Retired man burned to death protecting his friend’s dog in the back of his car in the Hawaii wildfires

Trejos and Sam

You might have heard of the Hawaii wildfires. Specifically, they were on the island of Maui. They’ve claimed 96 lives so far. Jeff Bogar lived on the island. He is a retired Maui fire captain. His close friend was Franklin Trejos. All the accounts say …

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Cats and dogs endure excessive medical treatment as their owners humanize them

Dog's birthday. Humanising companion animals

A modern trend which is gathering pace is that caregivers are treating their cat and dog companions as little humans and in doing so are far more inclined to put them through excessive medical treatment when the more humane choice would be to euthanise them. …

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