Pets and Animals

How would you like a rat for a roommate? At least 140 rats have been put up for adoption in San Diego after their owner relinquished them to the San Diego Humane Society when her pet rat population got out of control.

Rescuers in Salt Lake County, Utah, helped carry a large mastiff down from Grandeur Peak on Sunday, October 13, after the dog became stuck and was unable to move.

Jephthe Jean Francois is facing 15 charges, including animal cruelty and grand theft auto.

Social media cannot get enough of two very good dogs who are ready for Halloween.

The police department assisted in walking a total of 120 foster dogs in need of some love and physical activity.

 “This is exactly why we have dog units."

Terry Lauerman of Green Bay, Wisconsin has become somewhat of a legend to a local animal sanctuary, and to the cats he naps with every day.

A University of Toronto study published Tuesday found that dog ownership is associated with a lower risk of death over the long term. 

An $8,000 reward is being offered for information leading to arrest in what the Humane Society of the U.S. called a “heinous” case involving a female beagle being skinned alive in southwest Missouri. 

Eunice and Maggie live with her parents and her father wears dentures. One afternoon while he was sleeping, he took his dentures out and placed them next to the couch. At some point during his slumber, Maggie grabbed the dentures and began playing with them. 

Alaska’s Katmai National Park & Reserve has announced the bracket for its fifth annual “Fattest Bear” of Brooks River competition, which will honor one of the park’s largest bears with the hefty title.

After spending nearly three years at the Pennsylvania SPCA, a 7-year-old rescue dog has finally found his forever home.

The FDA said Performance Dog raw pet food represents "a serious threat to human and animal health."

If you are the owner of the very popular and adorable labradoodle breed, you might be thinking that bringing this lovable pooch into your home was a great idea. But the actual man who invented the dog nearly 30 years ago calls the breed his “big regret.”

The Richardson family said goodbye to their hero this week.

A Kansas dog who has lived in an animal shelter for more than a year was finally adopted on Tuesday, a week after a man moved into the shelter to try and help find the dog a home.

A Georgia woman captured on video her hilarious rescue of a deer who kept getting stuck.

Officials have a warning after a Colorado Springs woman put an injured bobcat in her car, inches away from where her child was in a safety seat.

After quitting her job, a Washington woman’s 57-day search for her missing dog ended in tears of happiness when they were finally reunited in a Montana subdivision.