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Bear Pursues Joggers

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They made it into their car, and thereafter published their video to YouTube. Ironically, news reports at both the Huffington Post and Canada Journal websites cite animal experts who contend that backing away as they did was risky; the better practice here would have been to stand one’s ground, making noise or hurling a rock…

Animals, Poll

Friday Poll: Farm Dog or Lap Dog?

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Modern Farmer asks whether farm dogs are happier than lap dogs: Although the love between man and dog is indeed powerful, you might wonder whether the active, outdoors pup is enjoying a more enriching existence than his indoors counterpart. By keeping dogs as inside companions, are we asking them to lead less satisfying lives? Recently,…

Animals, History

Calvin Coolidge’s Pet Raccoon

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First Lady Grace Coolidge and Rebecca the Raccoon. Calvin Coolidge was a good president, but as for his taste in pets, I’m not so sure: One of the best-known four-legged White House residents during the Coolidge years — a raccoon — had actually been meant to be eaten. She was sent from Mississippi to be…

Animals, Cats, Weird Tales

Friday Catblogging: The Cabbit

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Among the many mythological creatures of history, alongside unicorns, sea monsters, and abominable snowmen sits the legendary cat-rabbit hybrid, the cabbit. One can find photographs of the supposed animal across the Internet: Over at Messy Beast, Sarah Hartwell has the definitive guide to cabbits, entitled, Cabbits – A History of the Myth. Hartwell traces the…

Accidents, Animals, Weird Tales

When Housebreaking Just Isn’t Enough: Dog Poops in Airplane Aisle

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A Philadelphia-bound U.S. Airways flight from Los Angeles had to make an emergency landing in Kansas City, Missouri, earlier this week after a dog defecated in the middle of the aisle–twice….. Chris Law, an NFL producer, live-tweeted the episode, including a photo of the clean-up after the emergency landing, and complimented the crew’s handling of…

Animals

Bulldogs on Treadmills

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Canine exercise. These treadmills, by the way, are not motorized – it’s the dogs’ own efforts that move the treadmills. If a bulldog wants to stop (like one on the left, momentarily) it can do so.

Animals, Science/Nature

A Good Day for Nine Beagles

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On May 6, 2014, Beagle Freedom Project rescued nine beagles from a laboratory in Nevada. Until this day, these beagles had never known a kind touch, been loved or felt safe. Their lives are about to change forever. The policy questions concerning these dogs include (1) whether this testing is necessary, (2) whether it should…