The Pigeon Express
A woman had to put down her beloved four dogs because a rescue she was fostering exposed them to an extremely rare disease. Wendy Hayes, 61, decided to take in Moosha, believed to be a German Shepherd cross, from a rescue company which helps strays from Ukraine and Belarus, but later contracted the illness herself. […]
When teacher and recreational caver Rick Haley set out to help map a cave on August 6, he had no idea he would end up staging a rescue mission, reuniting a lost dog with her owner. Haley, along with a team of around 30 spelunkers, was mapping a cave north of Perryville, Missouri, as part […]
A 43-year-old woman has died after she was bitten by a dog in South Yorkshire. The woman was injured by the animal at a property on Masefield Road in West Melton, Rotherham, on Friday night and was pronounced dead at the scene despite efforts by paramedics, police said. South Yorkshire Police said a 42-year-old man […]
A dog caused severe damage to its owners’ home after accidentally turning the stove on and starting a fire while sniffing around the hob at an old greasy pan. Video of the accident was shared by the Southern Platte Fire Protection District, from Parkville, in the US state of Missouri, to warn owners of the […]
A plant-based pet food company in Britain that is looking for a dog poop sniffer, will pay a dog owner more than $6,000 to switch their canine’s diet for two months. Part of the gig is that you have to keep track of how your pet’s poop smells. OMNI, a company that specializes in plant-based […]
Cocaine with an estimated street value of €3.1 million has been found in a vehicle at Dublin Port. Customs dog James found the class A drugs in a refrigerated unit after a vehicle was stopped as part of a Revenue Customs Service and the Gardaí (Irish police) investigation. Gardaí said the operation is targeting transnational […]
An unidentified driver hit a man with a dumbbell while he was walking his dog on Thursday in Wisconsin. According to an incident report from Madison Police Department spokesperson Stephanie Fryer, the man was walking his dog against traffic on the side of the road. The victim was carrying a flashlight when a driver pulled […]
Two dog owners engaged in a fight which culminated in one woman biting another in east Germany. Meanwhile, their dogs “simply looked on,” police said. One dog owner has bitten another in the eastern German state of Thuringia in a fight over the correct way to discipline canines. The quarrel occurred after a 27-year-old woman […]
Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has been ordered to pay $30,000 to a man who says he found his lost dog. The footballer, who now plays in Australia, said his Pomeranian named Lucci was stolen from a house in Los Angeles in 2019 and offered a reward. Foster Washington, a rapper known as Killa Fame, […]
A family’s “pet dog” that angered neighbours by killing and eating ducks and chickens has turned out to be a fox. Maribel Soleto bought a new pup from a small shop in central Lima, Peru, believing it was a young dog. The animal, which they called “Run Run”, initially played happily with other pet dogs […]
An abandoned dog who became an internet sensation in China has sold at auction for 160,000 yuan i.e. approximately $25,000. The Shiba Inu called Deng Deng had been left at a pet training centre seven years ago and his owner never returned. A Beijing court ordered the eight-year-old dog be put up for auction after […]
A monkey in Malaysia “kidnapped” a puppy and kept running with it for three days. It was after three days that people managed to free the puppy from the clutches of the monkey. The incident was reported on September 16 when people spotted a puppy named Saru with a monkey on a tree. The monkey was […]