Irish Conservation Program Seeking Someone Who’s ‘Goat’ What it Takes to Herd Endangered Species
Scrolling through job listings can be a pain. It can really get your goat. A new job in Ireland will literally get you goats, though. The Old Irish Goat Society is looking for a full-time goat herder on Howth Head, located in the Dublin Bay UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The aim of the job is to help conserve the endangered Old Irish Goat while utilizing their grazing to help reduce wildfire risk. PHOTO: FACEBOOK/OLD IRISH GOAT SOCIETY A Facebook post from the group says, “This project builds on over a decade of work to save Ireland’s...
Influencer Loses Fans For Euthanizing Dog When She Could Have Just Rehomed Him
Nikki Phillippi is a popular lifestyle blogger on Instagram and YouTube, where she has over a million followers. But the social media influencer drew viral scorn after she and her husband, Dan, admitted to euthanizing the family dog, Bowser, instead of trying to re-home him. Photo: Instagram/nikkiphillippi “Bowser had an aggressive side that reared it’s ugly head a few times over the years,” Nikki wrote on Instagram, explaining how the dog had nipped her young son after the boy grabbed at his food. “Recently he bit...
A Little Ray Of Sunshine After Losing My Thunder
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! On March 22, 2008 I said goodbye to Thunder, my black lab of 15yrs. It left a huge hole in my heart. PHOTO: Pexels.com December 25th, 2009 I am on my way to work in my patrol vehicle when I observe a vehicle stopped on the freeway by a bridge. An amazing young woman had stopped because she thought she saw an animal in distress. She was was right. It was a black lab. He looked like...
Hawaii About To Become The Sixth State To Ban Animal Cosmetic Testing
Hawaii has taken a stand against animal testing and is waiting for Governor David Ige to sign Hawaii Cruelty Free Cosmetics Act into law. The bill would ban cosmetic manufacturers from selling any cosmetic product involving new animal testing starting January 1, 2022, states Cruelty Free International. Photo: Pixabay Over 40 countries have banned cosmetic animal testing, but the U.S. is not one of them. Individual states are taking matters into their own hands in hopes of influencing a nationwide ban on the inhumane testing. Hawaii will be...
47 Cats and Kittens Rescued From Hoarding Situation In Santa Cruz Are Looking For Forever Homes
Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is an open door shelter that never turns away a pet in need. Even if that means taking in 47 cats and kittens at the start of kitten season. The shelter recently rescued 47 cats and kittens from a hoarding situation. They received a tip that roughly 50 cats were living in poor conditions in a small RV. The owner surrendered all the felines and the shelter is now looking for loving forever homes. Photo: Facebook/Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter “These cats did not get the resources they needed in their...
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Missouri To Allow Restraining Orders To Protect Pets Of Domestic Violence Victims
A new bill just passed in Missouri that grants added protection to domestic violence victims, including protecting their pets. Bill SB 71 will allow judges to add pets to protection orders issued for domestic violence cases. Previously, judges could issue protection orders for a person involved in a domestic abuse situation, but not for their pet(s). This could sometimes put animals in dangerous situations where abusers would use the pet(s) against the victim, or neglect/abuse a pet due to mental health or behavior issues. But thanks to the...
After Spending 200 Days At Shelter, Rescued Dog Finds His Perfect Home
Chuckie is a sweet and loving dog, even though humans haven’t done much to deserve his affection. The rescued dog was saved from the side of a highway in Georgia, where Chuckie was first abandoned, then struck three times by cars as traffic whizzed past. Sadly, none of the drivers bothered to stop and help him. By the time Chuckie was rescued, the dog had suffered such serious wounds he’d experience permanent neurological damage. Photo: Facebook/Dog Orphans Humane Society “Chuckie had been struck by a vehicle three times...
All Busted Up
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! A couple months after my faithful companion of 15 years passed away, a very broken and busted stray showed up at a friend’s salvage yard on the outskirts of town. He was hiding under a junk car, injured and unapproachable. I brought food and water daily and it would be gone the next morning. But he would only growl and try to back away if I got close. I could see that he had bees...
Missing Cat Reunited With Owner 3 Years After She Disappeared
Cookie is a sweet cat who lived in San Antonio, Texas, with her loving family. But that changed the day Cookie and her fur sibling, while being watched by a pet sitter, got lost and couldn’t find their way back home. As the days turned into months, and then years, Cookie’s heartbroken owner began to fear she’d ever see her cats again. The woman was eventually reunited with Cookie’s cat sister, but it broke her owner’s heart knowing Cookie was still lost and alone. Photo: Facebook/City of San Antonio Animal Care...
Veteran Scours His Town Every Day For Scrap Metal To Sell To Feed And Care For 71 Feral Cats
For the past 27 years, Willie Ortiz has spent his days searching for scrap metal to sell to feed and care for feral cats in Hartford, Connecticut. He drives his pickup truck from town to town looking for any scraps that can be sold to pay for cat food and vet bills for over 70 stray and feral cats. Photo: GoFundMe/Kathleen Schlentz The 80-year-old U.S. Army veteran makes sure no cat goes hungry and visits the community cats daily to feed and check in on them. Providing for the stray and feral cats has become his life mission, and it all began...
Will YouTube Ever Clean Up Its Dog Fighting Problem?
Dog fighting is a heinous crime, but when it comes to monitoring their own platform for dog fighting videos, YouTube is falling far short of its obligation. In just a few clicks, visitors to YouTube may find instructional videos about dog fighting and hours upon hours of material related to it. A 2021 investigation, conducted by animal welfare organization Lady Freethinker, found 2,053 video that depicted animal abuse, garnering a collective 1.2 billion total views. The videos were posted across approximately 146 channels amassing 30.8...
Meet Long Boi, The Tallest Duck At The University Of York
What do you get when you cross a mallard and Indian runner duck? A really tall duck named Long Boi. The friendly duck has become a local celebrity to students at the University of York, where he lives among other mallard ducks and feathered friends. He stands out in a flock with his bottle-shaped body and most people do a double take when they first spot him on campus. While he towers over his mallard friends at 70cm, he is a normal height for an Indian Runner duck. Males can reach up to 30 inches in height and weigh about 5 pounds. As if his...
Veteran Reunites With Lost Rescue Dog After 4 Years
Four years after his dog went missing, veteran Michael Joy received the call he thought would never come – his dog had been found! According to the Clarksville Now, Joy rescued Sam when he was in the Army. Sam’s old family no longer wanted him due to his attitude, so Joy stepped in to give Sam a proper home. Sam was welcomed into the Joy family home in Georiga where he began obedience training along with Joy’s two other dogs. Unfortunately, while Joy was deployed, all three dogs escaped the house and ran away. Photo: Pixabay...
Meet The Unconventional Vet Treating Dogs & Cats With Needles And Songs
Many dogs and cats dread trips to the vet, but Dr. Jeff Levy, aka “Dr. Jeff,” is an exception. That could be because Levy, a licensed vet and pet acupuncturist in NYC, eschews the typical clinic to provide his furry clients with house calls, sparing dogs and cats the stress of the typical office visit. Or maybe it’s because Levy, who also sings in a pet-focused band, provides acupuncture while serenading his dog and cat clients with a medley of handwritten songs. “At times, I don’t think the dogs know I’m a...
Millions of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Released In Florida To Curb Population Of Disease Carrying Species
The first genetically modified mosquitoes have been released in the United States. A highly debated project launched this week in Florida to reduce the population of disease carrying mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti. 20 million genetically modified mosquitoes will be released over six different locations in the Florida Keys this year. Photo:Pixabay Aedes aegypti mosquitoes Aedes aegypti mosquitoes make up only 4% of the mosquito population on the string of islands, but are responsible for all mosquito-borne disease transmitted to humans, states...
Stars matter: Online reputation management for animal shelters
This is a guest post written by Jessica Schleder, the founder and CEO of Adoptimize. Call me a snob, but you probably won’t find me dining at a restaurant that has a rating of fewer than 4.2 stars on Google. And, I certainly wouldn’t take my dog to this vet: I’m not alone: only 48% of consumers would consider using a business with fewer than 4 stars on Google. In fact, evaluating reviews online is now the status quo. In the last year a whopping 93% of consumers used the internet to find a local business, and 87%...
Lil’ Bette, a Christmas Surprise
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! After reading in a neighborhood chat site about a tiny black feral kitten seen in a nearby canyon, I was intrigued and worried for its safety. We have many coyotes where we live. A request went out to help trap and hopefully foster this little baby. BLACK KITTEN. PHOTO: PIXABAY/MARCELA LUKASIKOVA I wasn’t able to help to trap the kitten but I replied with an offer to foster. I got...
Navy Veteran’s Service Dog Found Days After Being Stolen
When James Booth’s car was stolen in downtown St. Paul, the navy veteran’s first thought wasn’t for his missing vehicle. Instead, Booth was distraught because his beloved service dog, Ladybug, had been inside. “I couldn’t sleep and when I did kind of nod out, I’d have nightmares that something happened to her,” the veteran told Kare 11, recalling how Ladybug’s unknown fate kept him awake at night. Photo: Twitter/ St Paul Police department Not only was Ladybug Booth’s service dog and...
Wild Horses Bring Traffic To A Halt In New Mexico
Traffic came to a halt in a small mountain village in New Mexico as a herd of wild horses took their time crossing the road. Pausing for wildlife is nothing new to the residents of Ruidoso who share the area with wild mustangs, elk, bear, and countless other wild animals. With the Sierra Blanca Mountains as a backdrop, the quaint town is a popular destination for weekend travelers. Photo: Pixabay The village has roughly 7,700 year-round resident, but in the summer months the population swells to over 30,000 people. But not all get to witness...
