NEWS AND COMMENT: There are two aspects to this story. Firstly, the one highlighted in the title and secondly the failure of the police to realise that this man had been shot and that this is an alleged murder enquiry. Yes, it’s hard to believe …
This American car dealership says that two dogs, one brown and one black have caused $350,000-worth of damage at their business mainly because the brown one enjoys tearing bumpers off cars that are for sale. The dog achieves this by using his teeth and sheer …
Daisy, a springer spaniel, as being called a ‘hero hound’ mimicking Lassie. It is indeed a storyline worthy of the well-known animal film star Lassie. Michele Rose, 59, lives with Daisy, the springer spaniel and Mowgli, a black-and-white cat and Baloo another cat. Mowgli went …
One of the great difficulties for Binjamin Netanyahu’s ground offensive in Gaza using the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) is to overcome the approximate 300 miles of sophisticated tunnels underneath Gaza, sometimes underneath hospitals. The tunnels have been built with concrete arches and side panels costing …
The Conversation (a website) commissioned a study on Australia’s famous dingo and whether this feted animal was domesticated and became wild or has always been a wild dog and how the aboriginal people of Australia (Australia’s First Peoples) interacted with the it. The study is …
The dog-eaten remains in the form of a torn fragment of John Steinbeck’s handwritten draft of Of Mice and Men is to be sold at auction with an estimate sale price of $3000 at Bonhams auction house. The destruction occurred 77 years ago. Imagine how …
The Times headline is “First Dog hounded out of White House”. So, it has finally happened. Commander has been banished from the White House at last after biting at least 11 people. The place simply wasn’t right for him. There were suggestions that he should …
There is quite a lot of discussion on the Internet about whether companion animals can be gay and looking wider to all other animals it is an interesting thought as to whether they can be ‘gay’ as is the case in humans. Some recent research …
The dog is called the ‘Irrigation Dog’ and you can see why. He or she is fascinated with digging a channel to allow the water to run towards him. I guess that he likes water as lots of dogs do and he has learned that …
