Runner Finds Puppy During Marathon, Carries It for 30 Km
A Thai marathon runner recently made international news headlines after it was reported that she ran 30km carrying a small puppy she found on the side of the road during the 42km race. Khemjira Klongsanun was 12km into the Chombueng marathon in western Thailand, on Jan 20, when she saw a puppy dog by the side […]
Elite Sniffer Dog Has $32,000 Bounty Put On His Head by Tobacco Smugglers
Scamp, an English springer spaniel sniffer dog, is so good at his job that criminal organizations have put a sizable reward on his head. During his five-year career as a sniffer dog for BWY Canine, in Pembrokeshire, UK, Scamp managed to detect around £6m ($7.8 million) worth of illegal tobacco, causing significant headaches for criminal organizations […]
This Company DNA-Tests Unscooped Dog Poo to Track Down Offending Pet Owners
Unscooped dog poo is a problem in most urban communities around the world, but one company is offering an advanced scientific solution to crack down on offenders – testing the poo for DNA and comparing it against a database of registered community pets to track down their owners. Lazy dog owners who don’t clean up […]
This Afghan Hound Has the Most Incredible Hair
AJ Nirvana Battle, a three-year-old Afghan hound from China is the canine version of a fashion model. He’s got a slender physique, loves posing for pictures and he has the most incredible hair. Looking at AJ Nirvana Battle and his luxurious locks, it’s easy to see why he turns heads wherever his owner takes him. But […]
“Terminator” Dog Escapes Its Enclosure, Kills Over 600 Chickens in One Night
A pet husky recently got his owner in trouble after escaping its enclosure, going into a neighboring farm and spending an entire night killing chickens. Chinese media reports that the owner of a chicken farm in Ningguo, China’s Anhui province, burst into tears on the morning of October 29, after going to check on the […]
Mexico’s “Dog Man” Travels the Country Rescuing Stray Dogs
Edgardo “Perros” Zuniga has been travelling all around Mexico on a tricycle, looking for abandoned and injured dogs to rescue and put up for adoption. He has rescued over 400 dogs in the last 5 years. When he left his home in Jalisco in 2013, 48-year-old Edgardo set a very clear goal for himself – to […]
Colombian Sniffer Dog Is So Good at Her Job That Cartels Put a Price on Her Head
Sombra, a drug-detection dog with the Colombian National Police has been causing such problems for drug cartels that they’ve recently started putting bounties on her head, forcing authorities to move her to a safer airport and have more officers accompanying her on her rounds. The 6-year-old German shepherd has been a thorn in drug traffickers’ side for […]
The Fairytale “Pit Bull Village” Where Rescued Canines Have Their Own Cozy Cottages
The Luvable Dog Rescue is a canine shelter unlike any other. Located in the idyllic woods of Oregon and featuring cozy, colorful cabins complete with miniature furniture, instead of the usual kennels, this place looks more like a fairy-tale village than a shelter for rescued pit bulls. The 55-acre wooded sanctuary, near Eugene, in Oregon, currently […]
Dog Spends Three Days Staring at Blue Wall And No One Can Explain Why
A Labrador in the Argentinian city of General Roca has become a local attraction and an online sensation for a very peculiar reason – he spent at least three days staring at the blue wall of a bus station and no one can explain why. The dog, named Chicho by social media users who didn’t […]
Woman Discovers That the Fluffy White Puppy She Bought a Year Ago Is Actually a Fox
A Chinese woman recently made international headlines after discovering that the white ball of fur she bought a year ago wasn’t really a puppy, but a white fox cub. Last year, the woman, surnamed Wang, bought what she thought was a Japanese Spitz puppy from a pet shop in Jinzhong, China’s Shanxi province. She started realizing […]
Chinese Family Shocked After Pet “Puppy” Turns Out to Be a Bear
A family in Yunan Province, China, recently had to give up the pet puppy they had bought two years ago after it grew into a 250lbs black bear. Su Yun, who lives near the city of Kunming, bought the animal two years ago, while on vacation. At the time, she thought she had paid for […]
Clever Dog Figures Out How to Use Money to Pay for Treats, Sort Of
They say money doesn’t grow on trees, but there’s a dog in Colombia that would certainly argue with that. The clever pooch started paying for biscuits with tree leaves after seeing students pass banknotes to a food stall attendant in exchange for the tasty treats. He decided to try it for himself one day, and […]
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 […]
World’s Most Expensive Dog Jacket Is Made with 24K Gold, Costs $137,000
How much do you really love your pet dog? Enough to buy it the world’s first 24K gold jacket encrusted with Swarovski crystals and black diamonds? It’s “only” 137,000 and it’s armored, meaning it will protect your pooch from bites and even knife slashes. The world’s most expensive dog jacket is the result of a […]
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 […]