Category: Pets

It’s the International Day of the Seal – let’s Celebrate and Save this amazing Marine Mammal

Every year on March 22, the International Day of the Seal promotes the conservation of seals worldwide. It is also a day to celebrate this amazing marine mammal. Seals are not only adorable, but their presence in the world today has a significant impact. They are also the most targeted marine mammal on the planet. […]

Wolverines Could Be Poised for a Comeback in California

A new bill seeks to reintroduce Wolverines – solitary, muscular carnivores and apex predators – to the state’s mountainous regions, where they were hunted, poisoned and trapped into oblivion more than 100 years ago. As the Los Angeles Times reports, wolverines are exceedingly rare in all of the lower 48 states and received federal protection under […]

750-lb Pet Alligator, a “Gentle Giant,” Taken from Hamburg, New York Home

A Western New York community is rallying behind a man who kept an ailing 11-foot, 750-pound alligator in a pool inside his home — where children were invited to swim with the gentle giant. As The New York Post reports, the 34-year-old reptile was seized Wednesday from the Hamburg house, which was decked out with […]

Two Sled Dogs have Died During the Grueling 1,000-mile Iditarod, and Animal Activists Want to Put an End to the Race

Iditarod Sled Dog Race start with dog sled team

Two dogs died over the weekend during Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race, marking the first deaths during the race in five years and renewing calls to end the 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) competition that sees mushers and their canine teams traverse mountain ranges, a frozen river and sea ice — often during treacherous weather. As AP News […]

A Mother Elephant Is Reunited with Her Daughter After Three Years

It’s like a scene out of Dumbo. As One Green Planet reports at three years old, Me-Bai the elephant was ripped from her mother’s side and sold into the Thai tourism industry. The poor young calf was subjected to what is called a “breaking” period and forced to give rides to paying customers day in and day out. […]

Researchers ‘optimistic’ that Manatees are Making a Comeback in Florida, but the Mission is Far From Over

The number of manatees roaming Florida’s rivers, harbors, and coastline has dwindled in recent years, but experts are now ‘cautiously optimistic’ that the population is rebounding. As AccuWeather reports, a sighting of nearly 1,000 manatees at Blue Spring State Park, on a chilly January morning, is the latest sign of a turning point for the gentle giants, […]

Pet Dog, Missing since a 2023 Colorado Avalanche, has been spotted Alive by Trail Cams

Trail cameras have found Ullr, a dog separated from his owner, Jacob Dalbey, following a Colorado avalanche in March 2023.   As People magazine reports, in February, almost a year after a Chair Mountain snowslide separated the Border collie/Rottweiler mix and Dalbey, Ullr was spotted alive by cameras set up by a canine tracking team, […]

Bobi loses Title as World’s Oldest Dog after Guinness Investigation

A dog named Bobi, who’d been deemed the world’s oldest dog last year, had his title posthumously stripped on Thursday by Guinness World Records. As CBS News reports, Guinness suspended the dog’s title in January amid doubts about his age. Bobi, who lived in Portugal until his death last fall, earned the record when he was reportedly 30 years […]

Cadbury Bunny Tryouts Are Back — Here’s How Your Pet Can Win

For more than three decades, the Cadbury Bunny has signaled that Easter and spring are just around the corner. For decades, the ads were simple. Put a bunch of adorable animals in bunny ears and call it a day. But as Food & Wine reports, six years ago, Cadbury turned their long-standing ads on their heads by […]