As mentioned in a previous post, the White House is going to be occupied by dogs again. We know that Joe Biden is a dog lover as is his wife, Jill. He has praised his wife tremendously for her support and he said that she …
The picture says it all. You see Tommie Bear, a white, three-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier who is described as brokenhearted because his temporary reprieve from the animal shelter was dashed when his adopter gave him up and sent him back. Fast forward, and this is …
It’s fresh off the press, grey wolves are to be reintroduced into Colorado. It was a narrow vote in favour. They’ll be introduced into the southern Rockies where there’s plenty of habitat. It seems that people are becoming more sensitive to the environment, to nature …
I’m told, but it needs to be confirmed, that Kamala Harris likes dogs although she does not live with a companion animal at present, to the best of my knowledge. I will write some more on this later but I wanted to quickly touch base …
The right man won the presidential election. He likes dogs. I’d prefer it if he liked cats but I’m not going to be picky. The outgoing president, Trump, is the first president in 130 years not to have a dog in the White House. It …
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT): The Kennel Club in the UK is in trouble again. A few years ago they were criticised for permitting and even encouraging, through breed standards, the breeding of unhealthy dogs which resulted in the BBC pulling out of filming the world’s …
Dogs at Helsinki airport that have been trained to detect Covid-19 are picking up infections in people at a very early stage and before the disease can be detected by the official laboratory tests. This is a remarkable finding. There was some concern initially because …
Indy is being trained to detect bushmeat which is informally slaughtered wild animals eaten by people. It’s a major cause of wildlife loss in Africa including primates, incidentally. Indy is a 14-week-old springer spaniel and she is in the early stages of her training to …
The primary reason for the existence of dogs and cats nowadays is that they are companions to humans. They entertain us, make us happier and more relaxed. However, Rhys Blakely, The Times’ science correspondence writes today that there was a time when they were employed …
