Pit Bull Saves Owner's Life, Proves Dogs Are Part Of The Family

A rescue pit bull named Tiger has been credited with saving his owner's life.

In late October, Tiger's adopted dad of 10 years, Todd Kibbey, passed out on the front porch of their Toledo, Ohio home.

Tiger then walked to a nearby house, where he cried until catching neighbor Tami Michalak's attention, according to Toledo News Now.


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This Robotic Penguin Chick is Doing Undercover Work in Antarctica

If you're going to build a robotic spy, you might as well make it a cutie -- especially if it needs to go incognito in crowds of adorable penguin chicks and their parents.

Researchers report in Nature Methods that they've created a new tool for penguin research: A furry fake penguin perched atop a remote-controlled rover.

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Three Critical Problems With The Kennel Cough Vaccine (And What You Need to do About Them)

I’m willing to bet that …

When your dog’s daycare, training facility or kennel asks for a kennel cough vaccine, you vaccinate your dog … am I right?

And why wouldn’t you? You want to protect your dog (and other dogs) from illness and you trust your vet or daycare provider to have your dog’s best interests at heart, like any caring dog lover would.

But I’m here to tell you some things that will make you question whether the kennel cough vaccines your dog has been getting are actually in his best interests …

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Meet Roomba, An Orphaned Kitten Thinks She's a Dog After Being Brought Up by an Irish Wolfhound

An orphaned kitten thinks she is a dog after being brought up by an Irish Wolfhound.
Roomba, a tiny 13 week-old stray, was found abandoned in a ditch when she was just three days old after her mother was run over and killed by a car.

She was taken in by Annie Georgeson, of Dibden, near Southampton, Hampshire, and the first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was Aoife the wolfhound.

Roomba, named after a brand of automatic vacuum cleaner which changes direction when it hits a wall, now follows Aoife everywhere and loves snuggling up to her surrogate mother.

Retired, Ms. Georgeson says little Roomba, who has sight problems, quickly became firm friends with her two wolfhounds, six-year-old Aiofe, and male Ohno, three.

She said: "She does all sorts of funny things like crawl in between the wolfhounds and you will just see a bit of cat poking out.

Roomba also rolls over with the dogs when they do and loves being with them."

Sarah Mills, manager at All Animal Rescue, which first took Roomba in when she was found, said: "It's a very, very unusual situation. Annie fosters animals for us and Aiofe usually wants to eat cats, but she's taken an extraordinary liking to Roomba.

Even Ohno will put up with anything from Roomba.

It seems like her vulnerability has brought out an amazing maternal instinct in the dogs and they treat her like own of their own.

Aiofe grooms Roomba and cleans her and Roomba does the same back to Aiofe.

Now Roomba is becoming more and more dog like. She runs to the door to greet people with the dogs, she eats the same food at the same time out of the same bowl and she follows the same routine.

The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was this Irish wolfhound so I guess she thinks she's a dog. She loves being around them."

Ms. Milles, 31, added: "By rights she should have died but she's a fighter and obviously thought "I will beat this.

She's a little trooper and has fought tooth and nail to survive.

She's a superstar and just loves the dogs."

Roomba is looking for a permanent home and, although she loves dogs, is scared of children, probably due to her vision problems. She would need a quiet and calm home to live in.

The other two cats from the same litter as her have already been homed.

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Dog Helps Police Catch Car Thief

Stockton – A dog named “Monster” helped officers catch a car thief, Stockton Police say.

The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. along the 2400 block of Tilden Park. Police say that someone called police to report that a man had just stolen a brand-new Mercedes Benz right off of a cargo truck.

Officer soon arrived at the scene and spotted the car. Police say that the suspected thief – identified as 19-year-old Peter Arquiaga – then ditched the car and ran.

Arquiaga is said to have jumped a few fences to try and get away from police. But, Arquiaga eventually landed into the backyard with Monster. The dog apparently didn’t like Arquiaga’s intrusion and immediately started biting him, police say.

Monster’s owner soon came out and got the dog off of Arquiaga so that officers could take him into custody.

Arquiaga is first being taken to a hospital before he’ll be booked. He is facing stolen auto, possession of stolen property, resisting arrest and numerous other traffic charges, police say.

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The Lie at the Heart of the Killing - The Myth Pet Overpopulation

Today, an animal entering an average American animal shelter has a 50 percent chance of being killed, and in some communities it is as high as 99 percent, with shelters blaming a lack of available homes as the cause of death.

But is pet overpopulation real? And are shelters doing all they can to save lives? If you believe the Humane Society of the United States, the American Humane Association, the ASPCA and PETA the answer to both those questions is “yes,” even though that answer flies in the face of the data and experience. It is simply “received” rather than substantiated wisdom. To adherents of the “we have no choice but to kill because of pet overpopulation” school, pet overpopulation is real because animals are being killed, a logical fallacy based on backwards reasoning and circular illogic. In other words, data, analysis and experience—in short, evidence—have no place. Neither do ethics.

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Watch: Colbert Skewers NRA For Killing Bill That Would Have Banned Eating Dogs And Cats

Stephen Colbert sarcastically supported the National Rifle Association last night, saying, "dogs and cats must die, in order that the pigeons may die too.”

Last night, Stephen Colbert explained why the NRA killed a Pennsylvania bill that would have banned the eating of dogs and cats.

“The kitten-coddlers out there don’t want you to eat your pets,” Colbert told his audience. “‘That’s illegal,’ they say. But not everywhere because you can have a dog for dinner in Pennsylvania thanks to the NRA.”

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Meet The Man Who Sleeps With Moose

“His kisses are very wet. They’re intense,” is one of the first things Leffe Lindh says to me as he shows me a photograph of himself smooching his favorite moose on the lips.

He was introduced to me as “the man who sleeps with moose.” I just didn’t know what to make of that, or where to even begin asking him questions.

It turned out I didn’t have to. The moment we began chatting, he was perfectly forthcoming with the entire story.

Lindh began caring for and raising moose in the small town of Gardsjo in Sweden, 185 miles from Stockholm, more than two decades ago. Today he owns and operates the Gardsjo Moose Park, a sanctuary where visitors can get up close and personal with the wild creatures.

Last year he began allowing overnight guests to actually sleep within the moose park. For a rate of 500 euros a night, visitors can stay right in the midst of the moose. There is a tall fence surrounding the cottage to protect guests, but the moose mosey right up to it. Moose can jump up to 6 feet and run more than 35 miles an hour, so it is best if the average guest has a barrier. The small cabin can sleep five people very snugly, two comfortably. There is no television, no Wi-Fi and no mobile connection. Guests can leave only when Lindh comes to fetch them.

Moose are elusive. Though the moose population in Sweden is approximately 300,000, it is rare for a visitor to actually see the creatures, much less have any kind of interaction with them.

Lindh has tried to change that.