Rarely Seen Pacific Football Fish Washes Ashore In Southern California
Ben Estes was strolling along the beach at Crystal Cove State Park in California when he stumbled upon something rarely seen on shore – a perfectly preserved deep-sea anglerfish. Davey’s Locker Sportfishing & Whale Watching shared photos of the discovery on their Facebook page and wrote, “Not something we pulled onto the boat today but still an AMAZINGLY RARE FIND.” Photo: Facebook/Davey’s Locker Sportfishing & Whale Watching State park rangers were informed of the finding and identified the 18-inch fish...
What to do if you lose or find a pet
Did you know that what we don’t know about lost pets can hurt them? It’s true! We recently updated one of the most popular articles on our site about this very topic. Kat Albrecht-Thiessen, the article author is a former police officer, field training officer, police detective, and K9 (police bloodhounds and cadaver dogs) trainer turned pet detective. In this very in-depth article, she covers everything you need to know from how lost pets behave, where to look, resources to utilize and more. In the article, Albrecht-Thiessen...
Abandoned Pregnant Dog Covered In Ticks Makes An Incredible Transformation
When rescuers first received a message about the dog in question, things did not look good for this animal. She was alive, but barely. As they got closer to the dog, they realized that she was covered in bumps. When they looked closer, they saw the bumps were actually ticks! By the time the rescuers got to her, Tika was barely able to even stand up. She still recognized that the rescuers had her best interests at heart and gladly went with them. Photo: YouTube/Animal Rescue Dogs Photo: YouTube/Animal Rescue Dogs The local clinics were not...
Mom Lets Dog Out And It Returns With A Cow
If there is one thing that we envy about dogs, it is their ability to make new friends. We never seem to know what they are up to but they are far more wholesome than we could ever realize. Take the dog in this story, for instance. While this mother’s alarm bells were probably going off when the animal did not come back when they were called for, they had a very good reason to ignore her. The mom explained the situation in the video below, saying, “I let the dog outside and didn’t close the front door. She didn’t come...
Australian Shepherd Does A Figure Eight Around Traffic Cones While Riding a Skateboard
This Australian Shepherd named Rush is one of the coolest animals that we have ever seen. If we told you what he had done here, you would think that we made it up. Thankfully, there’s a video to prove it! The fact is, Rush can ride a skateboard. It’s like something out of a cartoon, but the video is real and it is spectacular. It only takes him a couple of tries to nail a perfect figure eight. As you might expect, it took him a while to get the hang of it. Photo: Instagram/spadaccinimarco He spent time practicing, like in the...
Golden Retriever Rescues Stray Kitten And Steps In As Its New Mom
Dogs are tough animals to forget once you have met them. They have such a huge capacity for love and friendship. As we all know, these animals have the ability to love unconditionally. As demonstrated on multiple occasions, when dogs see another animal who is in trouble, they do not hesitate to jump in and save the day. One golden retriever decided to do just that when she came upon a little stray kitten in need of some help. The poor kitten seemed to be abandoned and wouldn’t have survived long on her own. The dog seemed to...
Small Dog Gets A Spa Day After Years Of Neglect
When one poor, tiny dog was being neglected and forced to live in a small cage, Sabine wasn’t about to let the dog suffer any longer. Rescuer Sabine confronted the dog’s owner about Mimi, who had been living in a cage for two years. The owner explained that they’d had a new baby and could no longer bother with Mimi, so she stayed in the cage. Apparently, they were worried that Mimi would end up getting their child sick. Photo: Facebook/The Dodo After spending a month begging her owners to turn the animal over, the owner...
The Irish President’s Dog Steals The Show During A Speech
There are some moments that get caught on video that we wish had never been recorded – and then there are wholesome moments like the TV interview in which Ireland’s president, Michael D. Higgins. The president was giving a TV interview with RTÉ when he got upstaged. But the one doing the interrupting happened to be his very own six-month-old Bernese mountain dog, Misneach. In the video footage, the sweet little pup was playfully chewing and licking Higgins’ hand while he spoke to cameras. It was clear that the dog...
New Homeowner Finds Cats Living In The Walls
When we move into a new home, we often expect to find things that were left behind. At times, some of those items may be unwanted and perhaps even something that we get frustrated over because we have to get rid of them for the former owners. For a man who moved into a home in England recently, however, what he found was quite different. It was not long after he moved into the new home that he found a cat. She was left behind by the previous owner and was living in the walls of the home. In fact, she had been living there for a few weeks....
US Navy Veteran Is Reunited With His Stolen Therapy Dog
When we have a special dog in our life, they mean more to us than any of our possessions. Perhaps that is why James Booth felt the way that he did after his car was stolen. Although he was concerned about the automobile, it was Ladybug, his therapy dog, that he worried about more than anything else. Ladybug is a therapy dog for Booth, who is a Navy veteran living in Minnesota. She is a mix of a retriever, pitbull, and Shar-Pei and has been a part of his life for 10 years, according to a local news station, KARE11. Photo: Twitter/Saint Paul...
