Category: Pets + Animals
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International Polar Bear Day This Weekend
Did you know that a polar bear’s hair is actually transparent? It looks white because it’s reflecting light. Older polar bears might appear yellow. But transparent, white or yellow, you can celebrate these amazing bears this weekend. International Polar Bear Day is this Sunday, February 27, and Polar Bears International…
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Time Out for Working Dogs
If you’re looking for something fun and informative to watch tonight (especially if you’re a dog lover), then check out Nat Geo WILD for “Blue-Collar Dogs.” The show follows the canine specialists as they work hard in fields like medicine, policing and border patrol. El Paso, TX: Elite BORSTAR canine…
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Your Little Cat Can Save a Big Cat
You adore your kitty, or else you probably wouldn’t deal with all the crap (literal and otherwise)! Now you can allow everyone to adore your little kitty too, and help to save the big cats at the same time. Donate $5 or more and upload your cat’s photo at National…
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Cutest Baby Animals in One Place
ZooBorns could be the cutest, nicest stocking stuffer for animal lovers this year. All the reasons I think you might like ZooBorns Ten percent of all revenue from sales goes directly to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Conservation Endowment Fund. It’s affordable, and great for small hands to hold…
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Zoo Babies to Hug and Squeeze!
The closest many of us will come to adorable zoo babies is checking them out in pics, but you can give a whole book full of those adorable images while also supporting animal conservation. ZooBorns is one of my favorite websites. And now they’ve published a new book, ZooBorns In…
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Bedbugs Don’t Live on Fido
People who live in the top most bedbug-infested cities in America (like NYC or Philly) may be looking twice at their mattresses and furniture. But the ASPCA wants to make sure you know that your pet isn’t to blame for bedbugs. The nasty creatures causing all the problems don’t live…
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Catch “Through a Dog’s Eyes” on PBS
“Through a Dog’s Eyes” originally aired on PBS in April, but it was so well loved that it’s coming back again on Wednesday, September 8 at 8 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. CT. The documentary, sponsored by Milk-Bone, highlights Canine Assistants, a non-profit service dog organization, and follows four families on…
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Pack up Whiskers. It’s almost National Take Your Cat to the Vet Week!
Feline Pine created National Take Your Cat to the Vet Week, to be honored this year from August 16 through 22. For some mysterious reason, more dogs go to the vet than cats, yet more cats live with people as pets! Cats may think they have it good by getting…
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