TRINITY COUNTY, California — A woman’s dog suffered “major” injuries Monday when it fought off a mountain lion that was trying attack its owner, officials say. The attack occurred at about 3 p.m. near a picnic area on State Route 299, according to a news release from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The […]
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Australian dingoes are an ‘intermediary’ between wolves and domestic dog breeds
Scientists analyzed the genome of a desert dingo (Canis dingo) from a remote part of South Australia and compared it to the genomes of five domestic dog breeds (boxer, German shepherd dog, basenji, Great Dane, and Labrador retriever), as well as the genome of a Greenland wolf. Dogs are a highly successful model for informing […]
Dog Saves Fawn From Drowning, Now They’re Inseparable
Ralph Dorn shared a sweet animal story that’s gone viral! Dorn saw his golden doodle Harley swimming in the lake behind his house. Dorn noticed that Harley was swimming with another animal, a tiny deer! “I couldn’t find Harley this evening until I looked out on the lake. He was near the middle of the […]
POLL: Should China’s dog meat festival be banned?
Although dogs have been eaten in parts of East Asia for hundreds—and possibly thousands—of years, a relatively new festival in Yulin, China, has sparked global controversy and polarized many Chinese, over both the treatment of the animals and the practice of eating them. The ten-day Lychee and Dog Meat Festival started in Yulin, in southern […]
‘Golden jackals’ of East Africa are actually ‘golden wolves’
Despite their remarkably similar appearance, the “golden jackals” of East Africa and Eurasia are actually two entirely different species. The discovery, based on DNA evidence and reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on July 30, increases the overall biodiversity of the Canidae—the group including dogs, wolves, foxes, and jackals—from 35 living species to […]
Scientists map human-wildlife conflict in India
Designating protected areas in a country with 1.27 billion people comes with its own consequences: around each protected area in India lies a zone where wildlife strays out, and people stray in. Inevitably, there is contact, and more often than not, conflict. Human wildlife conflict has been under the lens for a long time. How […]
Goodness knows
Kindergarteners swarmed around the khaki-clad naturalist, squealing with excitement, shouting out questions and jockeying for a better view.The adult volunteers on this field trip were a tougher audience. “I’m glad they’re having fun but I don’t see why anyone should care about some bug,” one 30-something mom confided to another, adding, “What good is it, […]