Adoptions set a record in the U.S. early in the pandemic, but now millions of animals could be in danger of being abandoned or returned to shelters. By Debra Kamin When Esther Deshommes moved her ...

This baboon in a reinforced dog kennel at the Dane County Humane Society was surrendered by a Madison man in 2011. Some advocates say Wisconsin’s current exotic pet laws, among the most lax in the ...

Man’s best friend is still getting the cold shoulder from its owner. In the week since a 7-year-old French bulldog was found abandoned in an “unattended stroller” at the Pittsburgh International ...

A better way to initiate an interaction is to call their name or crinkle a treat bag or toy to awaken them, Duxbury said. If ...

The internet is good for plenty of things, but perhaps its most underrated value is its ability to turn an absolute nothingburger of a question into a worldwide search for truth. Case in point: the ...

Between all the chirping, squealing, hissing, flying and scrambling of some very furry, scaly and fuzzy contestants, happy chatter and smiles decorated the faces of their proud owners. The Pocket Pet ...

OK, so the questions probably won't be asked that harshly, but Long Beach city employees are going door-to-door for a pet census of sorts. But, in addition to identifying four-legged friends, workers ...

Watch this de-horned rhino navigate the wild as poaching threats loom.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — America’s lobster fishery is getting close to the date when it will have to contend with new rules designed to try to save a species of whale from extinction. The North Atlantic ...

No one was more critical than Representative Mark Steven Kirk when President Obama and the Democratic majority in the Congress sought passage last year of a $787 billion spending bill intended to ...

Thirty minutes outside the Wisconsin Dells’ maze of flumes, rollercoasters, go-kart tracks and the duck boats plying the Wisconsin River, Jasmine is something of a minor local celebrity. “I go to the ...