When Kathleen Considine heard that one of the world’s biggest rabbits had died on a United Airlines flight this week, she said she was angry, but not surprised.The 24-year-old Oregon resident lost her pet golden retriever Jacob due to health complications after a United Airlines UAL, -0.88% flight from Detroit to Portland, Ore. in January […]
Rebecca Hernandez and her husband, Frankie, adopted Apollo the dog together when he was just a tiny puppy. That was four years ago. Frankie Hernandez was in the Marines, and the three lived together in California.Frankie and Apollo were inseparable then. So much that Apollo would get jealous when Rebecca, who is 25, cuddled her […]
When a U.S. Army veteran was having serious problems with his service dog potentially harming his toddler son, he knew just whom to call.Animal training expert and “Dog Whisperer” Cesar Millan came to the rescue when Jay Kohne, a veteran who has post-traumatic stress disorder, was looking to achieve harmony between his service dog, Kona, […]
April 17, 2017 — Party Animal, Inc. has announced it is recalling specific lots of two varieties of its Cocolicious canned dog foods because they have each tested positive for the euthanasia drug, pentobarbital. What’s Being Recalled? The following products are affected by the recall: Cocolicious Beef and turkey Size: 12 ounce cans Lot Number: […]
April the giraffe is now a mom!Likely a tired, if delighted mom (if we know moms): Following a 15-month pregnancy, she delivered her 129-pound, 5-feet-9-inch tall bundle of joy on April 15 in front of an audience of over 1.2 million watching on Animal Adventure Park’s live stream. Source: April the Giraffe’s baby is taking […]
For many pet owners, a dog isn’t just a furry friend—it’s family. According to Vox, this emotional bond can be explained with science. Tens of thousands of years ago, humans and wolf dogs became hunting companions, laying the foundation for the relationship that humans later shared with domesticated dogs. As we evolved, so did our […]
t was cold and rainy, when Moonpie first arrived at Rocky Ridge Refuge, a nonprofit sanctuary in northern Arkansas.The miniature cow had just been purchased at auction, in order to spare her any bad fate. She was very young, and “not acclimated to outside yet,” the sanctuary’s founder Janice Wolf explained to TODAY in an […]
You know the saying, “Two is better than one?” This can also be true when adopting pets.If you’re thinking of adopting a new pet for your family, you might want to consider adopting two together.The most obvious benefit for adopting two is for the pets themselves. With another pet in the home they can have […]