By: Elizabeth Claire Alberts/The Dodo “They were under a lot of business pressure … they were willing to do anything.” The elephant never should have been taken out of Africa, and she definitely shouldn’t have been forced to have another baby. That’s what animal welfare advocates say about Seeni, a 23-year-old elephant who tragically lost…
Guy Drives Toward Hurricane To Rescue Animals In Its Path
By: Mary Schwager/The Dodo “I didn’t really think — I just figured someone needed to help them.” When a young man named Connor woke up last Thursday morning, he had no idea he was about to be a lifeline for two lab mixes, Thelma and Hercules, stuck in the oncoming path of Hurricane Harvey. The 22-year-old…
Mutant Apes Discovered In Uganda
By: Tom Hale/IFL Science Something very strange is going on with the chimps and baboons in Uganda. For several years, researchers working in Kibale National Park in Western Uganda have noticed a growing number of primates suffering from bizarre deformities, such as missing limbs, patchy fur, cleft lips, concave faces, or flattened noses. In a new…
People Are Breeding ‘Monster’ Foxes So They Can Sell More Fur
By: Elizabeth Claire Alberts/The Dodo “Most people have seen the horrible conditions on fur farms, like the tiny, barren cages that the animals live in, but this was something new.” The Arctic foxes look dangerously obese. Dense rolls of skin cover their bodies like heavy blankets, making it difficult for them to move. Their tails are unusually…
Your Sushi Could Be Killing This Endangered Animal
By: Elizabeth Claire Alberts/The Dodo “They’re hitting the juveniles that aren’t even old enough to reproduce.” Bluefin tuna. If you’re sitting in a sushi restaurant and you see this fish on the menu, you may want to think twice about ordering it. After all, the bluefin tuna — like African lions and elephants and Bornean orangutans — is teetering on the brink of…
Monkey Forced To ‘Dance’ On Streets Has No Idea She’s About To Be Free
By: Elizabeth Claire Alberts/The Dodo The day the macaque monkey was rescued, she was wearing a frilly, pink dress and had a metal chain locked around her neck. The monkey’s handlers had stationed themselves outside of a primary school in Bogor, Indonesia, a city south of Jakarta. Every time people walked by, the handlers yanked and pulled…
How Do Animals React To A Solar Eclipse?
By: Kristy Hamilton/IFL Science You may have heard about the celestial spectacle on August 21 – you know, the one where skywatchers from coast to coast in the US gaze up as the dark disk of the Moon drifts between the Earth and the Sun. Framed by the pearlescent glow of the corona, a sudden darkness will…
British Columbia To Ban Grizzly Bear Trophy Hunting
By: GoodNewsNetwork Starting on November 30th, grizzly bear trophy hunting will be banned in the Canadian province of British Columbia. “This action is supported by the vast majority of people across our province,” said the Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Minister Doug Donaldson. “By bringing trophy hunting of grizzlies to an end, we’re delivering…
Judge Judy Lets Dog Tell The Truth In A Canine Custody Battle
By: Karen Harris/I Heart Dogs We love people who stand up for our four-legged companions, and when they’re able to serve up some real justice, it’s even sweeter. Pet advocates everywhere admire Judge Cicconetti, the judge who dishes out creative sentences to animal abusers. As it turns out, the TV-famous Judge Judy also has a soft spot…