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Cayman Islands: Uptick in ferocious dog attacks this past weekend, 22-24 February

From RCIPS Police officers responded to several ferocious dog reports over the weekend in different areas around Cayman.  These reports primarily involved attacks on other dogs, and in all instances the dogs involved were confirmed not to be strays. Officers…

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9 cat breeds that get along well with dogs

By Mary Daly from Care2 Cats and dogs: Friends or foes? Although these animals have to overcome some language barriers and natural tendencies, they’re not necessarily sworn enemies. The truth is many cats and dogs can coexist peacefully — or…

The People’s Parrot inspires first community-sponsored Genome Project

By GrrlScientist From Forbes Conservation genomics is a new discipline that is beginning to provide important information to scientists that could help us save endangered species and protect the global environment The critically endangered Puerto Rican Amazon parrot, Amazona vittata, known…

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PUPPERS Act to end ‘Barbaric’ VA dog experiments reintroduced to US Congress

By Laura Goldman From Care2 Many people—including Democrats and Republicans in Congress and plenty of veterans themselves—oppose the horrific, taxpayer-funded experiments that some Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities perform on dogs. How terrible are these experiments? Dogs have undergone surgeries that forced…

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Here’s what it looks like when a rescue dog saves someone buried in snow

By Nicole Gallucci From Mashable By now everyone should be well aware that we are incredibly blessed to live in a world where there are dogs. But you can never really have too many reminders, so here’s another. For your weekly dose of Dogs…

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Cayman Islands public alerts police to stranded dogs in Well in West Bay; 2 dogs rescued

From RCIPS Around 6PM, on Tuesday 19 February, a member of the public called the West Bay Police Station to inform police that two dogs were stranded in a well in the Shores area of West Bay. Two officers dispatched…

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4 dolphins moved from Arizona facility to Caribbean park

By Jennifer Kay AP From Star Tribune MIAMI — Four remaining dolphins at an Arizona facility where four other dolphins have died have moved into a new home in the Caribbean. Coral World Ocean Park in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin…

Cayman Islands: PAWS Fundraising Dinner Saturday 2nd March

PAWS under the stars(Protection, Animal, Welfare, Society)8TH  ANNUAL FUNDRAISERDATE: SATURDAY 2ND OF MARCH 2019·      LOCATION: GRAND OLD HOUSE·      PROSECCO 6.30PM TILL 7PM·      DINNER: 7.30PM 1 BT. OF WINE PER COUPLE·      2 LIVE SHOWS: CENTRE POINT STUDIO AND THE POPULAR PAWS DANCERS·     …

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200 more dogs saved

200 more dogs saved from South Korea’s dog meat trade By Alicia Graef from Care2 Rescuers are celebrating another successful operation that will be giving 200 dogs and puppies from South Korea’s dog meat trade entirely new lives. The latest mission, which…

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US: Winter storms are blamed for 1,600 cow deaths in Washington state

By Associated Press and Sarah Gray From Business Insider A series of winter storms that have pounded the state of Washington this week are blamed for killing about 1,600 dairy cows in the Yakima Valley. The Yakima Valley Dairy Farmers…