Animals

You can make a big difference for a few dollars. If you’re seeing stray cats or feeding outdoor cats that aren’t fixed, please don’t wait for a litter of kittens to show up before you decide to do something. All About Animals Rescue is holding a $10 TNR Spay Day Blitz on National Feral Cat Day (10/16)...

Here’s a video to brighten your Monday morning. Jewels, a 20-pound French bulldog, took on two 100-pound bears that made the mistake of wandering onto her property on Friday. BHer owner who had recently installed cameras because bears were causing property damage said Jewels is tougher than he realized...

We now have a Bei Bei to go with Bao Bao in the giant panda compound at the National Zoo. Mei Xiang’s surviving cub was named on Friday scrapping a Chinese tradition of naming a newborn 100 days after its birth. Officials say he weighs about three pounds which is ten times what he weighed when he was born August 22.

Enjoy Horses and Dogs, Music, Children's activities,Petting Zoo, Pony Rides, Arts & Crafts Vendors, Harvest/Farmer's Market and more family fun today (9/26) in Metamora.

An Air Canada flight from Tel-Aviv to Toronto was diverted to Frankfort because of a 7-year old French bulldog named Simba. Just as the plane was about to head out over the Atlantic, the pilot noticed a heater in the cargo hold was broken and knew there was a dog on board who might freeze to death.

A man accused of shooting his dog in the head with a crossbow bolt has until today to enter a plea deal according to WXYZ TV otherwise a date for a jury trial will be set. Christopher Scott, 28, of Goodland Township who is charged with felony animal cruelty says he had “just cause” in attempting to euthanize Gemma, a 2-year old flat-coated retriever

A no-brainer. If you thought you couldn’t afford to get your pet fixed, All About Animals Rescue has got you covered. The AAAR Transport Van will be at Flint Petco (9/10, 9/14, 9/28), Almont Family Farm & Home (9/21) and Paradise Animal Rescue (9/25) this month. Your cat or dog will be safely picked up, spayed or neutered by licensed veterinarians at AAAR’s Warren clinic and returned the next

Spotted by a bushwalker in Australia, an abandoned Merino sheep with a massive fleece is shorn and recovering. He was carrying such a heavy load he could barely walk or stand and needed to be sheared immediately.

Watch what happens when Mei Xiang tries to take a bathroom break. The giant panda mother started putting her cub down Thursday night and making attempts to leave the den. She tried leaving twice, once at 10:20 PM and again at 11:55 PM, but her trip was cut short very loud squealing.

The first of impossibly small panda twins born on Saturday at the National Zoo died yesterday. Mei Xiang hadn’t rejected the cub but since Monday afternoon she refused to surrender the bigger cub. The plan was to swap the twins every four hours so Mei was caring for one of the babies at all times while the other was being looked after by zoo staff.

Here’s video of Mei Xiang giving birth over the weekend to the first of two Giant Panda cubs at 5:35 PM and a big surprise a few hours later at 10:07 PM on Saturday. Interest was so great that the famous “panda cam” at the Smithsonian's National Zoo crashed its web page.

Jimmy Kimmel dedicated his monologue last Tuesday to the long painful death of Cecil a beloved, radio-collared Zimbabwean lion illegally killed in a trophy hunt by American dentist, Walter Palmer, breaking down as he suggested his audience make a donation to support the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit