People Are Riding And Feeding Friendly Dolphin Off Texas Coast, Putting Its Life At Risk
Thousands of dolphins are killed every year due to boat strikes, becoming entangled in fishing gear, and countless other human actions. The only way wild animals can stay “wild” is if humans keep their distance. When animals become reliant on people for food and are not afraid to approach them, it becomes dangerous for both the animal and people. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) biologists are concerned for the health and well-being of a friendly dolphin off the coast of North Padre Island in Texas. Photo:...
Human Animal Support Services in the news a year later
It’s been about a year since the Human Animal Support Services initiative officially launched. Based on the work of the amazing communities involved and the press that continues, we look forward to what the next year has in store! Below are just a handful of recent press articles from communities around the country, all working to reform the old animal sheltering model and to keep people and pets together. Animal Services achieves ‘top’ statusPasco County Animal Services (PCAS) has been recognized for...
Husky Reunited With Owner After Being Kidnapped Months Before
Snow is an adorable little husky pup living in Florida. Unfortunately, she spent two months away from her owner after she fell victim to a dognapping. It was a traumatic ordeal, but the moment that Snow saw her owner again, she was purely elated to be back home. It was as if she’d never been dognapped in the first place. Photo: Facebook/Miami-Dade Police Department As Sergeant Grisell Fernandez of the Miami-Dade Police Department shared with The Dodo, Snow’s disappearance is still under investigation. However, it was quite...
Dog Seen Attached To The Outside Of An RV During Scorching Heat Wave
Heather Peters was out and about when she saw an RV. While that’s not unusual in and of itself, what was attached to the outside of the RV was horrible. The driver had attached a dog crate to the rear of his RV and put his dog inside of it for the drive. Not only was the dog at high risk of injury and death from a fender-bender, but the scorching hot weather threatened heat stroke. Photos of the animal and RV spotted in Abbotsford, British Columbia were posted on social media for others to see, and Heather encouraged everyone to report...
Sneaky Dog Steals Half A Pizza While No One’s Watching
Dogs are some of the most intelligent creatures walking this planet. In fact, it sometimes feels like they play dumb to try and get one over on us. If your dog is anything like ours, they are definitely the type to try and underplay their intelligence for reasons like this one. When our dogs get hungry, it is like their sneaky side activates even more, and that seems to be what happened with one dog at an outdoor concert. Photo: YouTube/ViralHog “We were sitting watching the bands play on stage when we saw a dog come up to sniff the...
Policeman Rescues Dog Tied To A Mile Marker
For those of us who have a love of dogs and perhaps even have a dog in our home, there are stories that sometimes break our hearts. Perhaps that is where this story was going, but it ended on a very positive note. It happened in Greenport when a police officer saw a little dog tied to a mile marker. That dog, who is now known as Fern, had been abandoned but she is now living in a forever home with her rescuer. According to a Facebook post shared by the North Fork Animal Welfare League, “officer Crosser and his wife have officially...
Severely Abused Puppy Gets Justice
When we hear about somebody who abuses their dog, it makes our blood boil. When we hear about what Amber Sunde did to her dog, however, there are no words for it. She was caught abusing her puppy in Detroit, beating it and trying to throw it in a river. Fortunately, the Utica Police Department was able to get there in time and stop it from happening. The abuse was so bad that people saw her throwing the puppy, who had two broken legs and a skull fracture, into the Clinton River. The puppy was able to make it out of the river a number of times...
Bloodhound K-9 Sniffs Out Missing 6-Year-Old Girl And Her Abductor
Six-year-old Kinzleigh Reeder has been missing since May 26th, but thanks to the powerful nose of a bloodhound K-9 named Fred she is finally safe. Rutherford County Sheriff’s bloodhound and his handler, Deputy Richard Tidwell, joined forces with the department’s drone team, Rutherford County Fire & Rescue, and Holloway DeKalb County deputies to search for the missing girl. The girl went missing over a month ago after her father, Nicholas Reeder, allegedly abducted her. Fred was brought in to help track down Kinzleigh and her...
10 Dogs Wearing Wigs
Dogs are pretty good sports when it comes to dressing up. They allow their owners to do all kinds of silly costumes, hats, and wigs. Lately, the hashtag #dogwig has been making the rounds on social media as more dog owners find it hilarious to emulate hair on their furbabies’ heads. Naturally, the results are hilarious. Dogs have those big brown eyes that somehow look so sad and embarrassed when they’ve got something like a wig on their heads. Photo: Instagram/sybilthedobe Check out our top 10 favorites below: 1) Let me speak to a...
Puppy Wakes Up Extra Early So He Can Go Swimming In His New Pool
Are you a morning person? Some of us are, and some of us aren’t. More than likely, those of us who have pets have become morning people just by virtue of our pets preferring to get up bright and early. 9-month-old Oaklie is a silver Labrador who enjoys the routine of getting up at the crack of dawn. Apparently, this playful pup asked his owner to let him outside as early as 6:30 in the morning. While his owner assumed that he wanted out so early to access the facilities, that was not the case. As it turned out, what Oaklie really wanted...
