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
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
(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
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
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
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
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
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
