Tis the Season for Giving Back to Dogs
Melissa L. Kauffman Covering the pet world for more than 30 years, Melissa L. Kauffman has been an editor/writer for a wide variety of pet magazines and websites from the small critters and parrots to cats and dogs. Her advisory team of pets — rescue dogs Tampa Bay and Murphy Brown, plus Cirneco dell’Etna Liberty Belle and rescued parrots Deacon and Pi-Pi — help keep her on top of the latest and greatest pet health research, training and products, anything to give keep them in the high life...
Maddie’s Pet Forum has a new look!
We are excited to debut a new look and feel for the Maddie’s® Pet Forum community! When you log in to your Maddie’s® Pet Forum account, you will now be redirected to your new activity feed homepage. This new homepage makes it easy for you to access all the things that are important to you like discussions and resources you follow, a quick way to navigate to communities/groups that you are a member of and a streamlined feed that shows you all recent discussions, events, and resources that have been...
A Friendly Otter Took an Interest in Building a Friendship with an Ape from Brookfield Zoo
Animals living in a zoo often socialize with other species, mainly when they share a habitat. This happens when both animals are required to live in a certain environment. Often, unexpected interactions happen, and friendships are built. Animals who are often not seen together get curious about one another and try to observe their neighbor and form the oddest relationship. Photo: Youtube/NowThis News In Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo, an otter was found making friends with an ape. They were in a shared habitat that was built for an exhibit...
Two Cats Rescued After Being Found with Note Saying ‘Feed Us or Drown Us’
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! One Sunday, my neighbors asked me to come over. When I got there, I saw two tiny kittens sitting on the kitchen counter. They were dirty and shaking with fright. I was told that they had been left on the steps of my neighbors’ church in a filthy wet cardboard box with a note that said, “Feed us or drown us.” I noticed one of the kittens had just a stump for a tail, and I...
Tiny Kitten Attacks Man’s Ear In Adorable Viral Video
A tiny British shorthair kitten has amassed a huge following on social media after a video of her nibbling a man’s ear went viral on YouTube. The one-month-old kitten named Pinky lives with her owner, Irina, in Ukraine, and Irina regularly shares videos and photos of the little kitten and her other cats online. Photo: YouTube/Teddy Kittens On September 9, 2022, Irina shared a video of Pinky nibbling on a “stern man’s” ear and it quickly went viral, receiving more than 4.5 million views and counting! People...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Endangered Species Act Listing for Declining Bat Species
Bats may not always get a second thought, but they’re more important than people may think. These pollinators disperse seeds and eat many of the pests that kill crops. In fact, their pest control saves U.S. food growers more than $3 billion each year. A particular bat species, though, is seeing sharply declining numbers, and federal officials are trying to take steps to save it. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has officially proposed listing the tricolored bat as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. They say this is...
Dog Waits At Gate In Hopes That Someone Will Help Her And Her Sisters
An injured dog knew just where to go for help for her and her sick sisters. Rescuers with Howl Of A Dog were told about the three pups who were pacing in front of a gate at a car repair shop in Romania. Photo: YouTube/Howl Of A Dog According to the rescue, “Cora and her two sisters, Kami and Carly, had been living in the yard of a car repair shop.” The employees at the shop treated them kindly and made sure they were fed, but the dogs were still strays and needed proper medical care. Photo: YouTube/Howl Of A Dog Cora started...
New Dyson Pet Grooming Kit May Be Just What You’re Looking For
If you’re the pet parent of an excessive shedder, you’re fully aware of how time-consuming it can be dealing with the constant fur flying. For those of you who are hyper-vigilant, you likely own a number of tools to combat the follicle fallout covering every square inch of your home. Lint rollers? Check! Special dryer sheets? Check! Swiffer wands? Check! Self-navigating Roomba iRobot? Double check! While they’re all relatively effective, wouldn’t it be nice if you could negate the majority of the work? Dyson Vacuum...
Couple “Shocked” To Find Zipped-Up Suitcase With Four Puppies Inside
Four puppies were given a new lease on life after being found in a zipped-up suitcase on the side of the road. A couple in Guilford County, North Carolina noticed the suitcase was “moving” and stopped to investigate. What they discovered broke their hearts and “shocked” them: four puppies were crammed inside the zipped suitcase, left to die on the side of the road. Guilford County Animal Services shared about the discovery on Facebook, saying that some Good Samaritans found the puppies in a suitcase on the side of the...
Funding for Animal & Environmental Causes Has Grown by $10 Billion in 10 Years
A report finds more donors giving more money to animal and environmental causes—though this funding is still just 3.4% of total giving. We spoke with author Jamie DeLeeuw about what she found, and what it means for the public and animal orgs. Over the last decade, funding for animal and environmental causes has grown by $10 billion—from $6.15 billion in 2010 to $16.14 billion in 2020. But it’s still just 3.4% of total giving. These figures were noted by Jamie DeLeeuw, Human Animal Support Services’s director of...
