CANADA- When prison officials decided to get rid of the feral cat population, the inmates and guards protested, and the cats got to stay. The relationship benefits both the inmates and the cats, teaching the inmates about compassion, and providing the cats with health care and love.
In a remarkable example of David and Goliath proportions, a recent study found that certain ants in Africa can keep any animal, including elephants, away for Acacia trees of their choosing. For all their size, elephants walk a wide circle around trees where ants stake their claim. That’s some serious bragging rights for an insect.
(VIDEO) Sea Shepherd maverick Pete Bethune talks about actually making friends with his captors aboard the Shonan Maru 2 Japanese whaling vessel! Bethune also corrects the hype surrounding him and other Sea Shepherd volunteers, explaining how they’re ordinary people from all walks of life…
Chemical contraceptives are proposed to decrease urban bird populations like pigeons. But some say the potential fallout for other species is too great, especially after the contraceptives have passed through the birds.
Writer Constance Casey is on a rebranding mission for hyenas, whom she believes are misunderstood victims of our prejudice. Read how Casey makes a plea that hyenas aren’t as menacing as their skulking look and notorious laugh make them seem.
Bugs can have personalities too. So don’t disregard that aggressive fly in your home tomorrow– he’s just naturally brave – and popular with the ladies because of it. Yet again, science proves that even tiny animals like insects are more human than we give them credit for.
A baby giraffe named Hope can now walk, thanks to groundbreaking prosthetics. The medical team explains how Hope’s pink and purples shoes allow her to keep up with the best of them.
TIJUANA, Mexico– About 7,000 dogs live on the border of Mexico and the United States, spending their days looking for food and dodging cars, or capture, each day. But volunteer group Friends of Humane Society of Tijuana helping the dogs clean up, get healthy, and find permanent homes.
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