Animals

Woman saves 97 homeless dogs from Hurricane Dorian by taking them all into her home

Chella Phillips operates an animal refuge called The Voiceless Dogs of Nassau, Bahamas. She is dedicated to saving the large homeless dog population in her community, even if she has to do it alone. “I am ...

Dog doesn’t want to leave his owner after being dumped at shelter

And, as if the act of dumping Shadow wasn’t bad enough, things got worse. When the time came for the family to leave Shadow, the poor dog tried to desperately cling to his owner. He ...

Baby dolphin dies during show at water park

The incident occurred in early August at the Dolphinarium in Varna, Bulgaria. The dolphins were performing their Friday afternoon show, but things quickly went wrong. “There was some turmoil,” witness Biser Lyubenov told local news ...

Dog runs out of house, joins a half-marathon, and finishes in 7th place

It was January 19, 2016. April Hamlin, from Elkmont, Alabama, let her dog Ludivine, then two-and-a-half years old, out to use the bathroom. Ludivine then snuck out from the house and ran off. This wasn’t unusual: ...

Rescue cats form an inseparable ‘sister’ bond, so a woman adopts them both

Naomi is a calico kitten, who was found as a stray in June, wandering the streets of Commerce, California. Animal control brought her to Friends for Life RescueNetwork, an animal rescue based in Los Angeles, LoveMeow ...

Zoo is ‘outraged’ after visitors scratch their names into rhino’s back

The incident occurred at La Palmyre Zoo in southwestern France. The zoo has a 35-year-old female rhino on display, and visitors can get close to the animal when she gets near the enclosure wall. People are ...

K-9 police dog found dead after being left in hot vehicle

The Long Beach Police Department announced that one of their K-9 officers, Ozzy, was found dead after being left alone in a department vehicle on August 14. Both Ozzy and his handler were off-duty at ...

You can spend the night in a giant beagle-shaped B&B

One look at the Dog Bark Park Inn B&B and it’s clear that it’s no ordinary bed-and-breakfast. The entire building is designed to look like a giant beagle! “It’s a beagle-shaped one-unit inn where being in ...

3 trophy hunters break into nature reserve to shoot rhinos, only to get eaten by pride of lions

The scenario unfolded at the Sibuya Game Reserve, near Kenton-on-Sea, in Eastern Province, South Africa. As staff were doing their rounds, they discovered hunting rifles equipped with silencers, wire cutters to get beyond the Reserve’s ...

Dog dumped at shelter with his bed and all his toys, as family didn’t have enough time for him

Wall-E was adopted from the Maricopa County Animal Care and Control shelter in 2015. He was moved to a new home, one where he was overwhelmed with love and care. In short, he was given the ...