Emaciated Dog Fighting For His Life After Being Dumped In Shelter’s Parking Lot
On January 29, someone dropping off donations to Kentucky Humane Society noticed an emaciated dog in the parking lot and immediately notified staff. The dying dog was so weak he couldn’t even lift his head and was rushed to the shelter’s Veterinary Services department. He weighed just 38 pounds, over 40 pounds underweight, and was started on IV fluids and wrapped in warm blankets. Photo: Facebook/Kentucky Humane Society “He is the thinnest dog we have ever seen that was still breathing,” wrote the shelter in a blog...
Starting today, join us for 8 great Return to Home huddles!
Starting today and through the end of the month, we are hosting eight huddles that focus on Return to Home practices. While these huddles are meant to be used as part of the No Place Like Home Challenge preparation, anyone can participate and learn more about Return to Home (traditionally known as Return to Owner). Held every Tuesday and Thursday in February, these huddles will have a 20-minute presentation followed by a 20-minute Q&A session (except for the one on technology, which will have four speakers and run a little longer). All...
Twin Polar Bear Cubs Born At Detroit Zoo
Suka, a polar bear living at the Detroit Zoo, has given birth before, but sadly neither cub survived more than a few days. But the third time appears to have been the charm for this mama bear. According to the Detroit Zoo, the 8-year-old bear has given birth to not just one, but two healthy cubs! At time of writing, the twins were 2 months old and quickly growing, leaving caretakers excited about raising their first bear cubs since 2004. But although the cubs are now getting stronger, growing teeth, and even learning to walk, their early days...
Threatened Swan Pete Suddenly Dies, Dealing Another Blow To His Species
The Trumpeter Swan is one of North America’s largest flying birds, but sheer size didn’t save this waterfowl from a near brush with extinction. Fortunately, the swan’s numbers have rebounded in recent years, following wildlife breeding programs and concerted efforts to conserve the bird’s rapidly disappearing wetlands habitat. The Trumpeter Swan remains threatened, but the success these efforts has helped populations rebound across Alaska, Canada, and many Western/Midwestern states. Now an estimated 16,000 Trumpeter...
Giant Pandas Frolic In The Snow At Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Do you love playing in the snow? Well, probably not as much as two giant pandas at Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Snow covered the Washington D.C. area this past weekend to the delight of children and two giant pandas, Mei Xiang, age 22, and Tian Tian, age 23. Screenshot: Facebook/Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute The mama and papa bear embraced the change and were seen somersaulting through the white fluff. One of the pandas slid down a hill head-first with all of its limbs spread out in the shape of a...
Ruby, The Puppy Mill Rescue
My husband and I have volunteered with a shiba inu rescue for a few years now. We were asked by the rescue if we could make some room in our home for another shiba inu – coming from a puppy mill in Wisconsin. PHOTO: Janel Scott She was a breeder mama who most likely lived her whole existence in a cage. She was about 5 years old and knew no kind touch from a human hand. When we met her at the rescue’s transport location, we found a little red hair ball in the back of a crate, shaking in fear. She had no name at the mill, she had...
Drugs To Hugs
My amazing sister is a pediatric critical care nurse who works nights at her client’s home. The family of the little girl she was taking care of often talked about the group of guys living next door and their brindle, Rhodesian Ridgeback mix dog. The neighbors were drug addicts who would inject their dog with heroin to see how it would behave. PHOTO: Anonymous On top of that, the dog was often beaten and kicked as well as given whatever drugs the group of guys were on as a way to entertain themselves. After listening to these stories...
Dogs Were Woman’s Best Friend Before Man’s Best Friend, Study Finds
Dogs are commonly called man’s best friend, but a new study reveals they were woman’s best friend first. Anthropologists at Washington State University noticed a lack of research on the coevolutionary relationship between dogs and humans and performed an in-depth study to find some answers. They found that dog-human coevolution was ‘disproportionately’ influenced by dogs’ relationships with women. “We found that dogs’ relationships with women might have had a greater impact on the dog-human bond than...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Safety net fostering, CARE webcast series and more!
Below is a brief round-up of new blog posts and resources we’ve added over the past week. 5 tips for recruiting safety net fostersAs we move toward community-centric animal services practices, many shelters and rescue organizations are considering creating safety net fostering programs. These programs provide temporary care for pets whose owners are in crisis, but who would like to keep their pets in the long term. “I think there’s been a growing interest for programs like this… Learn More Check out these Return...
Deaf Dog Tries Her Best To Bark Based On What She Has Seen Other Dogs Do
When the Kelly home decided that they wanted to adopt a dog, they opened their hearts wide and brought a deaf pup into the family. Reggie may have been deaf since she was born so, more than likely, she had never had the chance to hear a bark. That doesn’t mean, however, that she has never seen one and she wanted to show her mom she knew what to do. Photo: TikTok / Lindsay Kelly At first, Lindsay Kelly thought that Reggie was either coughing or sneezing but then the truth began to dawn on her. She was trying to get her attention and...
