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Australians are rushing to local pet shelters to adopt animals to help ease their isolation during the global Chinese coronavirus pandemic.

A southern China community neighbourhood management office offered cash rewards to citizens for slaughtering “stray” or “unleashed” dogs during the coronavirus epidemic, according to an online news report.

Hong Kong authorities warned residents Wednesday not to kiss their pets, but at the same time not to panic and abandon them on the streets after a dog repeatedly tested “weak positive” for coronavirus in a likely case of human-to-animal transmission.

A veterinarian is making it his mission in life to treat the pets of the California homeless for no charge, and people who know his work call him the “Street Vet” in honor of that role.

An eight-year-old boy who has been adopted out of the foster care system has made it his mission in life to save old dogs who need a home.

A Swedish professor has called on people to adopt more “climate-friendly” animals such as goats or rabbits as pets, rather than cats, in order to fight climate change. Sigrid Agenäs, professor at the Department of Animal Feeding and Care at

A policeman in Chicago, Illinois, found something he was not expecting as he patrolled the city’s South Side January 6. 

The head of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said that it is “derogatory” to call animals “pets,” and owners should instead call their beloved animals “companions.”

A beloved dog was returned to his home in Patterson, California, after he went missing nearly eight months ago.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a list of dog food brands Thursday that could potentially lead to canine heart disease.

People are putting shirts which simulate hugs on their dogs during Fourth of July fireworks displays in an attempt to calm them down.

China’s official Communist Party newspaper, the People’s Daily, published a tirade this weekend against family-owned American pet food company The Honest Kitchen for advertising that it locally sources ingredients and does not use and Chinese products in its recipes.

Los Angeles Police Department officers, Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters, and local volunteers have been working feverishly to save animals at risk from ongoing fires in the region.

Think before you give Lucky and Tiger another mouthful! They may look cute and affectionate, your dog and your cat, but at heart, they are ravening planet-destroying creatures whose insatiable appetite for meat and deadly feces threatens to kill us all with deadly global warming.

NEW YORK (AP) — Quite a rally for Rumor — a commanding comeback for German shepherds, too. Rumor was crowned America’s top dog Tuesday night when, a year after a near miss on the very same green carpet, she came out of retirement to win best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.

Pet owners have turned to pot in order to treat many of their pets’ illnesses, reporting success after using the drug on their pets for a wide variety of ailments.

On Saturday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 797, the Right to Rescue Act, allowing Californians to break into vehicles in order to rescue animals trapped inside of hot cars.

A new trend shows that some people may be using their pets’ medications, according to a study conducted on antibiotic use.

In his jubilee audience over the weekend, Pope Francis said that Christians should be careful not to confuse feeling sorry for animals with love for one’s neighbor.

Heavy El Niño rain, which catalyzes the growth of poisonous mushrooms, has caused the death of pets that consumed the deadly plant.

The New York Post reports: Israel’s first canine is in the dog house after biting two guests at the Prime Minister’s Hanukkah candle lighting ceremony. Benjamin Netanyahu posted a family portrait — including his wife, two sons and dog Kaiya —on

A viral trend involving placing cucumbers behind cats has been deemed cruel and harmful behavior by some experts.

They may not be living the lavish life of famed Disney felines The Aristocats, but a colony of approximately 40 kitties, who were likely abandoned by their owners, have made a jetty in San Diego’s Ocean Beach their home.

Republican Congressman Jeff Denham of California, who takes his bulldog Lily when he flies across the country, was perturbed when he found he couldn’t take the dog on Amtrak unless she was a service dog. He was determined to do something about that.

A 13-year-old Boston terrier that miraculously survived a 15-story fall and then landed in a jacuzzi, in one of Sacramento’s tallest high rises, was able to walk away with a few fractured ribs and a fractured pelvis. “Whenever I tell