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Dog helps rescue owner from car crash in the snow

Tinsley is a one-year-old Shiloh Shephard dog. She has been credited with leading police to the place where his owner had crashed his car in difficult...

January 6, 2022 by MikeB dog behaviour

Famous Frodo, the last of Michael Vick’s dogfighting ring, dies

Frodo a dog rehabilitated from the Michael Vick dog fighting ring

I guess the world has heard about Michael Vick’s dogfighting ring. Vick earned the largest pay check of any NFL player in his time. Apparently, he...

December 29, 2021 by MikeB Animal cruelty 0

‘Shutdown’ dog given second chance and she flourished

This is a tiny dog story, almost invisible in the massive ocean of the Internet, but one which tells a great story. It starts with the...

December 25, 2021 by MikeB dog rescue 0

Quiet dog alerts owners to two men drowning in the middle of the night

Jacqui and Colin Fearon were asleep on their boat which was moored in Farndon Marina, Nottinghamshire. It was the early hours of last Saturday. Their dog...

December 15, 2021 by MikeB dog behaviour 0

Geronimo, the alpaca, did not have TB latest tests show

You may remember Geronimo, the alpaca, who was slaughtered after a long-running battle between Helen Macdonald, his owner, and Defra which claimed that he had tuberculosis....

December 10, 2021 by MikeB Animal rights 0

China improves conservation of the white dolphin despite the building of a bridge

China has mitigated the impact on the conservation of the white dolphin when building a bridge across the estuary of the Pearl River. China has hailed...

October 15, 2021 by MikeB Conservation

Hundreds of dogs, mostly greyhounds, housed for the sole purpose of draining their blood

“If the governor signs it, a bill that has passed the California legislature will end businesses that “house hundreds of dogs, mostly greyhounds, for the sole...

September 12, 2021 by MikeB Law 0

Woman’s fear of dogs was due to being sexually abused as a child

Gabrielle Cummins and her children on an Irish strand

This is an interesting article by Gabrielle Cummins in The Irish Times online. She had a crippling irrational fear of dogs (cynophobia) and is brave enough...

July 13, 2021 by MikeB cynophobia 0

Blue lobsters are 1 in 2 million

People ask whether blue lobsters are poisonous, real or rare and even whether they are expensive. Lobsters are blue because of a genetic variation or mutation...

July 9, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife 0

Stolen dog dumped and reunited with owner after 10 years of breeding

Elektra Covell, 18, and Tallulah Covell, 19, holding Crumpet with Sarah Covell

COMMENT-NEWS: The title to this article is speculative but it is based upon the words of Sarah Covell who believes that her 3-month-old Jack Russell dog...

June 22, 2021 by MikeB dog rescue

Peggy, a deaf sheepdog, understands sign language

The story of Peggy, a nine-year-old border collie is warming and highlights once again the intelligence of dogs. She had to be retired after becoming deaf...

June 15, 2021 by MikeB working dogs

UK: rare bat populations are growing in number

In the UK, rare bat populations are growing due to milder winters and springs caused by climate change as well as strong wildlife protection laws, so...

May 21, 2021 by MikeB Bats

Dangerous husky dog will be retrained and rehomed rather than euthanised

Rocco a husky dog who was untrained and as a consequence dangerous

This is a good news story. A woman, Natalie Pasquantonio, failed to ensure that her dog, a husky, underwent obedience training. As a consequence, the three-year-old...

May 13, 2021 by MikeB dog behaviour

Are peregrine falcons protected in the UK?

Peregrine falcons are protected under UK law

Yes, peregrine falcons are protected in the UK by law. An excellent example of that protection is currently published in today’s The Times newspaper. Network Rail...

April 21, 2021 by MikeB Birds

Another UK prison employs animals to benefit the health of their inmates

This is another report about domestic animals being introduced into UK prisons to benefit the welfare of the inmates (click this for another report). The policy...

April 6, 2021 by MikeB Humans

Sniffer dogs are more accurate than Covid-19 tests

Sniffer dogs have proved to be more accurate than Covid-19 tests devised by scientists, which is why they are being deployed at places where normal testing...

March 5, 2021 by MikeB working dogs