APOPO, a non-profit organisation which uses animals and “scent detection technology” is training HeroRATs for search and rescue. And also, to detect landmines and sniff… Read More »Giant rats carrying backpacks are being trained to save human lives
The picture shows a bunch of dogs in the train carriage, free of their carrier, as they enjoyed special treatment on Saturday on a pet-friendly… Read More »Dogs allowed out of their carrier on a pet-friendly bullet train on Saturday
NEWS AND COMMENT-HARRIS COUNTY, USA: On May 3, Sherry Noppe and her black Labrador, Max, went for an afternoon walk in a large, wooded park… Read More »Loyal Labrador saves lost woman with dementia
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… Read More »Ukrainian mine-sniffing dog receives award from President Volodymyr Zelensky
NEWS AND COMMENT-NOGALES, ARIZONA, USA: In a testament to the wonderful olfactory senses of the domestic dog, a border control dog working out of Nogales,… Read More »Dog sniffs out enough fentanyl to kill nearly 3 million people
NEWS AND COMMENT-LICKEY HILLS COUNTRY PARK, NEAR BIRMINGHAM, UK: They say that a dog can survive three days without water and can survive for 5… Read More »Border terrier survives underground for almost 2 weeks
Some American hospitals enjoy the benefit of “facility dogs”. These are highly trained animals, usually Labradors. Their training, carried out by Canine Companions, a non-profit… Read More »American hospitals’ facility dogs’ important role in childcare
Lisa Buck was horrified when she heard about the Ukrainian woman who was shot in her car while taking pet food to a shelter. She… Read More »English woman is driving solo to the Ukrainian border to feed the animals
NEWS AND COMMENT: in light of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and his unspeakable atrocities perpetrated against the Ukraine people, Crufts 2022 have banned the 52… Read More »Crufts 2022: Russian participants have been banned
PETA Germany are working overtime to rescue cats and dogs from Ukraine. The official motto of PETA Germany is: “There’s no time to lose when… Read More »PETA Germany doing great work to rescue cats and dogs from Ukraine