All posts tagged "Dogs"

Sled dogs at Denali National Park are among the casualties of the Trump administration's decision to block more than $25 million already earmarked for the national parks, according to internal documents reviewed by The Washington Post.

The Interior Department disapproved upward of 130 planned partnership agreements last month, killing projects at Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion and dozens of other sites before the money could be released for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, the report found.

One of the rejected agreements would have hired three people to handle day-to-day care at Denali's kennel, the only working sled dog kennel in the entire park system, where rangers rely on dog teams for winter patrols. Without it, the documents warn, kennel operations lose essential support and patrol readiness suffers....

Reactions erupted online after Vice President JD Vance's remarks that "terrible" people "mistreat dogs" — something social media users were quick to say showed he has "no self-awareness" — especially considering his colleague and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem admitted to killing her own puppy.

In a podcast interview with New York Post columnist Miranda Devine this week, Vance spoke about his German Shepherd, commenting that his dog has not bitten anyone and pointing to former President Biden's dog, Commander, who had repeatedly bitten agents.

He bragged he'd trained his dog without using shock collars. "No electrocution of dogs here," he told Devine. "If you can actually cause suffering to an innocent animal, you're probably the kind of person who doesn't worry about suffering in people as well."...

Kristi Noem’s new book, in which the South Dakota governor and Donald Trump vice presidential aspirant describes why she killed her 14-month-old dog, has sparked widespread outrage.

But to the California Republican Party, reading about how Noem shot Cricket — her family’s wirehair pointer — is a perk.

The book, No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward, is included with every purchase of a ticket for a lunch banquet May 18 in Burlingame, Calif., during the California GOP Convention....

Of course there would be quieter places for a Pinscher to do his business in Bolzano. But now, in South Tyrol's capital, he squats in Waltherplatz, right in front of the cathedral. The owner, mid-20s, fur-trimmed down jacket, dog on a lead, doesn't seem to care much. He doesn't even look up from his phone. Then the dog and owner are gone again. The legacy is left behind - right in the centre of the busy square. You can guess how it ends. Scenes like this are soon to be a thing of the past in Italy's northernmost province with its half million inhabitants - the majority of whom are German-speak......

Dogs can make us happy, that's why many of us have one. But besides being a source of companionship and joy, they can also help to reduce our stress levels and improve our ability to concentrate and be creative, a new study by researchers at Seoul's Konkuk University suggests. Using electroencephalography (EEG), the researchers monitored the brain activity of 30 healthy adults while engaged in different activities with a dog, namely "meeting, playing, feeding, massaging, grooming, photographing, hugging, and walking." They found that different types of interactions had different effects on the......

PHILADELPHIA — Ralphie fell in love with lobster at first bite. Steak too. But the pounds started creeping up. And up. In time, Ralphie’s doctor confirmed what his family already knew: At 30% overweight, the time had come for the South Philly Bullmastiff to go on a serious doggie diet. In the Keystone State, Ralphie is far from alone. Pennsylvania’s dogs are the most overweight in the country, according to a survey conducted by Veterinarians.org, a veterinarian-informed information group on pet issues. The study found that Pennsylvania dogs carry over 18 excess pounds on average. (A typical Ne......