The 2020 ASPCA Cornell Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Conference is now available online
In case you didn’t get to (virtually) attend this year’s ASPCA® Cornell Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Conference, you can now catch up on the courses for free! It’s simple. All you have to do is create a single account within ASPCA’s learning platform to access all of the sessions. Featuring twelve free workshops in two tracks—medical and operations—the ASPCA Cornell Maddie’s Shelter Medicine courses are a unique educational opportunity for veterinarians and other...
Woman Struggles To Get Four Dogs And A Cat To Pose For A Christmas Photo
If you are anything like us, you love to take photos of your pets at Christmas time. It’s one of the best ways to make your cards stand out from the crowd. But one family has a particularly rough road ahead of them. With four dogs and a cat to consider, they were in for it! How could they possibly get all of these animals to cooperate long enough to get this picture taken? The family was able to gather all of them in front of the tree. They are even clad in matching sweaters. Unfortunately, there is just one issue that we notice right...
Meet Hercules, One Of The World’s Largest Dogs That Loves To Give Kisses
The giant Leonberger named Hercules may be one of the world’s largest dogs, but that doesn’t stop him from being a sweetheart. He loves to jump on the couch and he’s as affectionate as they come. If you have ever seen the larger dogs who think their lapdogs then you have an idea of what Hercules is like. In the video below, you can see Hercules attempting to jump onto his owner’s lap. While he appears quite large in the video, it’s important to note that his owner is 6’1″ and 230 pounds (for...
Top Male Dog Names Of 2020
When it comes time to name your male dog, there are a number of different options to choose from. We always want the name to be perfect. After all, a dog’s name lasts their whole lifetime! Whether you have a tough guy on your hands or you have a more cutesy pup, there are some names that seem to be quite popular compared to others. According to a database produced by Rover.com, here are 50 of the top male dog names of 2020. You can check to see if your pet’s name made the list or find the perfect choice for your new four-legged...
Miracle Dog Fostered By Officer Who Saved His Life After Terrifying Fall From Highway Overpass
Police are trained to encounter almost any situation, but we’re guessing dealing with dogs flung from bridges probably isn’t in the training manual. Even so, one officer didn’t hesitate to pull over and help when he saw a frightened dog falling from a a highway overpass in Charlottesville, Virginia. “The officer saw Wilbur falling from the bridge legs first, possibly having been dropped,” Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA (CASPCA) wrote on Facebook, recalling how the officer immediately pulled to rescue the...
San Antonio Bans Sale Of Puppy Mill Puppies And Kittens At Pet Stores
A long battle has just been won in San Antonio, Texas – and the victors are dogs and cats. As of January 1, 2021, all pet stores in the city will only be able to offer dogs and cats from local rescues and shelters for adoption. A recent vote by nine city council members passed the ordinance that bans the sale of commercially bred, aka puppy mill, puppies and kittens in pet stores. Dogs at puppy mill farms are overbred, underfed, and kept in unsanitary conditions, which often leads to sick puppies. The needs of the puppies and their...
Starving Orphaned Cougar Decides To ‘Check Himself Into’ An Animal Rehab Facility
Volunteers at the Center Valley Animal Rescue in Washington state had an unexpected visitor recently. That center was founded by Sarah Penhallegon in 2002, near the Olympic Mountains. Many different abandoned animals have been saved by the rescue since the time it was founded, but nobody expected an animal to rescue itself. It happened when a cougar cub that was orphaned and needed care found its way to the rescue. She came to the Penhallegon animal rehabilitation center and curled up in a pen. According to KIRO7, Penhallegon said that it is...
Woman Finds A Rare Spider Inside Her Bunch Of Bananas
The news from Donegal is rather shocking, especially if you have arachnophobia. It seems as if a woman found something in a bunch of bananas that she purchased at a supermarket. It was a “red rump” tarantula, which was eventually rescued by the ISPCA. The spider will eventually find a permanent home at Alcorn’s Tropical World. I don’t know about you, but when I go shopping for bananas at the grocery store, I don’t exactly expect to find a spider inside, let alone a tarantula. Photo: Intagram / ispca_official...
Woman Takes Shelter Dogs To Get ‘Puppuccinos’ Every Week So They Can Get Adopted
Nobody said that life was easy, and that is especially true when you are a shelter dog. It can be “ruff” when you are waiting to go to your forever home, and many of those dogs spend the majority of their time cramped up in cages waiting for the big day to happen. There are also the dogs who live at Washington’s Kitsap Humane Society, who are living a different life. Rather than being like your typical shelter dog, they have Molly Clark to look after them. As a loving volunteer, she gives the dogs exactly what they need so...
Mexico Plans To Use Drones To Protect The World’s Most Endangered Marine Mammal
It seems that they may soon be using drones to patrol some areas of the upper Sea of Cortez in Mexico. The aim of the drone use is to stop illegal fishing and save the vaquita marina, the smallest porpoise in the world. That porpoise also happens to be critically endangered. Alejandro del Mazo is the Assistant environmental prosecutor who talks about the tests of drones that were conducted by his agency. They worked along with the Mexican Navy to conduct those tests and hopefully, three drones will be patrolling the habitat of the porpoise...
