Wildlife, conservation efforts and pets
By combining two pre-taxidermied wolves into one, artist Nicholas Galanin has created a startling piece. Called Inert Wolf, it was made for a traveling group exhibition that deals with humanity’s impact on the environment. “The inability to progress or move forward was the basic concept,” he tells us. It was created so that we could focus…
Wildlife officials say a far-ranging gray wolf, the first to tromp across Southern California in more than a hundred years, has been found dead near a roadway a little more than an hour’s drive north of downtown Los Angeles. It appeared to have been struck by a vehicle. The male wolf, named OR93 when it…
With a brown satchel slung over his shoulder and eyes scanning the ground, Joe Butera walked down a logging road in a remote section of the northern Adirondacks. He was looking for canid tracks and scat, like he’d seen this past winter and spring. “This is where I found three individual scats that were huge,”…
Meet Jupiter, this enormous Colombian lion who became famous during the years living at Refugio Villa Lorena. Villa Lorena is a special sanctuary for wild creatures, where all these abused animals received human love and care. Ana Julia Torres, this kind-hearted woman, takes care of all her non-human friends and gives them all the proper…
The Robinson family bought a house in an isolated area, where they wanted to build a farm. Mrs. Robinson was pregnant and had to give birth to her second child, a boy, in 4 months. As soon as they moved into the new house, they started arranging the child’s room to be ready when the…
A days-long search for a large wolf-dog hybrid that got loose in California recently has come to a happy conclusion, as the animal is back safe with its owners. The large wolfdog had been on the run since Wednesday, prompting concern and an extensive search by the police in the North Bay region of California….
Robin Strader of Norman, Oklahoma, was driving to work when she noticed something very unusual in the middle of the busy highway she was driving on. A frightened donkey was wandering down the road. The woman immediately stopped the car and jumped out to help the frightened animal. She immediately called the authorities. Soon Officer…
A touching video of a man walking with his young child and a giant dog in his arms has gone viral on the internet, confounding but enchanting viewers. An image of a father holding his young son’s hand with one arm while carrying a giant gray pit bull with the other, the dog’s tongue wagging…
Zoos are one of the favorite places to spend time with children. However, modern zoos are not just entertainment for children and a spectacle for adults. For a long time there has been a tendency to expand the habitats of animals and replace narrow cages with free enclosures. Zoos contain animals whose population is very…
Coyotes are closely genetically related to dogs. While these wild animals have some key differences from our normal house pets, they’ll often exhibit some very dog-like behaviors. Like our dogs, coyotes sometimes just want to make themselves at home and curl up for a nap. That’s what one homeowner realized recently when she found a…