Pet News

Tourists in Iceland had to be rescued after they decided to picnic on an ice floe and it broke loose , sending them adrift and doubtless leaving the local rolling their eyes and wondering how anyone could be so dumb.

This week, a Florida community came together to reunite a homeless man with the dog he calls his "heart and soul." Handover, a blue pit bull belonging to James Bryan of Hudson, Fla., went missing on the morning of May 8. Carolyn Texter, a friend of Bryan's who works with animal rescues, began spreading the word about the lost pooch through flyers ... (more)

It's unknown at this time whether a rabid fox found near Biltmore Square Mall infected other animals, according to reports from the Buncombe County Department of Health.

LITTLE Issy Hofton is desperate to see the safe return of her guinea pigs after thieves made a getaway with them while they were still in their large garden hutch.

Maybe it's a friend's cat. Maybe Justin Bieber, less than a week after Germany officially took possession of his abandoned monkey Mally , didn't take responsibility for another animal.

Today the store manager of Pets at Home in Darlington visited Bunny Burrows near Richmond to present funds that should help the centre fund neutering and vaccination costs.

Positive reinforcement trainers focus on rewarding dogs for good behavior, knowing that these good behaviors will be repeated.

Learning to ride is a dream come true for some children. Joanna Mathers looks at what riding schools in Auckland and beyond offer When I was a child, ponies were my idea of heaven.

R&B singer Chris Brown adopted an adorable 13 week old English bulldog, and on Wednesday revealed to HollywoodLife.com that the puppy named Chief is a rescue dog.

Most children can only dream of learning to ride a horse; Peach Tree Farms can make those dreams come true.

Hurst Horse Show and Country Fair is neigh-ly here and organisers are hoping 100 children will jump into their little gymkhana contest.

Mill Pets are a family run business with years of experience in pet, reptile and aquatic care.

Omlet is a company that produces sleek modern homes for pets, such as hamsters and gerbils.

For the love of birds in Durham. DURHAM -- This cinnamon conures was one of the many birds at May's Durham Avicultural Society meeting at the Rotary Park Pavilion.

CLEARWATER, FL A 400 pound tiger named Ty is feeling better after having a football sized hairball removed from his stomach.

Now, from the Party that brought you Medicare, DisabilityCare and GonskiCare, the Gillard Government is proud to present its latest reform: Veticare.

More than 60 cats and dogs have been brought to the shelter. They are put in crates and assigned generic identifiers.

There's no room at the inn for the Degmans. Not the Days Inn, anyway. Jim and Marilyn Degman didn't suffer significant damage to their home in Monday's storm, but they lost power and decided to seek shelter elsewhere.

As you may know, I LOVE my horses and when I do show them, I feel the same unbridled joy as I did when I was 12 years old taking my horse to the county fair.

Brian Hock poses for a portrait in what is left of the home he shared with his wife and two daughters in the Heather Wood subdivision, just east of Interstate 35 in Moore, Okla.