Shelter Rescues Injured Animal—Turns Out To Be World’s First Dog-Fox Hybrid
Article written by Alice Gibbs Originally published by News Week (Fri, Sep 15, 2023) Wildlife enthusiasts and scientists alike have been astonished at the discovery of the world’s first dog-fox hybrid in Brazil. The jaw-dropping discovery began in 2021 when an animal rescue team was dispatched to reports of an injured animal in Vacaria, Rio […]
Dog owner charged with animal cruelty after abandoning pet at US airport to go on holiday
Originally published by Euronews Green with APTN (Fri, Aug 25, 2023) A woman abandoned her dog at a Pennsylvania airport before flying to a resort, officials say. A woman accused of intentionally abandoning her dog at the airport has been charged with animal cruelty and related charges. Allison Lyn Gaiser, 44, tried to bring her French bulldog […]
Zoos Not The Place For Wild Animals: Tiger Gets Coronavirus At New York Zoo
A tiger held in captivity at the Bronx Zoo, in New York, has fallen ill with the coronavirus. Chief veterinarian at the zoo, Dr Paul Calle, believes that she caught it from a zookeeper. Nadia, the four-year-old Malayan tiger, lives with four other tigers in the zoo’s Tiger Mountain enclosure. All but one of them […]
Washington lays down the law on wildlife trafficking
A 71-year-old man is one of the first to be charged under a new ivory-trade law in the US state of Washington after authorities seized 1,600 items, suspected of containing ivory. The man was caught following an undercover operation, in which a detective responded to an online advert on Craigslist – which detailed the sale […]
Online registry of animal abusers, a lifetime victory for animal welfare in North Carolina
A landmark proposal has been tabled in the US state of North Carolina to create an online registry of people convicted of animal abuse. This would be similar to the state’s sex offender registry – that would enable citizens to find out if there is a convicted animal abuser in their neighborhood, or to double-check […]
Global outrage over kangaroo locked in tiny cage
A petting zoo in the US has caused global public outrage after a video emerged of a kangaroo locked inside of a tiny cage. Amid concerns that it might be sedated, the animal walks back and forth inside the cage, occasionally pushing its nose through the wire. The cage is located in an outside pen […]
Tied up dog left to starve in airport garage for days
There is no such thing as an ’animal lover’ who ties up a dog in a Dallas airport garage and leaves it to starve for four days. This is what former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Frank Shamrock did, when he could not find someone to look after his mother’s dog. He tied Zelda, a […]
Gruesome cat cannibalism report emerges
A watchdog report released this week claims that US government scientists have been participating in disturbing and gruesome experiments on cats, including feeding their remains to health laboratory cats for “research”. Other experiments carried at the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) lab in Maryland included feeding dog remains to cats, and injecting cat remains into mice. […]
