Just like with people, when pets experience chronic stress it can raise cortisol levels, heart rate, and blood pressure; ...

“Some days you feel outnumbered and, holy moly, you’re in it,” DeMelo said. “But it’s all a blessing. It’s an amazing ride.

New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): Singer Mohit Chauhan calls for the adoption of Animal Birth Control for the street dogs of India rather than relocating them to shelters. Speaking to ANI, Mohit ...

New Delhi, January 4, 2026 (ANI): Singer Mohit Chauhan says, "Relocating the dogs that live on the streets – picking them up and putting them in shelters, as the Supreme Court suggested, and not ...

Attempts to ban glue traps and cat declawing, and a bill to relax restrictions on owning squirrels and raccoons as pets, activated animal welfare advocates early this year. During the legislative ...

Nagpur: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday announced it will expedite the sterilisation of stray dogs by increasing the number of animal birth control (ABC) centres across cities. The government ...

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DEAR ERIC: Christmas is overwhelming for me. I don’t enjoy shopping and never have. I don’t like giving gifts just for the sake of gift exchanges. I have too much stuff already and frankly, I can’t ...

The idea of an “outside dog,” one that is tough enough to withstand winter’s icy grip, is a myth, animal experts say. It's just one of the dangers the season presents to man's best friend. “There ...

An American mother revealed in a TikTok video that it cost her more than $30,000 in hospital bills to give birth, sparking concerned comments from around the world about the costs of American health ...

A new bill will head to Congress to prevent women from being turned away or sent home from a hospital while in active labor, after a video circulated of a Black woman writhing in pain at an Indiana ...

Earlier this month, Mercedes Wells was ready to give birth at Franciscan Health Hospital in Crown Point, Indiana, when staff turned her away, saying that she would have to come back later because she ...