By: Josh Davis/IFL Science Grizzly bears that inhabit the wilderness of Yellowstone National Park may now want to tread carefully if they ever leave the reserve’s boundaries. The apex predators have just lost their endangered species status, which means it will now be legal to hunt the animals as trophies outside of the park. The decision was announced…
Animal Abusers Will Now Be Registered In A Database Like Sex Offenders
By: Simplemost Animal abuser registries are a big win for animal rights activists. In a huge win for animal lovers and animal rights activists, people convicted of being animal abusers will now be registered in online databases like sex offenders. These registries have been enacted in several states, including Tennessee, New York and Illinois. This…
Secret Footage Shows How Baby Elephants Are Really Treated At This Zoo
By: Sarah V. Schweig/The Dodo Throngs of visitors regularly gather at a zoo in Germany to see a dozen captive elephants, including babies, performing tricks, like standing up on their hind legs and running around a ring in a line, or holding each other’s tails with their little trunks — but secret footage shows the grueling and…
Poachers Just Broke Into A Sanctuary To Kill Two Rescued Lions
By: Elizabeth Claire Alberts/The Dodo The Lions had been rescued from abuse — and were best friends. On Sunday night, the unthinkable happened at Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary, a refuge for animals rescued from abusive situations. Attackers broke into the sanctuary and killed two lions, José and Liso. Then they hacked off the lions’ heads, legs, and…
K9 Unit Hasn’t Seen Military Partner in Three Long Years, Watch Moment Their Eyes Meet Again
By: Bridget Demouy/Liftable It is always a special day when an adopted dog finds it forever home. Both dog and human are thrilled to have found each other, but most often it is just the start of getting to know one another. For an Ohio man who recently adopted an older dog, it was a different…
Dog Retrieves Lost Golf Balls To Raise Money For Shelter Animals
By: Stephen Messenger/The Dodo World, meet Davos. Not only is he a very good dog, he’s a very charitable one too. Posted by Al Cooper on Friday, October 30, 2015 Being an energetic and inquisitive Bernese mountain dog, Davos has a special knack for tracking down and retrieving things that most people would probably miss. But rather than…
Cruel Man Chains Dog To A Car And Drags Him By The Neck
By: Sylvia Tan/Relay Hero Animal cruelty is sadly especially prominent within modern society – both dog and cat owners alike abuse their own pets, can you imagine? One example is a dog owner in China, who drags his own dog via a long metal chain tied to his truck! Mind you – the truck was DRIVEN by…
“Aggressive” Shelter Pit Bull To Be Euthanized, Then The Police Force Takes A Chance On Him
By: D.G. Sciortino/Shareably When Leonard came to The Union County Humane Society he was deemed “aggressive” and they knew the pit bull’s demeanor would prevent them being able to adopt him out. So, poor Leonard was scheduled for euthanization. However, Humane Society Director Jim Alloway saw some potential in Leonard and envisioned a brand new future…
Local Cops Needed Cheaper K9s, So They Went To The Animal Shelter And Adopted Pit Bulls
By: Johanna Silver/Little Things Though they’ve proven time and time again that they can be just as sweet and loving as any other dog, pit bulls are still largely assumed to be dangerous and mean. People are so afraid of them that they have even tried to ban them from entire cities, like Montreal. But there are…