Stunning photographic tribute to elderly animals

January 17, 2014

Inspired by her own mother’s descent into Alzheimer’s disease and her grandmother’s experience with dementia, Philadelphia-based photographer Isa Leshko has created a stunning tribute to…

Two forsaken elephants reunited at a sanctuary

January 15, 2014

When I read this story and watched the video, it made me think of two old people who once knew each other and were…

Air Canada apologizes to soldier with PTSD for service dog fee

January 15, 2014

Air Canada has apologized to a soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder for not recognizing Snoopy, her pug-schnauzer-terrier, as a service dog. Sergeant Shirley Jew…

Guide dog knocks chocolate out of woman’s mouth

January 13, 2014

If this was television news, the reporter would ask Nell, the guide dog-in-training: Do you feel like a hero? Nell should. The 17-month-old mix…

Dog with cancer provides therapy to cancer patients

January 13, 2014

Holly seems to know exactly what cancer patients need. It’s little wonder. The pet therapy dog at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla….

Lion Whisperer hugs pal while wearing a Go Pro

January 9, 2014

Kevin Richardson, aka the Lion Whisperer, is a self-taught animal behaviourist who got his start working with lions at a local lion park. Since…

Walking! Eating! Trilling! Tiny polar bear cub is thriving

January 8, 2014

Super cute polar bear cub updates below. First steps! First time eating from a dish! Slurping from a bottle! Trilling sounds from a happy…

Orphaned bear cub taken in by…chickens.

January 2, 2014

Usually bears break into the chicken coop and eat the chickens. Not Tinsel, an orphaned bear cub. He was found living in a chicken…

An image makeover for the beleaguered pit bull

December 29, 2013

Pit bulls are enjoying a bit of a Renaissance. The dogs are the focus of the incredibly popular Animal Planet television program Pill Bulls…

Blind man, guide dog hit by subway – and survive

December 18, 2013

A 61-year-old blind man is crediting his guide dog from saving him from serious injury after they tumbled on the subway tracks in New York City….