20.06.2026 WARNING! Extreme summer heat! Protect your dog from summer heat by walking them only in the early morning or late evening to avoid hot pavement. Always carry fresh water, provide indoor air conditioning, and never leave them in a parked car! (Image: Sebastian Schuster) With temperatures set to be very high over the weekend,…
Tag: animal welfare
USA Ridglan Farms shut down
19.06.2026 A final agreement has been reached to release the remaining beagles housed at the Ridglan Farms dog breeding and research facility in Dane County, finding them medical treatment and new homes. Animal welfare groups praised the settlement. WE DID IT! 🎉🐶 Ridglan Farms is shutting down after decades of breeding for animal testing. Soon,…
Shanghai: Dog daycare
16.06.2026 A new kind of preschool (daycare) in China offers games, nibbles, treadmills and music for puppies, clawing out a fast-growing niche in a booming industry as youthful owners spend more on pets increasingly regarded as family. Pets arrive by 9 a.m. each day at Paw, which bills itself as a kindergarten for dogs in…
Pet dog viciously shot by LA police
16.06.2026 The Los Angeles National Action Network held a news conference Tuesday, June 16, morning in front of LA Police Department headquarters, urging the department to identify the officers involved in the shooting of the pet dog. UPDATE—First exclusive interview with the woman whose family dog was shot & killed by the LAPD. "He’s my…
USA: Phasing out animal testing
16.10.2026 The dog breeding facility Ridglan Farms in the US state of Wisconsin is closing. Its remaining 475 beagles will be transferred to rescue organizations and prepared for adoption. Big Dog Ranch Rescue announced that it had reached an agreement with Ridglan Farms, a breeding and research facility in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, to permanently close…
UK: Are Dogs Haram or Celestial?
15.06.2026 “One of the main problems in the countryside is dogs. Muslims don’t like dogs.” Liberal commentator complains that the British countryside is racist and Muslims avoid going there because too many people walk their dogs, which are ‘haram’ in Islam. “One of the main problems in the countryside is dogs. Muslims don’t like dogs.”…
Rescue Beagle Escaped Alligator Jaws
14.06.2026 USA, MILWAUKEE: Omelette, an escaped rescue beagle initially reported killed by an alligator in Florida, has been found alive and well. The alligator victim was a different dog. The rescue group confirmed Omelette’s identity by microchip. (Image: Alligator, Balaji Malliswamy) Omelette will not return to his original adopter and is instead heading into foster…
USA: Dog rescued at golf course
14.06.2026 Police in Colorado, USA, rescued a dog from a golf course pond in Westminster after they found her clinging to the side. -Police bodycam footage shows officers using a towel and leash to pull the frightened dog, named Luna, from the water -Luna, who had escaped through a gate in her family’s yard, was…
USA: Lucy is home!
13.06.2026 “Lucy is home!” said Brendan Jones to his world-wide audiences, who were delighted to receive this wonderful news. An 11-year-old dog that survived ISIS and helped a U.S. Army veteran during wartime has been held at a Virginia animal shelter after being taken away by authorities. The family was asking the public for help…
Arik: why law isn’t enforced?
12.06.2026 Looking back at Arik’s miserable fate the first question which comes to mind is: why in Sofia, capital city of Bulgaria, the animal welfare laws are not enforced? How come that it was possible to maintain a dog in the garden in a capital of Bulgaria for a decade without vaccination? Zlatimira Ninova Colova…