10 ideas to celebrate National Pet Day
By Mary Daly From Care2 April 11 is National Pet Day. It’s a day meant to celebrate our animal companions — and to raise awareness for animal-related causes. If you’re ready for the responsibility, it could be a fitting day to adopt a homeless…
Drunk cats
Not Your Ordinary Matchbox Art: Drunk Cats at the Bar From Designer Daily On the Internet, there are two types of content that people never seem to get tired of: cats doing silly stuff and drunk people doing even sillier…
Smuggler caught attempting to transport over 750 tarantulas to the Philippines
By Mike Wehner From BGR Smuggling contraband into a country is a dirty business, especially when the goods being illegally transported are things like drugs or weapons. A man in the Philippines has been caught smuggling goods from Poland in…
Taiwan doctor finds four sweat bees living inside woman’s eye
From BBC A Taiwanese woman was found by doctors to have four small sweat bees living inside her eye, the first such incident on the island. The 28-year-old woman, identified only as Ms He, was pulling out weeds when the…
The women who created the first US animal shelter get well-deserved recognition
By Laura Go;dman From Care2 Did you know that a group of 30 women created the oldest animal shelter in the United States in 1869? Probably not, and that’s why shelter officials want to make sure those 30 women finally get the credit they deserve…
The Editor speaks: Wolves in Cayman
A wolf is an animal that preys. According to Wikipedia: “The wolf (Canis lupus), also known as the grey/gray wolf or timber wolf, is a canine native to the wilderness and remote areas of Eurasia and North America. It is…
Victory! New Mexico bans Coyote killing contests
By Alicia Groef Coyotes in New Mexico are a little bit safer from being wantonly killed in the state thanks to legislation that bans killing contests that target them. These contests, which are also known as derbies or drives, reward people of all…
Pets help ease the aging process
From Newsmax Richard McIntosh hadn’t had any pets since his childhood farm dogs, but then he started a relationship with a competitive dog trainer and found his life filled with Golden Retrievers. Now McIntosh, 59, of Cornelius, Oregon, can’t imagine…
Doris Day, 97, misses working with Rock Hudson
By Solange Reyner From Newsmax Iconic actress and singer Doris Day, who turned 97 on Wednesday, says she misses working with Rock Hudson and lists “Calamity Jane” as her favorite film of all time. “I had such fun working with my…
The first-ever jaguar cub born by artificial insemination was likely eaten by its mother 2 days later
By Molly Thomson From Business Insider A jaguar, Bianca, was artificially inseminated and was the first of the species to successfully give birth to a cub this way. Two days later, the cub disappeared — and was likely eaten by…







