10 January 2013
From: CBC News The killer whales trapped in the ice in northern Quebec appear to have left the area, Inukjuak Mayor Peter Inukpuk said this morning as experts were said to be en route to the scene to help free them. On Wednesday, residents of an Inuit village called for the government’s help to [...]
10 January 2013
By Michael C. Bender From: Bloomberg More than 550 hunters from 30 states have signed up for a contest called the “Python Challenge,” which begins Jan. 12 and offers $5,000 in prize money for those who slay the longest and largest number of the invasive snakes. A flourishing population of Burmese pythons [...]
10 January 2013
From: CBC News A dozen killer whales trapped in the ice about 30 kilometres off the coast of Inukjuak, Que., could be in imminent danger, as a local Inuk who visited them late Wednesday afternoon said the small patch of open water which the whales are sharing is already shrinking. Twelve orcas were spotted [...]
10 January 2013
From: L.A Now It was a rare, breathtaking sight: In a flash, a pod of about 1,000 common dolphins began a stampede, churning across the blue-gray waters off Dana Point at a rapid pace. Dave Anderson, the captain of Capt. Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Safari, said that in the decades he’s spent on the [...]
07 January 2013
From: WGRZ OLDSMAR, Fla. (AP) – A southwest Florida couple have been charged with animal cruelty and child abuse after authorities responding to a call about a missing child discovered 300 neglected animals in their home, including three dead rats and a dead hamster. Pinellas County Sheriff’s officials responded to the Oldsmar home Sunday [...]
07 January 2013
By Donna Rapado and Juan Ortega from: NBCMiami.com During a routine check around a waterfront condo on Miami’s South Beach, a security guard on Sunday found the unexpected: a dead goat and some roosters, all headless. “I was looking in the water, and I see this blue bag and it looked like a [...]
07 January 2013
From MSN.com Parents, could you quickly check that there isn’t a python near your kid? In the past couple of months, pythons have been found in day-care centers, lying next to babies in cribs and now Tess Guthrie of Lismore, Australia, woke to find her 2-year old daughter, Zara, wrapped up in a python. [...]
21 December 2012
By TheWeatherChannel From: YouTube They’re celebrating at SeaWorld’s Discovery Cove in Orlando, after a healthy 35-pound, bottlenose dolphin was born at the end of November. It’s the 25th to be born at the park since it opened in 2000. Share BoxTweet3
21 December 2012
By CincinnatiZooTube From: YouTube Thane Maynard talks about this years Reindeer at the Cincinnati Zoo and the PNC Festival of Lights. Share BoxTweet3
19 December 2012
By G4BreakingNews From: You Tube A golden eagle tries to fly away with a kid in Montreal, Canada. Eagle snatches child. Share BoxTweet3
23 October 2012
By Evrod Cassimy From: KSDK.com Denver, CO (KCNC/CNN) – An amazing animal rescue at the Denver Zoo was caught on tape. Workers at the zoo had to jump in to save a newborn. The surveillance video shows a female tapir in labor. Moments later, she’s caught on camera giving birth to her baby. [...]
23 October 2012
From: BBC News Researchers in the US have been shocked to discover a beluga whale whose vocalisations were remarkably close to human speech. While dolphins have been taught to mimic the pattern and durations of sounds in human speech, no animal has spontaneously tried such mimicry. But researchers heard a nine-year-old whale named NOC [...]
22 October 2012
By CincinnatiZooTube From: YouTube Today, the Cincinnati Zoo’s baby giraffe is one week old and she now has a new name. After an exciting week of seeing name suggestions on the Zoo’s Facebook page, the Zoo left the final decision to the public and more than 5,400 people answered the call by voting [...]
19 October 2012
By Kathy Thompson From: USA Today ZANESVILLE, Ohio — For the first time in a year, Marian Thompson is discussing how she has struggled with the year since she lost not only her husband, Terry, but 50 of her exotic animals that she considered family. Terry Thompson took his life a year ago [...]
19 October 2012
By Itnnews From: YouTube A female zoo keeper at Taronga Zoo in Sydney has been crushed by the Asian elephant calf she helped raise. Report by Rob Gillett. Share BoxTweet3
05 October 2012
By ABCNews From: You Tube On Nat Geo’s “Animal Intervention,” animal welfare advocates help people give up wild animal pets. Share BoxTweet3
04 October 2012
From: Peggy’s Pet Place Photo: Catherine’s daughter Haley and pal Most of you who read this blog understand and may have even experienced healing bonds with animals. I often write about how dogs heal. Of course, cats, rabbits and many other animals help humans as well. Today please welcome my good friend Catherine [...]
02 October 2012
By Dave Philipps / ProPublica From: NBC News The Bureau of Land Management faced a crisis this spring. The agency protects and manages herds of wild horses that still roam the American West, rounding up thousands of them each year to keep populations stable. But by March, government pens and pastures were nearly [...]
18 September 2012
By Michael E. Ruane From: The Washington Post Photo: Sarah L. Voisin / THE WASHINGTON POST Keeper Becky Malinsky was getting ready for bed Sunday, sitting on the couch with her dog when she decided to check the National Zoo’s panda cam, which was monitoring Mei Xiang, the female giant panda. Malinsky [...]
31 August 2012
By CincinnatiZooTube From: You Tube For the first time since 1994, the Cincinnati Zoo is proud to announce the birth of three Fennec fox kits. The kits, one male and two females, were born at the Zoo on July 16 and are now on display in the Night Hunters exhibit. Born to father, [...]
31 August 2012
From: Weather Channel A month old panda at the San Diego Zoo got a clean bill of health after a check-up. Vets say the cub is just over two pounds and developing normally. Share BoxTweet3
29 August 2012
By Dave Dormer, QMI Agency From: Toronto News Photo: Angie Prime poses with her border collie, Vicious, who protected Prime when a cougar came into her Trail B.C. home and attacked. (PHOTO COURTESY ANGIE PRIME) Angie Prime’s dog Vicious lived up to its name Saturday, protecting B.C. woman from serious harm when [...]
29 August 2012
By Staff, Associated Press From: The Christian Monitor Science Photo: Shedd Aquarium / Brenna Hernandez. A baby beluga calf was born to mom, Mauyak, at about 2 a.m. on Aug. 27 at Shedd Aquarium Baby beluga whale: This baby is one of 35 beluga whales in captivity in North America. But is it [...]
28 August 2012
By Gareth George From: BBC News A woman has claimed sightings of a “lion”- which sparked an extensive search by Essex Police – were of her large pet cat, Teddy Bear. A search for the “very large animal” seen in St Osyth, near Clacton-on-Sea, on Sunday was called off on Monday. Ginny Murphy [...]
28 August 2012
By WTNH From: YouTube Talk about a whale with an eye for the arts: a beluga in Connecticut likes to be entertained by visitors. Share BoxTweet3
24 August 2012
By Dog Post Daily Photo Credit: Carol Walker What is a Mustang? Wild horses are indigenous to the United States and were re-introduced to North America by the Spanish in the 1500s. Additionally, horse fossils have been recently found and date back to prehistoric time. Their distinguishing features are their smaller size, good [...]
22 August 2012
By David Willey From: BBC News The summer of 2012 has been the hottest on record in many parts of Europe. In Italy, the year’s seventh major anticyclone – nicknamed Lucifer, following on from Nero and Caligula – brought temperatures Tuesday to over 40C (104F) in cities from the north to the south [...]
22 August 2012
By BBCEarth From: YouTube After a helicopter ride, the now healthy Orangutan’s are released into a protected research area, the perfect location for them to be released back into the wild. Great clip from the second series of BBC natural history documentary Orangutan Diary. Share BoxTweet3
22 August 2012
From: USA Today BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin zoo says Bao Bao, who was given to West Germany by China in 1980 and was one of the world’s oldest giant pandas, has died. The zoo said the 34-year-old bear died early Wednesday in his enclosure after his health deteriorated over the last several months. [...]
21 August 2012
From: MailOnline Zookeepers at the National Zoo in Washington artificially inseminated its female giant panda, Mei Xiang, in April after efforts to get her to mate failed. And now officials suspect she might be pregnant. The 13-year-old panda’s hormone levels are up, she is acting ‘spaced out’, and she has begun nesting. Panda keeper [...]
16 August 2012
By CincinnatiZooTube From: YouTube Savanna has to be hand raised because she couldn’t be cared for by her mom. This makes her a perfect fit for the Cat Ambassador Program where our cheetahs get to run on a regular basis. We’ll follow Savanna through her training. Share BoxTweet3
14 August 2012
By Erik Ortiz From: New York Daily News CJ the chimp is leaving Las Vegas — and this time it’s for good. The astute adult chimpanzee bolted from her cage at a private residence in the city’s northwest Saturday, marking the second time in a month that she broke free. But after her [...]
14 August 2012
By BBCEarth From: You Tube The Flamingo’s best and only form of escape is simple – there is safety in numbers. Watch this hypnotically beautiful footage of mass Flamingo movement – when one flamingo spots danger, the entire flock takes flight as if by magic. Share BoxTweet3
08 August 2012
By BBCEarth From: YouTube Using CGI, this clip shows how speed, agility and brute strength gave giant reptiles the edge in the Triassic period. Great clip from BBC Walking with Dinosaurs. ©Dog Post Daily Share BoxTweet3
06 August 2012
By WTNH From: YouTube Five llamas, two alpacas and three goats who live at Bishop’s Orchards Farm Market are back in their pens after vandals let them escape, but their caretaker Keith Bishop is still working with police to find the culprits. Share BoxTweet3
03 August 2012
By Paulo Prada From: Reuters (Reuters) – Ivo Lubrinna has been wildcatting for gold in the jungle here for more than 30 years. It’s a notoriously messy business, as crews strip away topsoil in the forest and along riverbanks and use mercury and other pollutants to draw precious metal from mud. For the [...]