Lily, Oregon Zoo’s youngest elephant, dies suddenly from a virus
By: Laura Goldman From Care2 The day before her sixth birthday, Lily, the youngest elephant in captivity at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, suddenly became very ill. The morning before that, a blood sample from Lily tested positive for low…
8 unexpected holiday dangers to pets and wildlife
By: Natalia Lima From Care2 Once Thanksgiving is crossed off the calendar, it is time to deck the halls in anticipation of the holidays — but getting in the spirit of the season could unintentionally harm pets. From Christmas trees…
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TCI to tap into multi-million shark and ray tourism
By Olivia Rose THE BAHAMAS National Trust (BNT) is set to assist the Turks and Caicos Islands in boosting its shark and ray diving tourism. This collaboration will also see measures being put in place to further protect sharks and…
Another dead whale found with over 1,000 pieces of plastic in its stomach
By: Alicia Grae From Care2 In another tragedy for marine mammals who are being impacted by trash, a dead sperm whale was found in Indonesia with more than 1,000 pieces of plastic in its stomach. According to the New York…
Cayman Islands Humane Society: Adopt Popeye
From Cayman Islands Humane Society Popeye is one handsome fella in need of new digs. He loves to play with other dogs. Popeye enjoys interacting with all staff and volunteers. He loves to go out on walks and enjoys some…
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Update on Cayman Islands Green Iguana cull count
Cayman Islands DoE has adjusted (slightly) the Green Iguana cull totals as updated information has come in to the cull manager (Cornwall Consulting). The changes are reflected (see below) as they now appear on our website and, for your ease,…
South Korea’s slaughterhouse shut down
South Korea shuts down its largest dog meat slaughterhouse By: Alicia Graef From Care2 Animal advocates are celebrating a major milestone among efforts to end the dog meat trade in South Korea with the closure of the country’s largest slaughterhouse….
Absolute moo-nit: Look at this really big cow
BY CHLOE BRYAN From Mashable Friends, gather round. We’d like you to look at this really big cow (OK, steer) named Knickers, who is six feet, three inches tall and currently dwarfing his peers on a farm in Western Australia….
Cat tongue properties
An Observant Mechanical Engineer’s Discovery of Surprising Cat Tongue Properties BY RAIN NOE From Core77 Dr. Alexis Noel was watching her family’s cat clean itself, as you do when you go home for the holidays, when she noticed that his…
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Rare footage captured of the world’s most endangered rhino
By: Alicia Graef From Care2 A lucky team of conservationists has shared an encounter of a lifetime after capturing rare images and footage of an elusive, and critically endangered, Javan rhino. Javan rhinos were once widespread across India, Bhutan, Bangladesh,…
