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Your Weekend Hero Story: Scuba Diver Saves Fish, Become Best Friends Forever
by Tammy on July 30, 2017Absolutely magnificent. When your trust of humanity wanes, this can be your reminder video about who we are, and who we should aspire to be. Via Nerdist. One day about 25 years ago, Japenese scuba diver Hiroyuki Arakawa was in the depths of Hasama Underwater Park in Tateyama, Japan when he spotted Yoriko, an Asian sheepshead wrasse that looked like it was hurt. So he started taking care of the fish by feeding it crabs and nursing it back to health. 25 years later, they’ve seen each other virtually every day and they’ve forged a pretty special bond. “I’d say we understand each other,” Arakawa said. “Not that we can talk to each other, but it just happened naturally. I...
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Video Going Viral: Dog Saves Drowning Baby Deer
by cestory on July 19, 2017**Bumped Up From TAMWire. Posted by cestory** Just amazing! Watch this heroic dog pull a drowning baby deer out of the water! Via Fox News. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
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Australian Dog Gets New Job After “Failing” Police Pup Training
by Tammy on June 8, 2017I love this story. His “failure” at police dog training simply meant he was a champion at being the friendliest dog in the world. And now he has the perfect new job! Via Fox News. (Click through for more great pics!) An Australian dog deemed not fit to be a police dog was granted a new job as the vice-regal dog of Queensland. Gavel, the German shepherd, was on his way to being an official police dog for Queensland Police Service Dog Squad. The pup did not make it through after handlers said he was sociable and “did not display the necessary aptitude for a life on the front line,” according to the BBC. “He may have missed out on...
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Puppy Released by Delta Airlines After 33-hour “Hostage Situation”
by Tammy on May 28, 2017Yes, Bunny is a puppy, just a big one 😉 Granted, it involved an international situation, but still, she paid Delta $3000 to make this go smoothly, and it didn’t. Very scary for the pet mom! Via CBS News. A Minnesota woman is speaking out against Delta Airlines, claiming her puppy was held in custody for more than 33 hours over paperwork that airline officials misplaced. Mary Nguyen, a 25-year-old student in Minneapolis, recently shipped her 8-month-old German Shepherd, Bunny, to live with her husband in Guatemala. Nguyen told CBS News that officials at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City had all the required paperwork they need to release the dog from custody but refused to do so. “They...
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Pug Chases Off Trio of Armed Home Invaders
by Tammy on May 23, 2017Not the actual hero pug, but one that probably looks a lot like him. Nice!! Via Athens Banner-Herald A small family pet chased off a trio of armed home invaders Sunday night after they attempted to rob residents at Woodland of Athens condominiums off Barnett Shoals Road, Athens-Clarke County police said. The suspects appeared to be young males between 14 and 16 years old. Their intended victims — a 20-year-old resident and his parents, ages 52 and 57 — were in the living room of the home, with the front door open and blocked only by a baby gate, according to police. About 10 p.m., one of the young bandits kicked down the baby gate and entered the home waving...
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Heroic Police Dog Heading Home to Recover After Taking a Bullet for Partner
by Tammy on May 13, 2017Good news for one of our furry heroes and all of his humans. Prayers up for all! Via CBS News. A heroic police dog that was shot in the line of duty is heading home, one day after taking a bullet for his partner in South Florida. K-9 Officer Casper “has done wonderful[ly]” and “is walking fairly well, all things considered,” veterinarian Michele Tucker said in a video released by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO). Casper was shot on Friday in Jupiter, Florida, after PBSO deputies encountered 46-year-old Philip O’Shea, who was wanted in North Carolina in connection with a robbery. O’Shea had an extensive criminal history and tried to flee from the officers, CBS affiliate WPEC-TV reported....
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Video: Veterinarian Sings to Scared Pup Before Surgery
by Shifra on May 5, 2017Sweet! And, Ruby is reported to be doing well after her surgery. 🙂 Via UPI. A veterinarian in Colorado used his musical talents to help soothe a nervous pet being prepared for surgery. Fox Hollow Animal Hospital shared video of Dr. Ross Henderson playing guitar and serenading a dog named Ruby with Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love” to calm her nerves before she underwent surgery…. Fellow veterinarian Darcy Holloway, who captured the viral video, said Henderson’s song quickly changed the puppy’s mood. “Ruby was back there jumping on the cage and she was crying,” Holloway said. “We don’t know if it’s the one-on-one attention or if it’s the song, but they usually respond really well to it.”…. Video...
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Bird Takes Wrong Turn on Way to South America, Lands in… Israel
by Shifra on April 27, 2017An amazing ability to fly long distances. But sense of direction? Not so much. Via Jerusalem Post. ….A medium-sized shorebird that typically nests in the North American tundra and in eastern Russia, the dowitcher was last seen in Israel in the Dan region in 1984, according to Jonathan Meirav, a senior ornithologist at the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel. “He probably at some point got confused along his way, and instead of migrating to the hot spots of South and Central America, took a different direction, likely connected with another species of shorebird and migrated with them for the winter to Africa,” Meirav said. “Shorebirds are strong flyers and are world-record holders in long-distance migration…. “The observation...
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Dogs Arrive in New York After Being Saved from Slaughter in South Korea
by Tammy on March 26, 2017Yay! Via Daily News. A dog meat farm in South Korea is missing 46 dogs that arrived Sunday at New York’s Kennedy Airport after being rescued. The animals are headed for shelters in New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The Humane Society International is responsible for saving the dogs that would otherwise have been slaughtered. Humane Society officials say they awaited death in dirty, dark cages, and were fed barely enough to survive. The farm was in Goyang, South Korea. In the United States, the dogs will be available for adoption. But first, the Animal Habitat Shelter of New York plans to make sure each one is ready for a new life in someone’s home.
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USDA Revokes Public Access To Animal Abuse Information
by Pat_S on February 4, 2017The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), an agency of the USDA, will no longer post public information on animal abuse. Previously, under the Horse Protection Act and Animal Welfare Act, APHIS posted reports of abuse including abuse by dog breeders, research facilities, circuses and zoos. The reports were helpful to animal welfare groups. The reason given is to protect the privacy of individuals. Information about animal abuse will now be available only through FOIA requests which are costly. APHIS says it had been considering this policy change during the past year. Critics of the decision point out that the reports almost never included personal information. Of the 7,813 facilities reported on by law, 1,200 are academic or government...
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Red Panda Escapes Zoo, May Be Roaming Neighborhoods
by Tammy on January 25, 2017Adorable and endangered. Let’s hope she stays safe. I hate that she’s in a zoo, but that’s a safer place for her than in an urban area.
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Video: Happy Puppies Carried to Ambulance After Italy Avalanche Resort Rescue
by Tammy on January 24, 2017Keep your prayers up for the scores of people still missing, but the discovery of these puppies is giving rescuers hope that more people have been able to survive, too. The puppies, btw, belong to the resort, and are the babies of the two resort sheepdogs, who escaped the wrecked building the day before. So these puppies were on their own for at least a day. Now they’re all safe! ABC Breaking News | Latest News Videos Via Fox News. Italian emergency crews pulled three wiggling, white sheepdog puppies out from under tons of snow and rubble at an avalanche-struck hotel on Monday, giving rescuers new hope of finding alive the 23 people still missing five days after the disaster....
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Mars Candy Says Skittles Not Meant for Cattle, Investigating Situation
by Tammy on January 23, 2017Hmm… Via NBC LA. A mysterious Skittles spill on a rural highway in Wisconsin is taking another twist, with Mars Inc. saying it doesn’t know why the discarded candy might have been headed to become cattle feed. The case began when a Wisconsin sheriff posted on Facebook this week that “hundreds of thousands of Skittles” had been found spilled on a highway. Later, he updated the post to say the candy had fallen off a truck on its way to be cattle feed. Only red Skittles had spilled out, and Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt joked in the post that it would be difficult to “Taste the Rainbow” in its entirety. The incident gained attention after CNN wrote about it,...
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Feds Threaten Florida Pet Owners With a ‘War on Cats’
by Shifra on December 5, 2016Remember when the US Government would declare war on our enemies, instead of cats? Good times…. Via Daily Signal. An overzealous federal agency is targeting Florida cats in a pest removal operation and it’s becoming a huge problem for pet owners…. In 2014, the Fish and Wildlife Service implemented a pest management plandesigned to trap cats that the agency perceived as a threat to the Key Largo woodrat. The furry targets of this sting operation were accused of trespassing on federal land, which is a woodrat habitat, and doing what cats do best: hunt and kill rats. Instead of focusing only on the large swaths of feral cats that pose the primary threat to the rats’ survival on the island,...
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WaPo: Is Your Dog’s Halloween Costume Sexist?
by Shifra on October 30, 2016This column recently appeared in the Washington Post. It is not from The Onion. Really… And here is a great costume I found for dogs on Halloween. Sure to be a big hit with the “Diversity Police.” Via WaPo. Young girls may be discarding their princess wands for superhero capes this Halloween, but not so in the canine world. The glass ceiling appears to be firmly in place at PetSmart, where career costumes labeled “male” include firefighter and police officer, while female dogs can choose between a pink cowgirl costume and pink loofah. On the site BaxterBoo.com, options for your female pooch include “sweet heart nurse” or French maid. “Any tidy girl dog will look adorable wearing this French Maid...
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