A cat that was found injured and frozen to the ground in Newfoundland will likely need to have his left hind leg amputated, and may be incontinent, according to officials at Charlottetown’s Atlantic Veterinary College. But several people are still interested in adopting Trooper, as he’s been affectionately named, said the manager of the Bay [...]
A Swedish man has survived being trapped in his snow-covered car for two months without food, police say. The car was found on Friday at the end of a forest track more than 1 km (0.6 miles) from a main road in northern Sweden. Police say the temperature in the area had recently dropped to [...]
An American acrobat is to become the first person in more than a century to walk a tightrope over Niagara Falls after being granted rare permission. Nik Wallenda will carry out the stunt on the US-Canadian border this summer. It has long been illegal to carry out such stunts at the Falls because so many [...]
Police in France are searching for thieves who stole a diamond encrusted dog collar from the grave of a poodle. Tipsy was buried in a marble tomb in the world’s oldest pet cemetery in a Paris suburb in 2003. For years there were rumours the dog’s wealthy owners had buried treasure with it, but this [...]
Tiny the cat may be losing pounds, but Fredericton’s famous flabby feline has also gained a long-distance girlfriend. Tiny weighed just over 30 pounds and was considered morbidly obese when he arrived at the Fredericton SPCA on Dec. 30. But Tiny’s luck began to turn aroud when he became an online sensation after news spread [...]
Some babies born to immigrant parents are incorrectly classified as underweight — which could lead to unnecessary tests and stress — but new birth weight charts could avoid the problem, Canadian doctors say. When a baby is born, the first questions the new parents are often asked is “Girl or boy?” Then, “How much did [...]
A wire-haired Dachshund, Pekingese, Dalmatian and German Shepherd defeated thousands of other competitors to advance to the final round of the 136th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. They will be joined by victors from the sporting, working and terrier groups to vie for the best of show prize on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden where [...]
McDonald’s Corp said on Monday it will work with its U.S. pork suppliers to phase out the use of gestation crates, the cramped stalls that millions of mother sows are confined to while they raise piglets. The fast-food chain said the metal crates were “not a sustainable production system for the future.” It said it [...]
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