Video Shows Herds of Arctic Reindeer Walking in Mesmerizing Circular Patterns
A video of several reindeer herds on Russia’s Kola Peninsula, in the Arctic Circle, walking in circular patterns for no apparent reason has been getting a lot of attention on social media lately. The video was originally posted on the Facebook page of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography Peter the Great, aka Kunstkámera, located in […]
Loyal Dog Waits 12 Hours at Subway Station Every Day for His Owner to Return from Work
A 15-year-old dog in in Chongqing’s Yuzhong district has been dubbed the ‘Chinese Hachiko’ for patiently waiting up to 12 hours a day outside a local metro station until his owner returns from work. Xiongxiong, which translates as ‘Little Bear’, has reportedly been waiting outside the Liziba metro station, in Yuzhong district, every day for the past […]
Neglected Horse Sues Former Owner for Over $100,000 in Damages
An Oregon woman who allegedly left her horse outside during the winter without adequate care and shelter, causing it pain and suffering, is now being sued by the animal for more than $100,000 in damages. It’s not every day you hear about horses taking humans to court, but in states like Oregon this sort of thing […]
Hood Houses – Used Jacket Hoods Recycled Into Cozy Homes For Stray Cats
South Korean ad agency Cheil Worldwide partnered with Molly’s Pet Shop, a popular pet shop chain, to provide stray cats with comfortable shelters on cold winter and spring nights, by recycling old jacket hoods into cozy homes. Called Hood Houses, the ingenious cat cribs were created to raise awareness about South Korea’s stray cat problem, and also […]
Costa Rican Inmates Use “Trained Cats” to Smuggle Cell Phones into Prisons
Mobile phones being smuggled into prisons is a worldwide problem, but Costa Rica may have recently became the first country where people are using “trained cats” to deliver cell phones into prisons. On Tuesday morning, the Costa Rican Ministry of Justice released a video of a cat intercepted while trying to make its way into La Reforma […]
Male Stork Travels 14,000 Km Every Year to Be with His Handicapped Mate
The world’s most faithful male is a stork. Every year, for the past 16 years, he has flown 14,000 km from his winter home in South Africa to a small village in Croatia, Europe, to be with his handicapped mate, who cannot fly due to an old gunshot wound. The amazing love story between Klepetan […]
Ohio Town Terrorized by Zombie-Like Raccoons
Police in Youngstown, Ohio, have received over a dozen reports of zombie-like raccoons coming out in the daytime, flashing their teeth and just falling on their backs for no apparent reason. Youngstown has always had a raccoon population, but the furry mammals usually stayed out of people’s way, only coming out at night to search […]
Woman Spends $19,000 on Kidney Transplant for Her 17-Year-Old Cat
At 17-years-old and suffering from kidney failure, Stanley the cat was on the last of his nine lives. Luckily, his owner decided to gift him a tenth, by shelling out $19,000 for a kidney transplant. Betsy Boyd earns just $46,000 a year, working as a part-time writing professor, and her husband Michael is a freelance journalist […]
Louisiana Retiree Dedicates His Life to Rescuing Cats from Trees
Cats get stuck high up in trees all the time, and there’s often no one to call for help, but if you live within an hour’s drive of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, you can rely on Randall Kolb, a 64-year-old retiree who has dedicated the last four years of his life to rescuing felines from trees. Kolb, […]
People Are Freaking Out Over This Dog with a Disturbingly Human Face
Yogi, a one-year-old brown Shih Tzu- poodle mix, has become a social media sensation due to his uncanny, almost human-like facial expression. Photos of this ‘dog with a man’s face’ have been doing the rounds online, and people can’t stop talking about him. It all started when Chantal Desjardins, from Massachusetts, posted a photo of her […]
Loyal Dog Still Waits Outside Hospital Where His Owner Died Four Months Ago
The story of a nameless mongrel that has been patiently waiting outside a hospital in Sao Paolo Brazil four months after his owner was admitted there following a stabbing has been making headlines around the world. The dog first showed up at the Santa Casa de Novo Horizonte hospital in Sao Paolo on the same night […]
Vegan YouTuber Criticised For Putting Pet Fennec Fox on Vegan Diet
Spanish YouTuber Sonia Sae, who uses her channel to share advice on how to live on a plant-based diet, has come under fire for putting her pet fennec fox on a vegan diet, after photos of the shockingly thin animal were shared online. Animal activists and some of Sonia Sae’s own followers have accused her […]
Cartoony-Looking Horse Sparks Selective Breeding Controversy
El Rey Magnum, a young Arabian colt bred to have an extremely dished face, wide flared nostrils and widely spaced eyes, features that combined make the animal look cartoon-like, has sparked a heated debate about extreme selective breeding. The first photos and videos of El Rey Magnum were released by its owner, Washington-based Orrion Farms, late last […]
Dutch Engineer Builds Face-Recognition Gadget for His Cat
To make sure his cat doesn’t have to wait too long at the door waiting to be let in, a Dutch engineer built a face-recognition gadget that identifies the feline and messages him so he can let it in. Arkaitz Garro, a WeTransfer software engineer in Holland, doesn’t have a cat-flap on his door, so […]
Rebel Cow Escapes Slaughterhouse in Poland, Swims Away to Uninhabited Island
After making a daring escape while being loaded on a truck headed for the slaughterhouse, a cow in Nysa, Poland, swam to an uninhabited island on a nearby lake and has been living there ever since. Cows are among the most obedient of domestic animals, but when their survival instincts kick in, they can pull […]