protect his cattle. The state even reimbursed him for the animals killed by the wolves, provided that he had proof.
But [...]
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Wow. This article illustrates the law of unintended consequences. Who would have thought that a benign hot-air balloon would become a chicken’s mortal enemy?
Abbi Vincent-Lloyd said she lost 30 hens on days when balloons were flying low over her Herefordshire farm.
She claimed the stress of seeing the enormous balloons overhead [...]
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The Humane Society of Dallas County’s shelter has stopped accepting surrendered animals for the first time in its 30-year history because of financial problems.
The no-kill shelter, Dog and Kitty City, is facing a double whammy: Donations have fallen roughly 75 percent since last year and adoptions have dropped 25 percent as fewer people [...]
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A measure that would ban farmers from raising egg-laying hens, veal calves and pregnant pigs in small cages and crates by 2015 appeared to be headed for victory this morning.
Supporters of Proposition 2 said the initiative would guarantee farm animals a better life, giving them the space they need to stand up, turn [...]
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When you take a look at this photograph, what do you see? It’s a stupid question, but while most of us are quick to respond with: “it’s a fish, obviously” it seems that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals would give you quite a different answer. They would tell you that this slimy little [...]
A baby colobus monkey named Darby was born at the Denver Zoo on Oct. 15 and can now be seen, weather permitting, with the rest of its troop in the Primate Panorama at the zoo.
Darby, like all colobus monkey infants, is all white — in contrast to the adults, which are mostly black with [...]
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A frisky squirrel caused a 1 ½-hour power outage affecting 800 customers including the Indian River County Library and Courthouse on Thursday morning, city power officials said.
The outage slowed - but didn’t stop - early voting at the library. During the outage, early voting went on by flashlight. Further information about how the votes [...]
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