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If you are looking for a word to describe your adorable pet pup, "selfish" might not top the list. But a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE suggests Fido's reputation for being caring is all a ruse — at least if you are ...
One lucky dog: Pooch rescued while swimming 220 kilometers off Thailand
A dog found swimming more than 220 kilometers (135 miles) from shore by workers on an oil rig crew in the Gulf of Thailand has been returned safely to land. A worker on the rig belonging to Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, Vitisak Payalaw, said ...
Pooches put their best paw forward at Japan International Dog Show
The event is the biggest dog show in Japan, with 2,201 canines representing 134 different breeds at this year's edition, which marks the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the Japan Kennel Club.
Neolithic humans loved their dogs to death, burial sites near Barcelona reveal
Neolithic communities clustered near present-day Barcelona some 6,000 years ago were really keen on dogs, in this life and the next. Archaeological evidence from at least four sites shows prehistoric humans and their four-legged friends living in close quarters, working together and sharing a common ...
Concerned by high cost of raising children, many South Koreans opt to dote on pets
Kang Sung-il buys Sancho, his Pomeranian, a toy every business trip and will dress it up in a new $50 suit when he visits his mother this Lunar New Year holiday. Kang and his wife say children are too expensive and bring too much pressure. ...
Nonprofit groups help find safe homes for Japan's abandoned pets
Life hasn't been easy for Stella. The small kitten with scruffy fur and matching orange-tinted eyes was born in September and still has no home. Just months ago, Stella's mother was living near a park in Kawasaki with neither food nor shelter. With winter looming, ...
Love your dog, but worried about the environmental impact of its meat-heavy diet? Now one British company is offering a solution — feed your pooch insects instead. It launched a dry dog food on Thursday made from black soldier fly larvae in a bid to ...
Cats outnumber dogs as pets in Japan for second straight year
The estimated number of cats being kept as pets outnumbered that of dogs for the second straight year in 2018, the Japan Pet Food Association said Tuesday. After the number of pet cats exceeded that of dogs for the first time ever in the country ...
Dogged by old age, pets are put into care
As elderly dog owners struggle to care for their aging pets, more look to pet nursing homes for longterm help.
Kim Jong Un's gift of two hunting dogs to South Korea in September is starting to bear more fruit, first with a litter of puppies and now with a landmark railway deal. South Korea will send trains across the border to North Korea for the ...
