1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1522+ words) It’s nearly 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, and while it already feels like nearly 100°, a group of 15 or so volunteers from Wayside Waifs are busy setting up a canopy and carting out totes of dog and cat food, extra leashes, pet…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (654+ words) Animal bite cases in Boone County have nearly doubled since 2021, a trend local officials say is tied to pandemic-era pet adoptions, increased time spent indoors and a lack of proper animal socialization. While most animal bite incidents are reported during…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (758+ words) LAGO DI TESERO, ITALY — Before he became the most famous dog at the Olympics, Nazgul was not known as an escape artist. Still, his owners, Enrico and Alice Varesco, were not taking chances when they left him alone at their…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago   (148+ words) Every Sunday, Mexico City shuts down the Paseo de la Reforma, the most important street in the country, to car traffic. That means that each week more than 100,000 people get on bikes and skates and rollerblades to roll past some…...