Has nature gone cray? Viral video shows a fish leaping out of the water to seemingly attack two curious cats. As one kitty peers over the pond's edge, the other climbs onto its companion's back for a better view. Then the fish, speculated in some reports to be a pike in a Japanese koi carp pond, strikes. The unexpected turn is not as shocking as it might seem. To read more on this story, click here: Fish Attacks Kitten, Turns Out Kitten Gets Away
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Park Slope bar The Gate has long been one of the few places in the city that welcomes its customers' canine companions. But that changed last week when a city inspector slammed the bar with an unspecified fine for allowing dogs into the bar, after someone called 311 to complain. Fearful of further fines, owner Bobby Gagnon has now posted a sign saying that no pups are allowed in. But the sign also expresses indignation that the bar (which doesn't serve food) is being lumped in with restaurants that do. "We are a bar. But we are held to the same standard," it complains. To read more on this story, click here: The DOH Says Pooches Are No Longer Welcome at Park Slope's Dog-Loving Bar The Gate
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(CNN) -- Dear park visitors,Please don't take selfies with bears. It's stupid. Love, the U.S Forest Service. That pretty much sums up a warning issued recently by wildlife officials at Taylor Creek Visitor Center in South Lake Tahoe, California. "Bears are unpredictable, wild animals and may attack if threatened," Forest Supervisor Nancy Gibson said in a statement. "We can't have visitors creating dangerous situations for themselves and others. People are risking serious injury or death if they get too close to a bear." To read more on this story, click here: Forest Service Warns Against #bearselfies
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Attention, animal lovers, it's almost the spookiest night of the year! The ASPCA recommends taking some common sense precautions this Halloween to keep you and your pet saying "trick or treat!" all the way to November 1. To read more on this story, click here: ASPCA Top 10 Safety Halloween Tips for Pet Parents
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A one-year-old Shih Tzu’s life has been saved thanks to a pair of kindly people who have no place to go to even help themselves. The Michigan pup was badly injured when he was struck by a car, but now he is on the road to recovery. Earlier this month, Blitz was found in downtown Grand Rapids and was taken by the anonymous good Samaritans to a nearby fire department. He was bleeding and had road rash and broken bones. Firefighters brought him to the Kent County Animal Shelter, who sent him to Kelley’s Animal Shelter to treat his injuries. To read more on this story, click here: Heroic Homeless People Rescue Dog Hit by a Car
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It’s bad enough that we are constantly bombarded with tragic stories about police killing friendly family pets for often no reason at all, and it’s just as sad to learn that police aren’t even treating their own K-9s well. Jack is a Belgian Malinois police dog who has been forced to live in a squalid cement pen for the last two weeks. Why? Apparently because his partner decided to take a promotion with the sheriff’s department. To read more on this story, click here: Loyal Police Dog Being Treated Inhumanely On Chief’s Orders
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Las Vegas (AP) — A fledgling boxer pleaded guilty Wednesday to arson and attempted animal cruelty charges, and told a judge he didn't want to be remembered as the man who set fire to a Las Vegas pet store where 27 puppies and adult dogs were rescued earlier this year. Kirk Bills, 28, stood in shackles, nodded toward his wife in the courtroom gallery, and apologized to Clark County District Court Judge David Barker as he entered his pleas to avoid trial next week on a total of 31 felonies in the Jan. 27 fire at the Prince and Princess pet shop. To read more on this story, click here: Man Pleads Guilty in Las Vegas Puppy Store Fire
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Tampa Bay, Fla. (WTSP) -- A dog owner got a call on Monday that shook her to the bone. "I got hysterical," said dog owner Kimberly Hayden. "I was like what are you (the Veterinarian's Assistant) talking about? She was there for a follow up. And she goes, 'no, we extracted her eye.'" To read more on this story, click here: Vet Removes Dog's Eye Without Permission
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One of Michael Vick's former dogs died this week. Hector the pit bull was two when he was rescued out of the NFL player's Bad Newz Kennels. He then got to live with a wonderful family -- Clara and Roo Yori -- who did all they could to give this dog the great life he so deserved, after his hellish beginning. Hector even got to work for a while as a therapy dog, while also galavanting around the country with his human parents, proving over and over again that even pit bulls who have suffered through the worst abuse can thrive, and live safely, in loving homes. To read more on this story, click here: Why It Matters That PetSmart Discriminates Against Pit Bulls
A curious kitten got more than it bargained for when eyeing up a meal. In this remarkable video, a kitten is dragged into a pond by a fish at least twice its size after it got a little too close to its prey. The footage, filmed in Japan, shows the kitten edging closer and closer to the pond's surface, transfixed by the koi carp passing underneath it. To read more on this story, click here: Fish Leaps from a Pond to Snatch Curious Cat in its Jaws and Drag it Beneath the Surface
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What We Do We live to celebrate cats and help them to find forever homes. Through our large social media presence, all year long we're able to partake in the wonderful world of cats and put the plight of cats in shelters, center stage and educate literally millions but on October 29th....it's party time! We encourage you to spoil your fur baby a little more on National Cat Day than any other day (you don't want them to get too demanding do you?) by buying them a new toy drenched in cat nip, giving them something simply scrumptious to eat, offering lots more cuddling and making a donation to your local shelter in their honor. The best way you can celebrate though is to save a life! So if you can....ADOPT....don't shop. To read more on this story, click here: National Cat Day 2014 - Presented by Naturally Fresh
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The annual “winterim” trip to San Diego taken by the seventh and eighth graders at Alexander Dawson School in Lafayette, Colo., will be missing one element this year. The students will no longer be visiting SeaWorld, thanks to the efforts of one intrepid eighth grader named Phoebe Goldstein. Goldstein, a longtime opponent of whale and dolphin captivity, had heard of other schools nearby that took field trips to the marine park. When she heard that her own school was planning a trip, she was shocked — and driven to action. To read more on this story, click here: Eighth Grader Convinces Entire School To Skip SeaWorld
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Today is National Cat Day – the cutest day of the year. We’ve teamed up with Cheezburger and the ASPCA® for a second year to bring you kittens… literally. To read more on this story, click here: Uber Kittens is Back
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Yes, in celebration of National Cat Day, Uber will once again deliver kittens right to your door. Because that's what Uber does now. For a cool $30, you can have an Uber driver come to wherever you are with a car full of kittens for you to play with for 15 minutes, if you're a cat person. Between noon and 4:00 p.m., request the "Kittens" option in the Uber app (use the promo code kittensdc to unlock the option), and an Uber driver will be there, kittens in tow. The kittens, which are coming from the Washington Humane Society, are adoptable and a rep from the shelter will accompany them if you meet one you want to adopt. Additionally, Uber says they'll be "matching all donations made to the participating shelters via the Uber app." Uber says they expect demand to be "very high" in all cities, so be patient with them, they ask. Still, kittens!
My story photo is of adorable Dox, a 3-month-old domestic kitten. He is available for adoption at the Washington Humane Society, #24145656.
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