Animals

October 5, 2017

Pet Owners Are Getting Tattoos of Their Beloved Dogs’ Paw-fect Feet

Tattoos offer many things, and one of those is a way of celebrating a beloved pet. If you’re looking to pay homage to your furry friend, what better way than with one of their paw prints; it’s their form of a signature that will be a permanent reminder of all of the walks, belly rubs, and games of fetch you played together. Many people have taken the plunge to get dog paw tattoos.

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September 11, 2017

Amazing Three-Legged Lion Shows Resilience After Losing Leg to Poacher’s Trap

Given their power, prowess, and place in the food chain, one may not expect to see a vulnerable side to lions. Unfortunately, however, trophy hunting and poaching have drastically affected the big cats' populations, historic range, and—as in the case of Clarence, a dominant male lion—individual livelihood. In 2011, Clarence became trapped in a deadly poaching snare in Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park.

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August 8, 2017

Cats in Art: How Our Feline Friends Have Inspired Artists for Centuries

Japanese Woodblock Prints Much like Chinese paintings, Japanese woodblock prints, or Ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”), have frequently featured feline iconography for hundreds of years. The ways in which cats are depicted in woodblock prints widely vary. Many pieces, for example, simply show cats in domestic settings. In these works, the animals are accents, as the interior scenes appear to be the prints' primary focus. Similarly, some prints explore the relationship between the cats and their owners—namely, beautiful female figures.

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July 25, 2017

Taiwanese Police Introduces Their Newest Recruits with an Adorable Photo Shoot

It’s not often that a police force will make you say “awww,” but take one look at the newest recruits to Taiwan's National Police Agency (NPA) and you’ll fall in love. Lucky Star, Schumann, Feida, Brother, AJ, and Full Moon are Labrador puppy police dogs that have just started their training in the NPA’s K-9 Anti Bomb and Drug unit that’s based in Taipei.

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