In the UK (and elsewhere?) enterprises training dogs to sniff for truffles are booming. Yes, truffle hunting is a booming business. And what’s happening is this: businesses engaged in training dogs to sniff out truffles are oversubscribed as it has become very popular because the market rate for white truffles in the UK ranges up …
Make thousands of pounds after training your dog to sniff out truffles Read More »
The Animal Save Movement on Twitter says this about the video: This footage was recently filmed over a 2.5-week period at the property of one of Australia’s leading greyhound trainers. It shows dogs and puppies being kicked, punched, dragged and beaten. If this is the industry’s best, imagine the worst. Greyhound racing equals animal cruelty. …
President Joe Biden loves German Shepherds (GSD). But, arguably, the German Shepherd breed of dog is unsuited to life at the White House unless specifically trained to deal with it. This may be indicated by the fact that both of Pres Joe Biden’s German shepherds, firstly Major and now Commander have on several occasions bitten …
NEWS AND VIEWS: If you thought that small dogs were a modern concept you will have to think again after archaeologists working near one of South Oxfordshire’s most iconic landmarks, the Whittenham Clumps, unearthed the bones of a small dog which they have decided would have looked like today’s dachshund as you can see in …
Roman family lived with a dachshund-like dog 1,800 years ago in England Read More »
UK: Maremma sheepdogs are an ancient breed as they were first mentioned in Roman literature more than 2,000 years ago. At the time they were used to warn off predators in the area of their origin: the regions of Abruzzi and Maremma in Italy. Nowadays they are usually employed to fight off wolves. As yet …
Maremma sheepdogs are being trained to stop eagles attacking sheep Read More »
Both the RSPCA in the UK and The Kennel Club have raised concerns about a new trend to do yoga with puppies. It’s called “Puppy Yoga” unsurprisingly and it involves puppies as young as 6.5 weeks of age joining the class. I suspect that puppies are added to the class because it is a known …
In a protest against the abuses suffered by racing greyhounds in the UK after they are no longer useful as racers, the animal rights group, Animal Rising, have announced on Twitter their plan to disrupt the Greyhound Derby final at Towcester Racecourse on July 1st, 2023. It is a bold public announcement which has attracted …
In the UK, the great crested newt is protected under European law. The species is quite widespread across the UK. It is illegal to harm them or damage their habitat. This presents a problem to building developers in planning applications. They have to apply for a licence before they can catch the animals or handle …
This is another form of gratuitous violence against wild animals enjoyed by a small section of society in Ontario, Canada; the extremist sport hunters. They are a blood thirsty lot, aren’t they? Without morals and any vestige of sensitivity towards the sentience of animals. Their behavior baffles most people. Penned hunting of wild animals such …
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This is the tweet accompanying the video below: Animal cruelty is a potential sign of sociopathy. Being a TSA employee is a surefire sign, though. The video It is outrageous that this employee is abusing his working dog in this way in plain sight of anyone and everyone in the vicinity which is why someone …
Transport Security Administration agent abuses his working dog companion Read More »
The border collie is an intelligent, active breed of working dog. And if they don’t have any work to do, they will drive you nuts which is why businesses in America such as Geese Chasers and Geese Relief are such good ideas. They use the border collie’s natural desire to herd to scare away Canada …
Border collie dogs successfully employed to get rid of Canada geese Read More »
France reintroduced wolves into their country about 30 years ago after they had been hunted to extinction in the twentieth century. That resulted in shepherds using Pyrenean mountain dogs to protect their flocks. And, sadly, there are reports of Pyrenean mountain dogs attacking people which is undermining the process. It’s reported in The Times that …
Sheep-defending Pyrenean mountain dogs are attacking people Read More »
Rescuers gave a rescue dog killed when searching for survivors of Turkey’s earthquakes a ceremonial sendoff. ‘Proteo’ was a rescue dog working with the Mexican Red Cross in searching for survivors after the Turkey and Syrian earthquakes. He died after helping to find two survivors. The cause of death has not been reported. Rescuers from …
Today, The Times newspaper reports on a facet of UK society which is shameful, and which demonstrates a degree of ignorance and lack of respect among service providers which urgently needs to be rectified. Shops and taxis are refusing to let guide dogs in. The problem is growing. Reasons for wrongly refusing guide dogs access …
Guide dog owners experience many demoralising access refusals Read More »
NEWS AND COMMENT: Ukraine President, Volodymyr Zelensky, is seen presenting an award to a feisty little Jack Russell terrier, Patron, a mine-sniffer, at an award ceremony in which the attendees are seen smiling broadly. Animals tend to do that to you. Animals make you smile and smiles are needed in this devastating Russian invasion resulting …
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