Penguins Dressed in Santa Costumes Waddle Through Park in Japan

December 12, 2016 at 10:29PM by
>br> Each day at the Matsue Vogel Park in Japan, there’s a visit from not one but several little Santas. The six penguins in the park’s colony wear their Santa Claus costumes for a daily walk that delights visitors. Now photos and videos of the Santa penguins have gone viral, bringing smiles to penguin lovers all over the world. — Read it at ABC News




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Pet Scoop: Senior Shelter Dog Loves Visit With Santa, Rescued Sea Otters Flown to France

December 12, 2016 at 08:19PM by
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Sweet Spaniel Wishes for Home

Some kids (and dogs) are afraid of sitting in Santa’s lap — but not Chanel. The 13-year-old English Cocker Spaniel “practically leapt into his arms and was so happy and comfortable, she probably could've just taken a nap,” reads the caption of their cute photo from the Fairfax County Animal Shelter in Virginia, where Chanel is living. A commenter who knows Chanel says her little stump of a tail is always wagging, and her Santa visit on Saturday was no exception. The shelter says the “super sweet dog loves everyone she meets,” and they’re hoping to find her a loving home for the holidays, where she can live out her senior days in comfort. From the discussion on the shelter’s Facebook page, it sounds like Chanel will get her wish. At least one commenter said he planned to go and adopt her this week. — Read it from the Fairfax County Animal Shelter via Facebook

Rescued Sea Otters Flown to France

After a long journey, a pair of endangered sea otters is relaxing at their new home at a sea life park in France. The two males, Matchaq and Tangiq, were flown to France on a private jet from the Alaska SeaLife Center. The 5,600-mile charter flight took 15 hours. The jetlagged otters are now in quarantine at Oceanopolis in Northwest France. The species, which is native to the coastal waters of the north Pacific, has been hunted to near extinction for their prized fur. — Read it from AFP via Yahoo

Oldest Albatross Expecting Again

She may be 66 years old, but Wisdom, the world’s oldest known Laysan albatross, is incubating an egg once again at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wisdom has been returning to the refuge in the North Pacific Ocean for six decades. The staff had thought the famed bird, who was first banded in 1956, might take a year off from breeding to molt and replenish her plumage, which is common in albatrosses. But they were “abuzz with the news that Wisdom was back.” Wisdom has fledged 9 chicks in the last 10 years. — Read it at Seeker

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Santa-Penguins Waddle in Park

Each day at the Matsue Vogel Park in Japan, there’s a visit from not one but several little Santas. The six penguins in the park’s colony wear their Santa Claus costumes for a daily walk that delights visitors. Now photos and videos of the Santa penguins have gone viral, bringing smiles to penguin lovers all over the world. — Watch it at ABC News

Cop Adopts Pit Bull Puppy He Saved

A police officer who rescued a Pit Bull puppy who was cruelly abandoned in a Queens, New York, apartment in September has given her a happy home. The emaciated 8-month-old pup, who’d injured herself trying to break free from the apartment, was nursed back to health by the ASPCA. NYPD Officer Joshua Sailor, 24, visited Mila a week after he saved her, and she stole his heart. “She came running into the room and ran straight to me, ignoring the treats that they had put out on the floor,” he said. “I’ll admit I got a little choked up. I said, ‘That’s it, she’s coming home with me.’” Sailor and several other members of law enforcement in New York will be honored by the ASPCA on Tuesday for their roles in animal cruelty cases. — See photos at the New York Daily News



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Dog Says Goodbye to Dying Owner

December 09, 2016 at 09:59PM by
>br> In a heartbreaking video, a loyal dog visited her dying owner in the hospital to say goodbye. Ryan Jessen suffered a brain hemorrhage at just 33 years old, and doctors said he couldn’t be saved. Knowing how much Mollie meant to Ryan, his family wanted her to be able to see him one last time. “The hospital did the sweetest thing for us and allowed us to bring my brother’s dog in to ‘say goodbye’ so she’d know why her human never came home. If you knew my brother, he really loved his sweet dog,” Ryan’s sister Michelle Jessen wrote in a Facebook post with the bittersweet video, which has now been viewed more than 9 million times. Mollie is now serving as a comfort to Ryan’s grieving family, and she will continue to live with them. — Read it at People Pets



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Pet Scoop: Missing Poodle Found After 9 Years, Dog Visits Dying Owner to Say Goodbye

December 09, 2016 at 08:04PM by
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Lost Dog Found at Age 13

Gigi is home for the holidays — nine long years after she disappeared. The Toy Poodle had belonged to Sally Butters’ mother before she died, and the tiny dog went missing during a burglary at Butters’ California home. Butters still has the posters she put up in the area when Gigi disappeared so many years ago. This week, she finally got a call saying her dog had been found on a road 20 miles from home, and her microchip revealed she belonged to Butters. “I'm shocked. Because you always hope you'll get your dog back. But you know, nine years, and at 13 years old, she's still alive,” a tearful Butters said. “What a Christmas present.” — Watch it at Sacramento’s Fox 40

Report: Giraffes Threatened With Extinction

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature says the world’s tallest mammal now faces the threat of extinction due to habitat loss and illegal hunting. Before giraffes were reassessed, the IUCN considered them a species of least concern. But officials now say their numbers have dropped by 40 percent in the last 30 years. There are nine giraffe subspecies, and the group found that while three are increasing and one is stable, five show declining numbers. — Read it at Live Science

Rare Jaguar Spotted in Arizona

A male jaguar was photographed last week in Fort Huachuca, Arizona — only the sixth of the big cats to be documented in the Southwest in the last 20 years. There was a male known as El Jefe who was photographed in the Santa Rita Mountains from 2012 to 2015, but this is believed to be a different male. The new male is estimated to weigh between 150 and 200 pounds. His photo was captured by a trail camera located in rocky, heavily forested terrain, officials said. — See photo at Tucson.com

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Dog Says Goodbye to Dying Owner

In a heartbreaking video, a loyal dog visited her dying owner in the hospital to say goodbye. Ryan Jessen suffered a brain hemorrhage at just 33 years old, and doctors said he couldn’t be saved. Knowing how much Mollie meant to Ryan, his family wanted her to be able to see him one last time. “The hospital did the sweetest thing for us and allowed us to bring my brother’s dog in to ‘say goodbye’ so she’d know why her human never came home. If you knew my brother, he really loved his sweet dog,” Ryan’s sister Michelle Jessen wrote in a Facebook post with the bittersweet video, which has now been viewed more than 9 million times. Mollie is now serving as a comfort to Ryan’s grieving family, and she will continue to live with them. — Watch it at People Pets

Kitten Survives Accidental Shrink Wrapping

A kitten who’s just a few weeks old is lucky to be alive after being shrink-wrapped by a warehouse machine before being shipped 500 miles in a UPS truck. Last week, a UPS driver in Memphis heard a sound in the back of his truck and found the 5-to-8-week-old kitten trapped with a box that had originated four days earlier in Chicago. He brought the kitten to his own pets’ veterinarian, Dr. Carolyn McCutcheon. “He was pretty dehydrated and hungry... He was shrink-wrapped flat with his four legs out. So it took a while for his legs to work again and for him to move his head again," she said. "Probably he was in the warehouse, [the machine] scared him, he ran up the [packaging] and the machine just went around him.” The kitten, who’s been adopted and named Joey, is still recovering and will likely be able to go to his new home next week. — Read it at UPI



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Therapy Dogs Comfort People Affected by Oakland Warehouse Fire

December 08, 2016 at 10:54PM by
>br> The Valley Humane Society’s therapy dogs are offering comfort to the loved ones of the 36 people who died in a massive warehouse fire in Oakland, California. “With the compassion and the understanding that [the dogs] have, they seem to know who needs comfort,” said one of the volunteers with the shelter’s Canine Comfort Pet Therapy group. The volunteers cleared their schedules for the week so they could continue assisting people with their grief and loss, the shelter said on Facebook. The Ghost Ship fire killed many artists who’d been living at the warehouse in conditions that are under investigation.




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