Tag: Animal

Free adoptions for some cats, dogs at Escambia County Animal Welfare

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Animal lovers don’t have to reach into their pockets to adopt an adult cat or dog as the Escambia County Department of Animal Welfare announced that they are continuing to offer free adoptions until the end of May. The Escambia County Department of Animal Welfare said in a press release […]

Ledyard woman disputes animal cruelty charges

May 15—LEDYARD — Precious Michaud of Ledyard says she is the kind of animal lover that throws themed birthday parties for her pets and bought name brand booties for Lulu, her 2-year-old cocker spaniel. But last month police seized nine animals from the Highland Drive home Michaud shares with her partner, Quiana Durham, Durham’s two […]

Learn about these intense animal sibling rivalries

Siblings share a lifelong bond and often spend their lives loving and supporting each other. Siblings can also have some really vicious fights. However, as you will learn today, none of our sibling fights are as cutthroat as some that we see in the animal world. In the wild and competitive world of nature, survival strategies […]

Pair sentenced in massive animal cruelty case

May 14—Lynette Kim Countryman-Dunivan and Chad Damon Dunivan pled to three counts of felony animal abuse and were sentenced in a Sutter County court after the seizure of more than 60 animals in 2022 in Pleasant Grove, according to officials. On May 24, 2022, the animals were seized in the “vicinity” of the 3400 block […]

Man who received 1st pig kidney transplant has died. Why experts say animal organs could still ‘turn medicine on its ear.’

The first person to receive a pig kidney transplant, 62-year-old Richard Slayman, has died, just shy of two months after undergoing the groundbreaking procedure at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the facility announced in a May 11 statement. Despite Slayman’s death, his family and surgeons expressed no regret that he’d undergone the procedure and remain hopeful […]

Warrant issued in south Austin animal cruelty case: APD

AUSTIN, Texas – 11 dogs were found dead in a creek in South Austin in April. Now, APD has confirmed they have a person of interest in the case. “I hope that they are caught, and I hope that they face very severe criminal charges, and I’d like to see them end up in jail,” […]