Seals’ unprovoked attacks on Cape Town beachgoers are disturbing (video)
NEWS AND COMMENT-CAPE TOWN: As I understand this, this is a disturbing example of humankind’s effect on wild animal behaviour through their behaviour. That...
Tagged: toxic products
Infographic on toxic Christmas treats for dogs
It is that time of year when there are a lot of foods in the kitchen and dining room which are tasty to humans...
10 million pieces of plastic ingested DAILY by whales
A study concluded that the oceans pose a greater risk to the health of the world’s largest creatures than was previously thought as a...
Morgan Freeman does his bit for bee conservation
In July 2014, Morgan Freeman started to become a beekeeper and subsequently into bee conservation due to their decline. The video on YouTube below...
Bichon Frise ‘steals’ owner’s purse and swallows 20 coins
Mother of two, Ivana, had lost her purse. It had vanished and she was at a loss as to who the culprit was. She...
Dogs jumping into ponds can be killed by blue-green algae
On my experience of walking through Richmond Park, near London, dogs are positively enthralled about jumping into ponds and then coming out and shaking...
Rapid antigen tests for dogs can poison them
NEWS AND COMMENT-AUSTRALIA: Millions of rapid antigen tests are being distributed to Australian households. There is a danger that they can harm dogs. The...
Chinese farmer finds dozens of crows lying dead in roadside ditch
This is a disturbing video presented by newsflare. I can’t present the video here because you have to buy it and I’m not prepared...
Staffordshire bull terrier demolishes six packets of Christmas chocolate coins
The world and his dog know that chocolate is toxic to dogs. And I guess we all know that tinfoil is also very hazardous...
Game meat contains illegal levels of lead and is toxic
Game meat sold by Sainsbury’s and Waitrose contains high levels of lead which would be illegal in chicken, pork and beef. However, there is...
Tire preservative chemical responsible for killing returning salmon
Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington, USA: Researchers have discovered that a formerly unknown chemical, 6PPD, in vehicle tires (tyres) which preserves them from ground level...
Chocolate poisons dogs because of theobromine
It’s all over the Internet so I am not going to go over old ground, however, the problem with dogs eating chocolate is that...
Pet food kills at least 28 dogs in America
A pet food called Sportmix, manufactured by Midwestern Pet Foods Inc., has been implicated in the death of 28 dogs and illness in eight...
Fipronil and imidacloprid pet flea treatments poisoning river wildlife
NEWS AND VIEWS: This is a cross post because I think the issue needs to be flagged up as strongly as possible. Some very...
Slug pellets are a danger to cats, dogs and wildlife
Although, in the UK, the chemical metaldehyde has been banned from slug pellets from the Spring of 2020, because it is just too toxic...
