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Brigette Brouillard, an animal expert who is the founder of Second Chances Wildlife Center in Mount Washington, Kentucky, was recently surprised by a resident of her Wildlife rescue. Despite being an animal expert for several years, Brouillard was shocked by a little female Opossum named Yeti, who climbed into a basket of toys and camouflaged herself among the stuffed animals.

Earlier this week, a 34-year-old driver led North Carolina police officers and deputies on a pursuit after fleeing from the officers during a traffic stop. According to the Town of Boone Police Department and the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect, later identified as Joshua Minton, of Millers Creek, NC, ran into an undeveloped area after abandoning his vehicle in the Deep Gap area. Because the suspect was driving fast and recklessly, officers were not close behind him and therefore did not see where he ran to, police said. While officers were searching the area for the suspect, they were...

Virtually eighty percent of the world’s total species of wild cats are small and medium cats, which can be found in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North, South, and, Central America. While medium-sized wild cats are twice the size of the average house cat, most small wild cats are the size of a house cat.

The state of Michigan is currently investigating a horse farm after its owner held a rally against the building of an electric vehicle battery component plant that will be built by Gotion, a subsidiary of the Chinese company Guoxuan High-Tech Co. Proposed CCP-tied Gotion battery plant - The MI Republican Party has long taken issue with Gotion, which has ties to the CCP. In October 2022, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who lost a massive electric-vehicle plant expansion opportunity with Michigan-based Ford Motor Company, bragged that the CCP-tied company, Gotion, would be moving to Michigan and building a battery plant that...

--With apologies to Jonathan Swift-- Given the recent cutting edge advocacy for Gender Affirming Care and Surgery (GACS) for transgenders(sic), including minor children, why not expand this coveted GACS to the pet world, and then to the entire animal kingdom? Starting with pets, this therapy could be expanded to other owned animals (beef cattle, chicken flocks, Budweiser Clydesdales), and then to feral animals in the wild. The main benefit of expanding GACS is the massive new revenue stream to veterinarians, doctors, hospitals, and big pharma. The number of Americans who dote over pets is enormous. Pet owners spare no expense...

When you read about crime in NYC, sometimes you get that feeling that half the city’s residents are criminals and tens of thousands of people routinely break the law. In the case of shoplifting, however, a very small number of cheats are actually to blame for an amazing percentage of the crime—in fact, 327 individuals are responsible for over a third of such thefts and have been arrested an outrageous 6,000 times.The New York Times reports:Nearly a third of all shoplifting arrests in New York City last year involved just 327 people, the police said. Collectively, they were arrested and...

Chinese researchers have developed a new oral Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) “vaccine” for cows that causes the animals to produce mRNA poisons right in their milk. Citing claims that covid is still allegedly presenting “numerous challenges to global health,” the Chinese scientists came up with a new way to vaccinate people via the food supply. Their paper explains that the oral mRNA vaccine is based on “bovine milk-derived exosomes,” or milk-exos, that encode the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-derived binding domain (RBD) as an immunogen. They found that RBD mRNA delivered through milk-derived exosomes is capable of producing secreted RBD peptide in 293 cells...

Bizarre blue blobs have washed up en masse on beaches across South California—but they aren't jellyfish or Portuguese Man O' War as one might expect. Photographs of the strange gathering were uploaded to social media by Point Reyes National Seashore, which stated that these creatures are actually Velella velella, also known as By-the-Wind Sailors. This was also backed up by Rita F. T. Pires, a research assistant at the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere. "The species usually forms large agglomerations when beached, as pictured, so it seems it could be the case," she told Newsweek. Velella velella are hydroid...

'[Resettlement agency] officials told OIG that the [Afghan Placement and Assistance Program] involved some of the most significant challenges that they had ever faced,' the report, as seen by Fox News, stated. My heart breaks for folks in (for example) a small town in North/South Dakota who have 5 Trashcanistani families (you can't settle them without a "social network" and have to deal with new neighbors who defecate outside, let their goats roam free range and use their yards as a garbage dump. Who's offspring see largess as weakness to be exploited. This is a body shot to Traditional America.

A California mother sold her young daughter's pet goat to her local county and district’s state fair for $902, but she is now suing them for slaughtering and barbecuing the animal despite her wanting to withdraw its entry for auction. In April last year, Jessica Long purchased a goat she named Cedar and the animal soon became attached to her 9-year-old daughter, who took care of it every day. On June 24, 2022, Jessica decided to enter the goat into the Shasta District Fair’s junior livestock auction but later changed her mind and requested to take Cedar off the ticket...

Mourning the loss of a beloved pet can be similar to grieving a family member, given that many pet owners consider their pets as members of the family. Some pet owners, after losing a pet, feel deeply lonely, which is the case for a woman who's heartbroken after her beloved dog sadly passed away after a long illness. After her dog Guada's sudden death, Florencia Abraham was left with a broken heart that only time could heal. That is until a surprise guest paid her a magical visit.

Known as one of the cutest animals on earth, the fennec is the smallest fox on earth. This cute but wild canid is native to North Africa and is therefore considered exotic in the United States. Fennec foxes may possess tons of cuteness and charm but they are wild animals and could pose a danger to people. As a result, many states do not allow their residents to keep Fennec foxes as personal exotic pets. However, some states require their residents to obtain a permit or license to keep a Fennec fox as a pet. Only in a few states...

A coyote was caught on camera taking a casual morning stroll through the Glen Oaks neighborhood around 7 a.m., footage shared by the NYPD shows. In the short video, the coyote is seen walking calmly on the sidewalk along 81st Street with its head forward and ears lowered.

A Rottweiler is being praised in South Africa for protecting its owner from a deadly black mamba snake slithering under the couch in their house. The unnamed owner, living in Queensburgh, a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, became concerned last week when his loyal friend suddenly started pushing him away from the couch that he used to sit on every afternoon

A man posted a video on social media explaining how he bought a puppy from an American Bully breeder and soon found out it is actually a hyena. In the video, which has gone viral with more than three million views, the man says he was scammed online over a “puppy” he alleges is a hyena.

Two illegal migrants from the Republic of Honduras were busted on Tuesday in Nebraska after shooting and killing a North American bald eagle with the intention of cooking and eating it. The two men, who only spoke Spanish, told authorities through an interpreter app that they taught the bird was a vulture.

This small and adorable wildcat is known for its flattened and rounded face, stocky build, and super fluffiness. The Pallas' cat is listed as 'Least Concern' on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not critically endangered. Here are adorable photos and some information about the Pallas' cat.

In a viral Pinterest video, a good Samaritan is seen carrying a three-toed sloth that is slowly crossing a road. The man not only helps the sloth cross the road but also carries it to a tree to make things easier for the animal. Once on the tree's body, the sloth happily continues its tedious journey. The heartwarming moment is when the man waves the sloth goodbye and the animal smiles back as if to say thank you.

A hen from Michigan, United States, has been crowned the world’s oldest living chicken at an impressive age of 20 years 304 days as of March 1st, 2023. The elderly hen named Peanut was raised from birth by Marsi Darwin, a retired librarian, according to Guinness World Records.

A viral video shows a dog caring for a toddler after the child gets kicked by a cat he is playing with. In the video, the child is seen crawling across the family cat's face and seemingly hurting the feline. To protect itself, the annoyed cat unceremoniously kicked the toddler off of its face, resulting in the child falling and landing on his back.