We're treated to a rare behind-the-scenes peek into the life of a veterinarian in "Tell Me Where It Hurts" as the author, Dr. Nick Trout, takes us with him on a busy day at the huge Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston. Several years of cases and clients are packed into 24 hours to give us an idea of what an animal surgeon might ...
Today, Freekibble.com turns 2-years old! This is a website that a 12-year old Mimi started after volunteering at a local animal shelter and discovering that the shelter didn’t have enough food to feed all of its residents. Mimi decided to make sure that all the dogs and cats in animal shelters could enjoy a meal during their stay there. Due to Mimi’s efforts, Freekibble.com ...
A researcher drawing up a blueprint to attract birds to the suburbs has made an intriguing discovery -- dogs can be good for our feathered friends. Grant Daniels, 22, has surveyed 214 gardens in ten Hobart suburbs and found that those with dogs are more likely to have a healthy population of ground-feeding birds like the superb fairy-wrens. Mr. Daniels, a graduate of the University of ...
Cats and dogs are always made out to be enemies, but this not always so! Enter Napoleon, the English Bulldog who defied the poor swimming skills of his breed to swim deep out into a lake and rescue a burlap sack containing six abandoned kittens. While two of the kittens didn't make it, the other four were nursed back to health, leading ...
Is Ginny a traitor to canine's everywhere, or is she an undisputed hero? The 300 cats who attended her memorial service would probably say the latter, paying homage to a dog who endangered herself on multiple occasions to save dying or stranded cats from peril. On one particularly remarkable occasion, Ginny threw herself against a vertical pipe at a construction site so that it would ...
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