Photo shows dogs sniffing bags at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. A tourist from Kunming, China, was caught by sniffer dogs trying to smuggle animal carcasses into Thailand. (Department of Livestock Development/Newsflash)

Airport Customs Dogs Bust Chinese Tourist Smuggling Smoked Bats In Suitcase

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:November 20, 2022

A Chinese tourist has been busted smuggling smoked bats in a suitcase thanks to the acute sense of smell of airport customs dogs in Thailand. https://youtu.be/1OO7tWdJlnY Department of Livestock Development/Newsflash…

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Image shows a child reading to a dog in an animal shelter, undated photo. The so-called 'Shelter Buddy Reading Program' was initiated in the town of Voesendorf, in Lower Austria, Austria. (Tierschutz Austria/Newsflash)

Children With Literacy Problems Read To Abandoned Dogs

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:November 17, 2022

Animal experts have revealed how they have helped children struggling with reading problems by getting them to tell stories to abandoned dogs. The Shelter Buddy Reading programme was initiated by…

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A Beagle from the DLD-Quarantine and Inspection Canine unit, inspecting luggage at the Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Nong Prue, Thailand, on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. they discovered 9 kilogrammes of pork sausages were brought in by a traveller who flew in from Hanoi, Vietnam. (@DLDthailand/Newsflash)

Smuggler Seized With 20 Pounds Of Vietnamese Pork Sausage

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:November 2, 2022

A trafficker trying to sneak 20lbs of illicit Vietnamese pork sausages into Thailand was caught when sniffer dogs tracked down the spicy pong in his luggage. The traveller - whose…

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Picture shows one of the injured stray dogs, undated. At least three dogs were injured after attacking a porcupine in Anapolis, in Goias, Brazil, on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (CEN)

Dogs Showered With Spikes After Failed Attack On Porcupine

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:October 14, 2022

Three stray dogs were left with quills embedded in their muzzles after they attacked a porcupine. A snap shows one of the forlorn pooches with scores of spikes protruding from…

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Illustrative image of two Cane Corsos, undated. Agatino Zuccaro, 55, was mauled to death by three Cane Corsos in 2018. (Newsflash)

Owner Of Ferocious Dogs That Tore Deliveryman Apart Jailed And Ordered To Pay EUR 2.7 Million In Compo

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:October 10, 2022

A man whose guard dogs savaged a deliveryman to death in a horrific attack has been jailed for nine months and ordered to pay EUR 2.7 million compensation to the…

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Picture shows one of the malnourished dogs at an animal in Almeria, Spain, undated. (Newsflash)

Scores Of Starving Tick-Ridden Dogs Saved From Gruesome Abandoned Shelter

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:September 26, 2022

Cops in Spain are investigating an abandoned animal shelter after 66 malnourished, tick-infested dogs were found there, along with the bones and carcasses of others. Spain's Guardia Civil (Civil Guard)…

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Picture shows an animal scull found at the house, in an undated photo, in Aparecida de Goiania, Brazil. An unidentified man was arrested on suspicion of killing, cooking and eating domestic animals. (Guarda Civil de Aparecida/Newsflash)

Cops Arrest Man For Stealing Cats And Dogs To Cook And Eat

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:August 17, 2022

Cops in Brazil have arrested a 44-year-old man for stealing locals' pet cats and dogs, cooking them, and eating them. The suspect - whose name was not disclosed by police…

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Yegor Novolotsky, 3, poses in an undated photo. Novolotsky, who went missing after going for a walk, was found alive in a forest belt in the town of Veliky Ustyug in Vologda, Russia, Wednesday, Aug 3, 2022. (Marina Novolotskaya/Newsflash)

Three-Year-Old Found Safe After Two Nights In Wilderness

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:August 14, 2022

A three-year-old boy who vanished without a trace from his village in Russia has been found alive in a forest after two nights alone. Young Yegor went missing in Morozovitsa,…

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Do Minh Khoi feeds the dogs, that he rescued from a slaughterhouse, in an undated photo. Do Minh Khoi, 46, came across 31 dogs about to be slaughtered and bought all of them for VND 24 million (GBP 841) in Nha Trang, Vietnam, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (Do Minh Khoi/Newsflash)

Animal Lover Pays USD 1,000 To Save Vietnam Dogs From Slaughter

• Post author:Feza Uzay
• Post published:August 12, 2022

An animal lover has told how he saved dozens of dogs from being slaughtered for food in Vietnam by buying them for USD 1,000. Do Minh Khoi, 46, rescued 31…

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One of the pets that were rescued from an apartment where they survived for two weeks by eating their owners' dead bodies in Yekaterinburg, Russia. (ZooDozor/Newsflash)

Cats And Dogs Ate Dead Owners

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:July 29, 2022

An elderly couple were eaten by their pet cats and dogs after they lay dead in their home for two weeks. Gruesome images of the apartment - taken when rescuers…

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