Witnessed: Benefits of Animal Microchip Implant
By Elisa Black-Taylor Yesterday, on my way to work, I witnessed the benefits of micro-chipping. This isn’t a cat story and I’m not the one with the micro-chipped animal who’s the “star” of this...
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“An act of nature” – dogs kill a cat
When dogs attack a cat and kill her, it is described as “an act of nature” by the police. Because of that the police say they are powerless to investigate. They changed their story...
Are Ailurophiles More Considerate Than Cynophilists?
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra I was fascinated when Riverside Robyn in a comment gave us the word ‘ailurophile’ for a cat lover and have searched for the equivalent for a dog lover. It is ‘cynophilist’....
Cat Saves Dog From Dog Attack
By Elisa Black-Taylor This a cute little story I came across of a brave rescue which took place last week in Toledo, Ohio, where a cat saved his dog companion. Sammy the cat and...
Branch of U.S. Department of Agriculture Illegally Killing Pets
By Elisa Black-Taylor According to Fox news¹ hundreds of family pets have been killed over the past decade by a little-known program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The name goes by Wildlife Services, which...
Who Killed The Champion Show Dog?
This is about a show dog but it could just as easily be about a show cat; in truth, though, it is about people. People who are involved with breeding show animals can tend...
Goofy Cartoon
The Goofy cartoon dog is a Walt Disney creation. He is an “oafish”1 character AKA “The Goof”. He walked on two legs, human style. He was a black dog and he had droopy ears...
Dogs Hate Cats
Dogs hate cats it is said or thought. The media and the cartoons tend to promote this idea. For me it is an entirely misplaced notion. in the wild a dog might chase a...
Dogs with Cats
The photographs on this page are reproduced under creative commons. Photographs not reproduced under creative commons are widely circulated. Photograph copyright Mathieu Struck Photograph copyright meknits Photograph copyright myriorama – this is my favorite...
Dealing With Aggressive Dogs
by Michael Are pitbulls aggressive or is it that the human caretaker is aggressive? – photo Rebekah Pavlovic (Flickr) 22nd August 2010: The Battersea Dogs & Cats Home is dealing with aggressive dogs by...
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