GERMANY: A robotic dog has successfully prevented railway graffiti artists in Germany. The German rail operator, Deutsche Bahn has hired a high-tech robotic dog to stop its trains from being covered in graffiti. The dog’s name is Spot. It has a top speed of 7 …
NEWS AND OPINION: Wellington, the capital of New Zealand is waging war on another of their invasive species, the rat. Predator Free Wellington a state backed community which is leading the effort to eradicate rats from the capital of New Zealand. New Zealand is very …
NEWS AND COMMENT: In a new development in the Ukraine war, eight dogs will carry radiation detection devices, the size of a mobile phone, manufactured by a UK company, Kromek. This is another string in the bow of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to better protect …
Brigitte Bardot is a very high profile animal advocate. She gives her love and energies to animal welfare and has achieved much in this second phase of her life. She has now turned her efforts to the hundreds of security dogs who are at risk …
This is a nice story of a 12-year-old black labrador whose name is Reqs. I think the name is a take on the usual ‘Rex’. A clever variation. He has spent 11 years – most of his life so far – as an employee of …
NEWS AND COMMENT: In a further attempt to slow down the large number of illegal migrants crossing the English Channel from northern France to Kent in rubber dinghies provided by people smugglers, the British government is in discussions with Bulgaria and Turkey in seizing rubber …
NEWS AND VIEWS: Javier Milei, is described as a “madman firebrand” by The Sunday Times this morning and I can see why. He boasted at an election rally last week that he has the best strategists in the world. They are his five cloned dogs. …
News and comment: you may have heard about the alleged surge in bedbug infestations in the UK ostensibly imported from France but I don’t think this is correct because my research indicates that there has been a steady increase in bedbug infestations in the UK …
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 …