Animal Companions
…Two women were walking near the home… heard glass break and a dog barking loudly… women called police… officers then entered the home, where they found the resident unconscious.… dog suffered a minor injury to a front paw… woman remained in the intensive care unit of a local hospital on Monday.
A Shawnee, Oklahoma pup undergoes emergency surgery after swallowing several rubber duckies…
…Texas man saved a baby deer from drowning in a lake. …jumped into Lake Buchanan and rescued the baby after he saw her struggling to stay above the water. With one arm under the deer, the man managed to keep the baby's head above the lake as he slowly worked his way back to the boat.…
RUSH CITY, Minn. (KARE) – …Jason Galvin… Army veteran, fought for his country in Afghanistan…saved an American Bald Eagle that was hanging from a rope high up in a tree, upside down. … His wife called everyone she could think of from the fire department to wildlife officials. But, the eagle was too high up in the tree to be rescued. … a conservation officer gave him the green light. It took Jason 150 shots to chip away at the limb with slow, precise shots. But, eventually his bullets brought down the limb and the eagle into some soft underbrush beneath the tree. … “Fourth of July, you know, that’s our bird, I can’t let it sit there,” said Jason.…
…Esmeralda, a stray dog, was dropped off at Oklahoma City Animal Welfare… has four ears and teeth growing from one of them. At this point, they believe she may not be able to hear very well because of that deformity.…
A 10-year-old dog named Ollie is alive today thanks to a Portland, Oregon-based DoveLewis Animal Hospital intern who found a tick hidden in his ear, moments before the veterinarian was to euthanise the sick dog.…
…Ball said that he and his wife, who live in Chickamauga, Georgia, have never had a dog throughout their 15-year marriage. He told his son that it was "his responsibility to learn how to train the dog," so he suggested looking up YouTube tutorials.
"He got the video all lined up," Ball recalled, "and then he called the dog over and started playing it directly to the dog."…
President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country.…
…From what she understands, firefighters are speculating an explosion in the home might have blown out the stove glass, and Tux crawled inside. Then another blast or something else caused the appliance to topple onto its side, trapping Tux while simultaneously protecting him from the flames.…
…The story of a mother’s concern that her son is becoming engrossed with things that aren’t healthy and real, so she buys him a present…
A Siamese cat… named by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living cat.… Scooter celebrated his 30th birthday on March 26. He lives in Mansfield, Texas.… Owner Gail Floyd attributes Scooter's longevity to staying active.… Some of his favorite activities include getting blow-dried after baths and snacking on chicken every other day.…
A [US Army] military dog has been hailed a hero after saving a team of British special forces from a group of ISIS fighters in northern Iraq.
The Alsatian reportedly attacked two jihadists during an ambush near the Kurdish frontline, forcing the terrorists to retreat. …
A four-year-old white Labrador called Dayko has been hailed as a hero after rescuing seven people from the aftermath of the Ecuador earthquake - before dying from exhaustion.… spent the previous days searching for survivors in the rubble left by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake… cause of death was "massive coronary myocardial infarction and acute respiratory failure."…
Dairy farmer Brian McLaren lost his soulmate on Sunday – his best friend, Maggie the Kelpie. Maggie was 30 years old when she died. She was likely the oldest dog in the world.…
…According to the Orange County Register, Skye Rabii and daughter Mia, 6, had just left a doctor’s office when they noticed a woman and her family asking for help retrieving nine ducklings that had fallen down a drainage pipe that was missing a cap.
The woman was able to retrieve one of the fuzzy ducklings, but her adult arms were unable to fit into the pipe to rescue the remaining eight — which is when Mia’s mom reminded her daughter that she always wanted to be a vet.…
• Marine Corps dog Lucca was injured on tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2012
• She lost her front left leg after stepping on an explosive during operation
• Lucca had previously sniffed out thousands of IEDs, saving many lives
• She travelled from California to London to receive the Dickin Medal - the highest honor for service animals…
You Can't Stop Your Tears Amazing.…
One crisp morning on Vancouver Island, Karen Parsons went on her regular nature walk with her two Pomeranian pooches.
Suddenly she heard the screams of an animal being attacked by two ravens. She immediately went into rescue mode and discovered it was a young abandoned fawn.
For two weeks Karen fed the baby by hand. …
…That night, I had a dream that I still remember to this day: Spot was in heaven, and he was walking alongside a tall, bearded man in a robe. I thought it was probably Moses.…
It was like that when I got here…
The California Highway patrol spent four hours trying to capture a runaway unicorn.…
…the main reason I'd discourage feeding cats "people food" is that there are a number of foods that are toxic to cats.…
This biker was on a routine ride to meet up with his father… Brandon Turnbow noticed a truck stopped on the side of the road and it’s driver beating a little, white and tan terrier-mix. He watched the man throw the dog into the air and drive off.…
Man’s best friend has a clear strategy for dealing with angry owners — look away.
New research shows that dogs limit their eye contact with angry humans, even as they tend to stare down upset canines. The scientists suggest this may be an attempt to appease humans, that evolved as dogs were domesticated and benefited from avoiding conflicts with humans.…
When two-year-old Scarlette Tipton first met her new 3-month-old friend in December, she noticed right away what made Holly special.
“Owie?” Scarlette said, pointing to the kitten’s amputated right front leg.
“Yes,” Simone Tipton told her daughter, who also had an amputated limb. Scarlette lost her left arm due to a rare form of cancer when she was only 10 months old.
“Yes, an owie. Just like you,” her mother said. “But she’s okay – just like you are too.”…
…Dogs became self-domesticated as they slowly evolved from wolves who joined humans in the hunt, according to the first study of dog genomes.
And it shows that the first domesticated dogs came about 33,000 years ago … in southern East Asia… and migrated to Europe, rather than descending from domesticated European wolves 10,000 years ago as had previously been thought. … several basic aspects about the origin and evolution of the domestic dog are still in dispute including several different geographical regions as the proposed birthplace of domestic dogs, and estimations of the date of divergence between wolves and dogs…