By Elias Marat Authorities in a Spanish coastal town have been forced to apologize after they sprayed a local beach with bleach in a clumsy attempt to protect residents from the coronavirus. The apology from officials in the fishing village of Zahara de los Atunes,…
By Elias Marat The coronavirus pandemic has rippled through society, disrupting and transforming lives in myriad, unpredictable ways. However, amid the crisis people have gone out on a limb not only to help each other but also to help homeless pets find temporary housing as…
By Mayukh Saha The world is now moving towards sustainable fashion after decades of harmful fashion fads. People are slowly but steadily understanding the flipside of using products made from animal skin – bags, shoes, jackets, pants, and even belts. It causes widespread ecological damage…
By Elias Marat For those of us who’ve had our lives enriched with new additions to our families—be they our children or new animal companions—it should come as no surprise that the benefits are myriad. And for parents, while it may seem like too much…
By Jade Small Many people get bored and lonely when traveling, even when the hotels they’re staying in have a variety of amenities available. A hotel in Mississippi has come up with a unique idea to banish the blues from their guest’s visits, ultimately turning…
By Mayukh Saha Death is never a happy event. More so, if it involves the death of a family member. We all know what happens to us when we are witnessing someone’s funeral. Tears roll down our eyes and we are barely able to control…
By Alanna Ketler The Facts: Rademenes is a little black cat that has miraculously escaped death after a very close call caused by an upper-respiratory infection. A few years ago he made headlines when his story got out about how he comforts other sick animals….
By Mayukh Saha As the story of the injured tortoise Freddy came out, researchers all over the world used that as an incentive to start looking at more varied ways of caring for wounded animals. As we have already learned in school, a shell is…
By Elias Marat As Australia’s bushfire crisis continues to impact wildlife, aircraft have been deployed to feed thousands of starving wild animals who have been stranded by the blazes. The government of the hard-hit state of New South Wales (NSW) has begun a campaign of…
By Mayukh Saha The Australian bushfires continue to devastate Australia for over a week now. And while ecologists believe that mitigation processes might help in afforestation, there is no way that the wildlife loss wouldn’t be a major shock to the entire country. This emu…
By Elias Marat Australia’s bushfire crisis has ravaged local animal and plant life as ecologists warn that the potential loss of nearly 500 million mammals, reptiles, and birds—including 8,000 koalas—could devastate the country’s biodiversity in an unprecedented manner. Despite the terrifying scope of the tragedy,…
By Mayukh Saha Project Freedom Ride was started by seven-year-old Roman McConn and his mother Sully to help pooches in and around Texas. Roman has been tirelessly working to help senior and abandoned dogs get a second chance at life. As of 2018, this little…
By Mayukh Saha Nepal has a 5-day celebration for “Diwali” just before we engage in Halloween celebrations. While 4 days are devoted to other celebrations and “pujas”, the second day of the festival, Kukur Tihar, is dedicated solely to celebrate the human-dog bond. Diwali is…
By Carrie Ijichi, Nottingham Trent University Would you brush off a serious injury as “just a scratch”? Perhaps you’re the opposite and a stubbed toe is unbearable. Anyone who follows sports will be used to seeing rugby players spending 90 minutes pretending they’re unhurt while…
URBANA, Ill. – Pet owners are increasingly treating their “fur-babies” like members of the family. In response, some pet food companies are developing diets that more closely resemble human food, incorporating human-grade meat and vegetable ingredients that pass USDA quality inspections. Until now, little research…
By Christian Yates, University of Bath If your dog has been alive and kicking its paws about for a decade, the widely held belief is that it has aged as much as a human would have done by the grand old age of 70. This…
By Mark Farnworth, Nottingham Trent University and Lauren Finka, Nottingham Trent University By 2030, 60% of the world’s population will live in cities, while one in three will share their city with at least half a million other inhabitants. With more and more people living…
By John Vibes For generations, millions of frogs have been killed each year for use in science labs in high schools across the developed world. Hopefully, this practice can come to an end now that we have the technology to perfectly replicate the anatomy of…
By Elias Marat It’s all too easy to forget that our dogs aren’t mere pets, but actual members of our homes and families with tender emotions and psyches not unlike our young. As such, we should be extremely careful about how we interact with our…
By Mayukh Saha Dogs talking to people – that would be quite an interesting tale. You must have seen talking animals in cartoons and animated movies. Even a few Hollywood movies may have cast animals who talk. But imagine if talking dogs became a reality….
