“Deeply reported and vividly told, Brookshire’s exploration of our most reviled animal neighbours will forever change how you see nature and our relationship to it.”—Riley Black. By Zazie Todd PhD This month, the Animal Book Club is reading Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains by Bethany Brookshire. From the publisher, “An engrossing and revealing study […]
Bindi Irwin’s Daughter Grace Is Already an Animal ‘Expert’
Image:Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images If you need help at the Australia Zoo, find someone dressed in Steve Irwin’s famous khaki. And, yes, that includes the littlest member of the team, Bindi Irwin’s daughter Grace Warrior! The 3-year-old knows just as much about animals as anyone else at the zoo and loves sharing her animal facts with […]
Diana Penty stresses importance of animal adoption with PETA India’s campaign
Diana Penty, who is a true blue animal lover, has joined hands with PETA India and World for All to promote the adoption of dogs from animal shelters and streets. She urged the importance of adopting dogs and cats, instead of buying them from pet shops and breeders.Diana Penty, who has an adopted indie dog […]
Denny’s faces mounting pressure to eliminate crates for pigs, Reuters reports
Yesterday, following collaboration with Animal Equality, global media outlet Reuters reported on the increasing pressure Denny’s is receiving to end the use of crates for pregnant pigs. The corporation is currently facing a growing nationwide campaign by Animal Equality and an upcoming investors meeting on May 15 for a shareholder vote on the issue. A […]
Topping Up | My Shetland
All the animals had their breakfast and were in the fields I wanted them to be in for the day, so I made a dash into town (Lerwick) for some last minute messages. The Eurovision Song Contest is on Saturday so I need to be prepared. I popped into Jamieson’s Knitwear and topped up the […]
Animal shelters in southern Alberta over capacity
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – Animal shelters across the province are finding themselves frequently at capacity — or more. Making things worse is a rise of pet owners abandoning or surrendering their pets. The Pincher Creek Humane Society got a nasty surprise earlier this week: Monday, staff arrived at work to discover two abandoned huskies tied to […]
Rana Daggubati says his ‘Rana Naidu’ character looked decent after ‘Animal’ release
Rana Daggubati, in a recent podcast, said that his character web series ‘Rana Naidu’ looked ‘decent’ when ‘Animal’ released. In a podcast called ‘Rawtalks’, Rana Daggubati recollected how the audience did not like ‘Rana Naidu’ when it came out. “Everyone was freaking the hell out. Then ‘Animal’ released. Then I was like, ‘Hey, now I […]
Taos animal shelter places longest resident in foster program
Courtesy | Stray Hearts Animal Shelter TAOS, N.M. (KRQE) – 976 days, that’s how long one dog at a Taos animal shelter has been held but this week she took a huge step toward finding her forever home. Stray Hearts Animal Shelter in Taos has placed three-year-old Mia in a foster-to-adopt program meaning she is one […]
Why?
A little known fact – Lambie has to sit in old bonfires. It’s his thing. When he was younger, he did exactly the same thing but that one was still warm, so he sported a singed wool look for a while, which was a bit different. This bonfire, hopefully, is not hot enough to do […]
The Geronimo Animal Rescue Team is trying to save pets, strays on the San Carlos Apache Reservation
Coverage of tribal natural resources is supported in part by Catena Foundation Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ Two stray dogs were fed with canned pet food on the San Carlos Apache Reservation. Julie Cassadore fed a couple of strays by pouring two cans of dog food onto the concrete ground outside a metal-sided warehouse that the nonprofit Geronimo […]