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Bats are our friends.
Rescue Dog Experiences What’s Likely Her First Real Bed And Bone, Now Needs A New Home
"She was overjoyed and her happiness was wiggling out of her 44-pound body."
PETA Won't Answer Some Very Basic Questions About Why It Kills So Many Shelter Animals
"They owe the public an explanation."
Here's The Inspiration You Need To Take Your Cat On Ameowzing Adventures
"We walk dogs, so why not cats? They deserve a little adventure in their lives too."
This Woman Will Watch Your Dogs In A Cool Trailer While You Go Shopping
We expect this idea to get extremely pup-ular.
We Guarantee You'll Feel Happier After Watching This Pit Bull 'Swim' In Her Ball Pit
We could watch Safira 'swim' in her ball pit all day long.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Not If These Equine Innovators Can Help It
"I can't imagine if someone had suggested shooting me because I lost my leg."
We Are Extremely Excited About These Baby Manatee Twins
Manatee twins are both rare and adorable!
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Rescue Pig Kisses Her Best Dog Friend Every Chance She Gets
Tuna the pig smooches Jack the dog all the time. "Tuna loves to groom Jack and give him piggy kisses," says Whitney Hanson, spokesperson for the Humane Society of North Texas. Tuna is just 5 months old.
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City Hall Became 'Kitty Hall' For One Magical Afternoon
It's the second year running that Mayor Ed Murray has turned over his office to a gaggle of scene-stealing fluffy adoptable kittens. It's not yet known if Kitty Hall led to more adoptions this year (last year's was deemed a success in that department, and also adjudged to be spectacularly fun). Shelter director Don Jordan told The Huffington Post by email that Kitty Hall makes sense because in addition to cats being friendly, affectionate and altogether awesome companions, they are also the ultimate political animals.
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A Very Important Manatee Just Got Inducted Into The Guinness Book Of World Records
Other groups, like the Save the Manatee Club, put that figure a decade lower. Martha Wells, development director at the South Florida Museum, said by email that his twice-yearly comprehensive veterinary checkups have probably helped.
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A Cat Named Limberbutt McCubbins Is Running For President! He's A Demo-Cat.
A cat named Limberbutt McCubbins is running for president. He's filed his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and everything. What sets McCubbins apart from the other 2016 hopefuls isn't merely that he's a 5-year-old neutered rescue kitty, though that is certainly one notable difference.
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Tennessee Will Let Good Samaritans Save Dogs Trapped In Hot Cars
If Bonnaroo, Graceland and the Grand Ole Opry weren't enough, here's one more reason to love Tennessee: They're doing right by dogs trapped in hot cars. Under a law that went into effect July 1, anyone in Tennessee who breaks into a car to save an animal will be free of civil liability. The move has been cheered by animal advocates.
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Wasabi, A Therapy Tortoise Who Wears A Dress, Has A Tough Shell But A Cuddly Inside
You may wonder: What makes a 42-pound African spur tortoise well-suited for work as a therapy pet? Wasabi the therapy tortoise has some unique advantages, to boot. It's not every day you see a giant turtle in a dress," says owner Lisa Chicarella .
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Your Dog Probably Needs A Custom-Made, Historically Accurate Civil War Costume
But some deviations are unavoidable. "They are based on historic pictures from the Civil War, but they are not what I would call historically correct, since they didn't dress the dogs then," she says. A golden retriever named Jackson is dressed like a Union general.
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This Romance Novel Stars A Pit Bull In A Wheelchair
A pit bull in a wheelchair named Robert is a catalyst for romance in novelist Jennifer Probst's new book. Without giving too much away, let's just say that gun-shy yoga instructor Arilyn Meadows and closed-off cop Stone Petty wouldn't get to the sweet romance -- and hot sex -- they've been aching for since page one of "Searching for Always" without an animal rescue subplot that takes this pair on a series of wild adventures -- including a pretty fantastic, probably illegal, vigilante dog recovery mission. Obviously, we needed to know more: like who that romance-facilitating pit bull is based on, and whether animal rescue is the key to love in real life as well as in fiction.
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Pigs Are Highly Social And Really Smart. So, About Eating Them...
Pigs like to play. A paper published in the latest issue of the International Journal of Comparative Psychology surveys the existing peer-reviewed scientific literature to round up what we know about pigs' inner lives. Authors Lori Marino, a neuroscientist and founder of the Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy, and Christina M. Colvin, a professor at Emory University, note in their paper that pigs have been found to be mentally and socially similar to dogs and chimpanzees.
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Watch This Spanish Bullfighter Get Gored In The Testicle
Spanish bullfighter Marco Galan took a horn to the scrotum during a bullfight last weekend in Madrid. Galan's left testicle was "eviscerated" by the bull, which also dragged Galan and tossed him in the air, according to news reports. "My testicle was ripped open," Galan told a publication called The Local, speaking from his hospital room.
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That Crazy Square Haircut For Dogs Is Available In America, Too
In certain parts of Asia, there are dogs whose faces are snipped into perfect squares. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today. For example, this dog here belongs to Suzanne Grande, owner of the Poodle Penthouse, in Tampa.
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Prospects Improve For Pit Bull Whose Mouth Was Taped Shut
Caitlyn is a 15-month-old pit bull found in North Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday morning with her mouth taped shut. The tape, which may have been there for as long as two days before Caitlyn was discovered, was so tight that it cut off circulation to the dog's tongue. On Friday, Caitlyn's prospects seemed better, Charleston Animal Society spokeswoman Kay Hyman told The Huffington Post.
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