The Gunthers – The Incredible Story of the World’s Richest Dog Dynasty
The world is full of pampered pets, but while some depend on their owners wealth, a lucky few have their own fortunes. And no animal is as wealthy as Gunther IV, a beautiful German shepherd and member of the world’s richest dog dynasty. It’s hard to imagine any animal being the beneficiary of a fortune […]
Man Spends Over $400 Treating Limping Dog, Only to Learn It Was Only Imitating Him
A UK man who had spent around £300 on vet bills after his pet dog started limping, learned that there was nothing wrong with the animal, and that he was allegedly only limping out of sympathy for him. Russell Jones was left unable to walk without limping after breaking his ankle in an accident last […]
Japanese Family Has Been Sharing Their Home With 7-Foot-Long Crocodile for 39 Years
Some people wouldn’t get anywhere near an adult crocodile for all the money in the world, but one Japanese family in Kure City, Hiroshima, has been living with one for almost four decades. Nobumitsu Murabayashi bought “Caiman-san”, his pet crocodile, from a pet store, after his young son begged him to. He never thought he’d […]
Animal Lover Shares Her Home with 480 Cats and 12 Dogs
Maryam al-Balushi, an animal lover from Muscat, in Oman, shares her house with 480 cats, most of which were strays, and 12 dogs, spending almost $8,000 a month on food and vet bills for them. The 51-year-old retired civil servant might seem like a life-long animal lover, but the truth is she hasn’t always been […]
Chinese Company ‘Hires’ Alpaca to Help Its Human Employees Relax
A Chinese video production startup has been getting a lot of attention on social media because of its adorable office pet – a two year-old llama-alpaca mix. We’ve written about companies bringing pets into the office to help their human staff unwind, but that usually meant cats and small dogs. Now, a Wuxi-based company has […]
Dog Miraculously Survives 37 Days Trapped Under Landslide Rubble
A dog in China recently made national headlines for being found alive and well after spending over a month trapped under the ruin of his master’s following a landslide. On July 8, the people of Cangbaotian village, in China’s Guizhou Province had to be hastily evacuated before most of their homes succumbed to a terrible […]
Marimo – The Extremely Rare Algae Balls That Make Great Low-Maintenance Pets
Marimo is a rare growth form of the Aegagropila linnaei algae in which the aquatic plant grows into large green balls with a velvet-like texture and appearance. It’s also a natural treasure of Japan, as well as a popular pet. Aegagropila linnaei algae has long been a mystery in biology, particularly due to its fascinating […]
Italian Man Fined $200 Because His Rooster Crows Too Early in the Morning
An 83-year-old man was ordered to pay a 166 euro fine after he failed to prevent his pet rooster from crowing at 4:30 in the morning, which some of his neighbors had complained about. Angelo Boletti, a pensioner from the Italian town of Castiraga Vidardo, in Lombardy, was found to have violated local rules, which […]
14-Year-Old Girl Has Six Giant Pythons as Pets
A 14-year-old Indonesian girl has been getting a lot of attention on social media thanks to her unusual pets – six giant pythons that she loves to pet and cuddle with in her videos. Most people would run for their life at the sight of a full-grown python, especially one that looks like it could […]
All-Pet Charter Plane Charges Pet Owners $2,100 Per Pet to Reunite Them With Beloved Animals
An Indian entrepreneur has comes up with an ingenious and ultra expensive way to reunite pet owners with the pets they had to leave behind in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic – an all-pet charter plane to fly the animals back to their owners. Deepika Singh, a young entrepreneur and cyber security researcher in […]
Self-Described “Crazy Snail Lady” Cares for 150 Pet Snails
40-year-old Pepper Apollo has been fascinated with snails ever since she saw some outside her workplace, 10 years ago. Today she is a self-described “crazy snail lady” with 150 shelled gastropods in her care. When I first saw a short video documentary on Pepper Apollo and her pet snails, I though it was just a […]
Family Discovers That Their Cat Had Been Living A Double Life Complete with Different Name and Other Owners
A Mexican family recently discovered that their pet cat had been leading a double life, meaning he had a second home, a different name and another family just a few blocks away. Cats like to be independent, so whenever her cat Pixi went away for longer than usual, Mary Lore Barra assumed that he was […]
China’s Real-Life Ace Venture Relies on Technology to Find People’s Lost Pets
He may not have Ace Ventura’s charm or his iconic hairdo, but Sun Jinren is a real-life pet detective in all the ways that matter. When he takes on a lost pet case, he pours all his effort as well as thousands of dollars in expensive equipment in order to find them. Dubbed China’s first […]
New Reality Show Challenges Meat Eaters to Go Vegetarian or Eat Their Pet Animal
Part extreme reality TV show, part social experiment, “Meat the Family” follows four meat-eating families for three weeks as they interact with the animal that they enjoy eating most. At the end they are forced to make a choice between going vegan or eating their pet. The premise of Meat the Family is that the […]
Adorable Dachshund Knows Just One Trick, But It’s a Good One
Harlso, a five-year-old dachshund from Belfast, Northern Ireland, has risen to internet stardom thanks to one impressive talent – balancing things on his head while standing really, really still. From glasses filled with water, to donuts and squeaky toys, there’s nothing that Harlso the “King of Balancing” can’t balance on his tiny head. It all […]