By: Lily Feinn/The Dodo Long days and warm weather mean more time spent frolicking in the great outdoors for our pups, and they love to soak up the sun and chase anything buzzing around — whether it’s a butterfly, ladybug or (eep!) a bee. So what should you do if your dog gets stung by a bee?…
Texas Animal Abusers Will Soon Face Up To 10 Years In Prison
By: Dina Fantegrossi/I Heart Animals Criminals who torture, kill, poison, or cause serious bodily injury to animals in Texas can no longer expect to walk away with a slap on the wrist. Beginning September, animal abuse will be elevated from a Class A Misdemeanor to a Third Degree Felony. These crimes will carry a punishment of two to 10…
Millions Of Americans Think Chocolate Milk Comes From Brown Cows
By: James Felton/IFL Science If you go to the Innovation Center for US Dairy’s website, their top frequently asked question is: “Does chocolate milk come from brown cows?”. They answer it clearly and politely: “Actually, chocolate milk – or any flavored milk for that matter – is white cow’s milk with added flavoring and sweeteners”. Unfortunately, this message…
Incredibly Rare White Risso’s Dolphin Spotted For First Time In Years
By: Tom Hale/IFL Science Against all odds, a juvenile albino Risso’s dolphin has been spotted in the wild again after it was last seen as a baby back in 2015. This super-rare white dolphin was spotted in the waters off Monterey Bay in California last week by Kate Cummings of Blue Ocean Whale Watch. She quickly made contact…
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…