They’re show dogs with star power.Sprinkled through the more than 2,800 dogs that competed at this year’s Westminster Kennel Club show in New York City were furry faces that viewers might have glimpsed in movies and TV shows, stage productions, magazine pages and ads for everything from phone services to pharmaceuticals.Magneto, for instance, is a strapping, 180-pound Leonberger who was a .... Read More
Children get more satisfaction from relationships with their pets than with their brothers or sisters, according to a University of Cambridge study.Children also appear to get along better with their animal companions than with siblings.The research adds to increasing evidence that household pets may have a major influence on child development and could have a positive impact on children’s s.... Read More
A federal regulation finalized in the last days of the Obama administration would have ended the abusive practice of horse soring.But Donald Trump, on his first day in office, put the rule on hold, issuing a memorandum for all unpublished rules to be withdrawn and sent back to the relevant agency for review.Federal officials in Barack Obama’s administration had made regulatory changes under .... Read More
For the first time in more than two years, flocks of white and gray pigeons can be seen circling the rooftops of eastern Mosul.Among the many rules imposed by the Islamic State militant group when it seized the northern Iraqi city was a ban on breeding or flying the birds, which many Iraqis keep as pets or raise for food. The extremists feared young men practicing the hobby would neglect their.... Read More
The Agriculture Department has removed animal welfare inspection reports, enforcement records and other information about the treatment of animals from its website, citing privacy and other laws.Tanya Espinosa, a spokeswoman for USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, confirmed the removal of the information but would not say if the removal was temporary or permanent in the new Tr.... Read More
The organization that ensures animal safety in film and television productions is investigating whether a frightened dog was forced into churning water during the making of A Dog’s Purpose.American Humane has suspended its safety representative who worked on the film and is hiring an independent investigator to explore the matter, said Mark Stubis, a spokesman for the organization.The film�.... Read More
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently identified the influenza strain behind a flu outbreak among cats in a New York City shelter. The rare subtype previously was not found in domestic felines.Cats that have contracted the strain in the shelter have displayed upper-respiratory symptoms such as runny nose, congestion, persistent cough and lip smacking, but the illness has n.... Read More
Cats Rule Cat Club, associated with The International Cat Association, holds its 3rd annual “Chilli Cats” cat show on Jan. 14 at the Racine Civic Center - Memorial Hall, 72 7th St. in Racine. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.The show features a large variety of pedigree cats, as well as other felines. Kindred Kitties will have cats and kittens for adoption. Attendees can learn the characterist.... Read More
All it took was watching her cat lick a thick, microfiber blanket and become stuck, tongue out. Alexis Noel — a doctoral candidate in mechanical engineering working in the Hu Biolocomotion Lab at Georgia Tech — was inspired to explore the odd “spines” she noticed while helping to disentangle her cat’s tongue.That tongue is covered in tiny Velcro-like hooks and, as it glides over fur, t.... Read More
Some pollution-sniffing dogs at the Jersey shore have shown they’re No. 1 at sniffing out No. 2.A team of specially trained dogs has pointed out more than 70 spots in three towns near the Navesink River where human waste may be making its way into the waterway, parts of which are closed to shell-fishing because of high bacteria levels.The dogs sniffed out potentially broken or leaking sewer .... Read More
