Spanish Beach Sprayed With Bleach, Causing “Brutal Damage” to Local Animals

April 30, 2020 Environment

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, near Cadiz, comes after they used tractors to spray the […]

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Cat and Dog Adoptions Surge as Shelters Find Creative Ways to Reach Out Amid Pandemic

March 28, 2020 Uncategorized

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 animal shelters feel the impact of lockdown orders throughout the […]

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Muskin The Vegetable Leather Is Made From Mushrooms And Could Replace Animal Leather

March 5, 2020 Environment

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 and it is about time we shift to something that […]

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Kids Who Grow Up With Pets Make More Sensitive, Sympathetic, Successful Adults: Research

March 3, 2020 Uncategorized

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 work to bring a pet into the family—be it a […]

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This Hotel Lets Guests Foster Dogs During Their Stay, and Over 60 of Them Have Been Adopted

February 27, 2020 Natural Health News

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 the hotel into more of a “home away from home” […]

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This Funeral Home Adopted A Bernese Mountain Dog To Comfort Grieving Families

February 27, 2020 Health And Wellness,Video

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 ourselves from completely breaking down. To prevent grieving families from […]

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Meet The Nurse Cat From Poland Who Looks After Sick & Injured Animals In A Shelter

February 14, 2020 Natural Health News

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. Reflect On: We have so much to learn from animals, […]

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This Tortoise Received The World’s First 3D Printed Shell After Losing Its Shell In Fire

February 8, 2020 Natural Health News,Video

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 the most iconic and important part of a tortoise’s body. […]

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Australia is Dropping Vegetables From Choppers to Feed Wildlife Starved by Fires

January 12, 2020 Environment,Video

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 airdrops across scorched regions, delivering thousands of pounds of root […]

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Farmer Sets Up Trough For Animals To Drink From While The Australian Bushfires Rage On

January 9, 2020 Natural Health News,Video

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 farmer has set up a drinking pool for animals. All […]

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“Wildlife Warriors”: Steve Irwin’s Family Helps Over 90,000 Animals as Fires Rage in Australia

January 3, 2020 Environment,Video

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, Australians have stepped up in the thousands to confront the […]

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Dog Whispering Boy Won An ASPCA Award After Rescuing More Than 1,300 Dogs From High-Kill Shelters

December 30, 2019 Natural Health News

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 wonder boy has saved more than 1,300 dogs from shelters. […]

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Nepal Has A Yearly Festival to Celebrate The Role Dogs Have In Human Life

December 22, 2019 Natural Health News

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 the festival of lights, an important celebration for Hindus. Mostly […]

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Your Personality Determines How You Experience Pain – And It’s The Same With Your Pet

December 18, 2019 Natural Health News

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 the footballer writhes in apparent agony (though that usually happens […]

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First Study on Human-grade Dog Food Says Whole, Fresh Food is Highly Digestible

December 18, 2019 Health And Wellness

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 had been done on these foods. A new study from […]

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Are “Dog Years” for Real? An Explanation of Calculating Canine Age

November 28, 2019 Natural Health News

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 conversion factor – each year of a dog’s life accounting […]

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Keeping Cats Indoors: How to Ensure Your Pet is Happy, According to Science

November 23, 2019 Health And Wellness

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 in dense urban settings, what does the future hold for […]

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School Becomes First In World To Use Synthetic Frogs For Dissections

November 23, 2019 Natural Health News,Video

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 pretty much any animal in artificial form. A school in […]

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Study Shows That Yelling at Your Dog Can Lead to Long-Term Trauma, Stress

November 11, 2019 Uncategorized

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 dogs, especially after a new study was released showing that […]

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This Dog Can Say 29 Words After Learning To Talk Using A Custom Sound Board

November 9, 2019 Video

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. It might be scary at first, but then, it will […]

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