By Melinda Cafferty, Natural Blaze Portugal is getting by with a little help from … goats! The U.S. is not the only nation with drought-ridden regions that are extremely susceptible to wildfires. And while the U.S. has quietly employed goats for about a decade to help stall…
By Melinda Cafferty, Natural Blaze What is your dog trying to tell you? It turns out, dogs are trying to get our attention, but they use more than just a few signals. In fact, we don’t follow their commands they will try harder to elaborate the gesture….
By Jesse Grady, Mississippi State University “Just how old do you think my dog is in dog years?” is a question I hear on a regular basis. People love to anthropomorphize pets, attributing human characteristics to them. And most of us want to extend our…
By Carey Wedler (CW) — Over the last several years, CBD (cannabidiol) has increasingly been shown to aid in the treatment of seizures, particularly in children. The evidence is so strong that the FDA, an organization notoriously opposed to cannabis, approved the first CBD-based medication for one particular seizure disorder…
By Nicholas Dodman, Tufts University Twitter’s been on fire with people amazed by cats that seem compelled to park themselves in squares of tape marked out on the floor. These felines appear powerless to resist the call of the #CatSquare. This social media fascination is…
By Melinda Cafferty, Natural Blaze The internet is celebrating an unlikely alliance of lions who saved endangered rhinos from being poached by killing and devouring the killers on a South African game reserve. We’re fairly certain that we do not need to point out the poetic justice here,…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze A landmark ruling by a court in South Korea has many activists hoping that the decision may pave the way for a ban on the horrific dog meat practice in the country. This is because a South Korean court has ruled for the first time that…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze I recently wrote an article describing a number of the horrors surrounding the animal testing industry, specifically the use of dogs in that industry. The article relied heavily on information written in an article by Glenn Greenwald and Leighton Akio Woodhouse entitled…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze An illuminating report by Glenn Greenwald and Leighton Akio Woodhouse of The Intercept entitled “Bred To Suffer,” has shed some much needed light on the animal testing industry and the utter cruelty inflicted upon innocent animals for corporate gains and, many times,…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze After horrible press, fines, and imprisonments, Volkswagen once again found itself in the middle of a controversy when it was revealed that the company was testing its product on animals. Despite having fudged the numbers on its pollution standards software to appear…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Whales Hunted in the Name of “Science” Japan has long taken a toll on the whale population in 2018, despite a ruling by the International Whaling Commission, will be no different. A new report by Japan to the Scientific Committee of the International…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Apparently, it’s not enough to terrify and slaughter animals in congested factory farms. I thought it was crazy that cows are literally being hooked up to the Internet of Things! Yes, cows’ bodies are going online. But no, let’s run sheep through the…
By Jeremiah Johnson Herbs can be very beneficial for your pets for the same reasons they can help you: they are not as invasive nor addictive as pharmacological medications, and they have fewer side effects when administered properly and correctly. As a matter of fact,…
By Jon Queally Thirty-nine people were arrested in California on Tuesday after approximately 500 animal rights activists organized by the Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) network staged a non-violent vigil and attempted a rescue operation at an industrial egg facility in the town of Petaluma. “These birds…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Teacher Accused of Having Students Drown Live Raccoons and an Opossum in Class Only a month after a teacher in Idaho teacher allegedly fed a live puppy to a snapping turtle in front of his class, yet another public school teacher has caused…
A “non-sterile” life is the way to be strong in the face of stress, new results show… By Anna Hunt New research shows that children raised around animals and dusty, bacteria-filled environments grow up to be more resilient to stress. When the immune system…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Time marches on but it seems that every day the United States seems to be moving backward, particularly with how it treats its most vulnerable. This applies not only to humans but to animals as well. With reports such as those coming…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze While the United States, Britain, France, NATO, Saudi Arabia, and the GCC continue to fund terrorists in Syria, any attempt at relieving the conditions of the Syrian people on behalf of people of good will in the invading nations is consistently blocked…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Wildlife Services Killed More Than 1.3 Million Native Animals Including Wolves, Bears, Wildcats, Birds and Domestic Animals – But Why? We are sad to report that the government has committed wholesale slaughter of native wildlife. Not just because some of them were pests,…
By Melinda Cafferty, Natural Blaze Hearts are breaking everywhere over Toby the Cat. The “human-forsaken” orange feline that went on a 12-mile journey to the doorstep of the people who abandoned him. The 7-year-old cat, at least middle-aged in human years, was given away by his…
