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Fairy Dog-Parents Help Owners Keep Their Pets in Tough Times
Fairy Dog-Parents, a non-profit group, aims to help dog owners keep their pets through tough financial times. After the project's founder Marlo Manning was...
New All-organic Carpets Could Have Multiple Lives
In our increasingly recycling-aware society, a carpet is one of those things that usually does not get re-used - it is simply thrown away,...
Couple Sneak in to Save Pets From Japan Exclusion Zone
The Japan Animal Rescue Shelter has undertaken several clandestine and dangerous trips into the exclusion zone to rescue 200 dogs and cats from the...
Fire Department Focuses on Saving Pets
Anyone who has ever cried over the death of a pet will see this as great news, especially if you live near Ashland, Oregon....
Boston Firefighters Get Oxygen Masks for Pets
The Boston Fire Department on Wednesday received a donation of small oxygen masks designed for pets, which will become standard equipment on every fire...
Families Open Homes to Pets Impacted by Oil
Hundreds of families facing hardship in the Gulf were forced to give up their pets to a local shelter. After an NBC News report...
Pets Improve a French Prison
The daily relationship between prisoners and their small pets is having a profound effect on a prison in Strasbourg, France. The Animal Affinity...
Stroking Pets Can Cut Painkiller Use After Surgery
Stroking a pet can help patients cut their amount of painkillers in half, according to a new study.
The research found that patients who had...
Russian Kids Get Better With Pets (Video)
While animal therapy is nothing new and has been used for decades throughout the world to treat disabilities, in Russia it's still relatively rare....
Pets Can Cut Your Heart Risk in Half, Aid in Recovery
A new study that followed 4,500 adults between the ages of 30 and 75 years showed that having a cat for a pet can...
Wheelchairs Keep Disabled Pets Moving
This is a really sweet story about how tiny--or not so tiny--wheelchairs are giving disabled pets a new lease (or should that be 'leash'?)...
The Healing Power of Pets
Pet owners have better health, many experts believe, because animals lower stress levels in humans who interact with them. One study found "pet owners...
Pets Remain Priority for Displaced Californians Fleeing Homes From Wildfires
"Californians who couldn't bear leaving home without their pets found shelters willing to accommodate the animals along with the people." (FoxNews) Thanks to Ed...
Muppets Preach Peace on Mideast Sesame Street
A new Israeli-Arab puppet on the Middle Eastern version of "Sesame Street" is being touted as a new symbol of hope to children. "Rechov...
Pets Orphaned by Lebanon War Airlifted to U.S.
Some 300 homeless dogs and cats, many left behind by owners who fled Lebanon during the Hezbollah-Israel war, are headed to new sanctuaries in...
Rescuers to Carry Oxygen Masks for Pets
In Appleton, Wisconsin, emergency responders have a new tool to save the lives of members of your family ... your pets. Oxygen masks intended...
Head Off Allergies: Expose Kids to Pets and Dirt Early
If you are a mom or dad, and feel guilty about not cleaning your house often enough, relax. You've been doing the best thing...
Millions of Birds Now Migrating Safely Through Darkened Texas Cities After Successful Lights Out Campaign
Texas is in the middle of the most important migratory pathway for birds moving up and down the Americas—nearly 2 billion birds, or 1...
Good News in History, April 16
106 years ago today, Xuan Hua, also known by the dharma name An Tzu, was born. Xuan Hua founded The Dharma Realm Buddhist Association,...
Good News in History, March 18
100 years ago today, the classic silent film The Thief of Baghdad, written by and starring Douglas Fairbanks, debuted in cinemas. Freely adapted from...