PATNA, India (Reuters) - Hundreds of villagers have flocked to a remote Indian village to see a baby girl who was saved by stray dogs after she was abandoned in a mound of mud by her mother, officials said on Tuesday. picked by Nunkii 6 months ago

In a harsh, busy world, she finds time to offer kindness to a dead dog.
The woman would want the same, should one of her mutts run off. picked by Maven 1 year ago

The dogs — named Buckshot, Katie and Obu-Jet — inherited $400,000 and a house in Hagerstown with the death last year of owner Ken Kemper. Altogether, their estate is worth about $800,000. picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

In Soviet times, dogs were barred from Moscow's metro. Today, however, they are so common there -- curling up on empty seats, nuzzling their neighbors, lounging in stations -- that there is even a Web site devoted to them: www.metrodog.ru. picked by MissWinkle 4 months ago

Mayor Vance Trively says that the southwest Iowa town of 200 people is being overrun by dozens of feral cats and needed to do something, so they're offering a $5 bounty for each feral feline turned in. picked by DemureArt 7 months ago

"We tried to separate them, and apparently the sheep went crazy. She wants to be with her female companion, the dog," said Jessie Franco, West Valley Animal Shelter. "So we had to put them together. I have never seen this type of relationship before. Not here in L.A." picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

In a distant galaxy, a star orbiting a massive central black hole strays too close to the insatiable giant and is torn apart. But before it can be devoured, the star lets out one last scream in a flare of light that slowly echoes across the galaxy. Astronomers on Earth pick up this faint call and use it to map the nucleus of the galaxy from which it emanated. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

When people find cats without identification, they might assume they are strays and feed and adopt them, whereas people who see a dog wandering alone are more likely to assume it has an owner, Lord said.

That's how my mom wound up with 3 cats! picked by suebe 2 years ago